Companies in the European Union have increased their investment in research and development (R&D) for the eighth consecutive year. In 2017, they invested 5.5% more in R&D activities than the year before. This growth is driven by the automobile, health and ICT sectors. In a telling...
CLEPA held the Counterfeit Day event on the 22nd of November 2018. Specialists from law enforcement, politics and technology providers exchanged their views on latest developments and state of the art technologies to prevent counterfeits. All presentations are now available on the website, and below. The...
The #2 Newsletter od DRIVES´Project has been published. MEP Carlos Zorrinho (S&D, Portugal), member of the ITRE Committee (Industry, Reasearch and Energy) is the honorable guest and shares his views on the technological and societal disruption of the automotive industry and the challenges and potential...
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has announced the winning teams that will set up Innovation Communities: EIT Manufacturing and EIT Urban Mobility. These two pan-European partnerships bring together leading organisations from business, education, research and the public sector to tackle challenges through innovation and contribute...
Steel Using Industries - Joint Statement on the EU Steel Safeguard Investigation This coalition of downstream users of steel – including the automotive, technology industries, electricity transmission and distribution equipment, construction equipment, wind energy, agriculture machinery, home appliance, and packaging sectors – express their continued concern...
CLEPA, together with the European Forum for Manufacturing, hosted a dinner debate at the European Parliament yesterday, focusing on the importance of innovation for preserving and boosting European leadership in the mobility sector. MEPs John Procter and Andor Deli during the dinner-debate The dinner-debate “Driving innovation...
A Joint Statement from a coalition of downstream users of steel – including the automotive, construction equipment, agricultural machinery, home appliance and technology industry sectors – has been sent to the European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström. The letter expresses concerns on the imposition of...
In the year of CLEPA’s 60th anniversary, CLEPA will hold its 10th Aftermarket Conference in Brussels on March 27 and 28, 2019. This year, the focus will be on the “Ability to lead in a digitalising environment” and it will cover perspectives from the Market,...
The DRIVES project, represented by partner Semta, was invited to speak at the event 5 years of the European Alliance for Apprenticeships: Looking back - looking forward, organized by the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA), as part of the European Vocational Skills Conference, in Vienna, Austria...
CLEPA participates at the DRIVES Project-Development and Research on Innovative Vocational Educational Skills – one of the most important European project and Sector Skills Alliance (SSA) into the Automotive filed, covering all levels of the value chain (vehicle production, automotive suppliers and automotive sales and...