The Industry4Europe coalition, of which CLEPA is a member, has today published a new Joint Paper to inform the EU debate on an new, ambitious industrial policy for Europe. The Joint Paper makes recommendations with regard to the governance structure for such policy, which should facilitate...
Brussels, 26 June 2018 – A coalition of downstream users of steel – including the automotive, construction equipment, agriculture machinery, home appliance and technology industry sectors – has written to the European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström, to express concerns on the safeguard investigation into...
2018 Skills Forecast: EU agency for the Development of Vocational Training publishes insights in tomorrow's trends in skills demand and supply On 8th June, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training ( Cedefop )has released its 2018 skills forecast , which shows future trends...
Brigade, Navads and Voxdale first SMEs ever to receive dedicated “SME Award” CLEPA, the European Association of Automotive Suppliers, organised on Wednesday 13th of June for the 3rd time in a row the CLEPA Innovation Awards Gala. Venue and location this time were the Gemeentemuseum in...
Turnover grew by almost 7% in the Spanish automotive components industry to a record 36.24 billion euros in 2017. Suppliers generated 12,700 new direct jobs, thereby reaching 224,700 direct jobs and 364,000 direct and indirect jobs. Compared to 2016, 13.3% more was...
In his State of the Union address of September 2017, President Juncker set out a goal for the EU and its industries to become a world leader in innovation, digitisation and decarbonisation. Building on the previous 'Europe on the Move' of May and November 2017, the Juncker Commission is today putting forward...
Brussels, 2nd May 2018 The European Commission sent the request to member states and the European Parliament for the MFF - Multiannual Financial Framework overall budget (7 years) of more than €1 trillion, equivalent to 1.11 per cent of the EU27's gross national income. A significant part...
Automotive suppliers play a key role in innovating mobility and road transport and adapting the automotive industry to meet new global societal challenges and regulatory requirements. This drives the need for further research in energy efficiency in the global automotive sector, the development of new...
The European Commission appointed the High-level Strategy Group on industrial technologies to assess, discuss, and recommend support for research and innovation in the area of Key Enabling Technologies, also in view of future research and innovation programmes. Two new Key Enabling Technologies are proposed: artificial...
As transport technology progresses at breath-taking speed we tend to focus on how advanced and intelligent vehicles are getting. However, of equal importance is the infrastructure that they travel on and where new technology can be used to make these roads more secure, safe, efficient...