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...
In order to allow more companies register for the 3rd consecutive “CLEPA Innovations Awards” competition, the association has decided to extend the application deadline with two weeks, from March 31st to April 13. The initiative, supported by management consultancy Deloitte, will mark outstanding and innovative achievements...
In the context of potential trade restrictions on steel and aluminium imposed by the US, CLEPA, the European association of the automotive supplier industry supports the European Commission’s continued commitment to fair and rules based international trade and cooperation with the US. Sigrid de Vries, Secretary...
Brussels will give centre stage to the importance of Europe’s innovative manufacturing industry this week, mounting the second ‘EU Industry Days’ with seminars, workshops and announcements of several important initiatives from the side of the European Commission. What can be expected, and what more could...
2nd Joint Declaration by Industry and RTOs 21 February 2018 We, the undersigned associations representing key European industrial research and innovation stakeholders, call on the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union to develop the next EU Research & Innovation Framework...
On the 20th of February, the European Commission published a report on the benefits of research and innovation for EU's prosperity and social model. The report proves that Europe is a global leader in scientific excellence (nearly one third of all high-quality scientific publications worldwide are European),...
On the 19th of February, PwC published a study for DigitalEurope on how to "Accelerate to a trusted Digital Single Market". It identifies six areas of actions to accelerate the completion of a harmonised single market that will enhance the pace of cross-sectoral digital transformation in Europe....
On the 14th of February 2018, the European Commission published a study on Cross-cutting business models for the Internet of Things. The study Cross-cutting Business Models for the Internet of Things focuses on identifying promising areas for cross-cutting Internet of Things (IoT) activities and their corresponding...