Brussels, 19 April 2016 Delivering on its Strategy to create a Digital Single Market, the Commission today unveiled its plans to help European industry, SMEs, researchers and public authorities make the most of new technologies. The European Commission today presented a set of measures to support and...
Earlier this month, the European Commission published the roadmap for the forthcoming communication on “A new Skills Agenda for Europe”. (For the full Roadmap, please click here). The Agenda forms part of the European Commission’s 2016 Work Programme. The Roadmap aims to promote skills development, including...
On 5 April, CLEPA CEO Paul Schockmel participated in DIGITALEUROPE's inaugural ‘Masters of Digital’ Conference in Brussels. Held almost one year after the European Commission launched its Digital Single Market strategy, the Conference allowed DIGITALEUROPE to examine and evaluate the most important elements of the...
On the 15th of April, the French President François Hollande visited Plastic Omnium in Venette. The French plastic supplier, which employs 25,000 people in 120 sites in 30 countries, possesses hundreds of patents and plans a €1.7 billion investment in the coming years, was celebrating both its 70th...
Earlier this month, the Automotive Intelligence Center (AIC), with the collaboration of the European Commission, ACEA and CLEPA, organised the AIC FORUM 2016 in Brussels. This year's theme was "Innovation in the automotive industry". The forum analysed the latest innovation trends in the automotive sector with the participation...
“Lubrication Oil Pump” wins PACE Award and PACE Innovation Partnership Award 2016 Detroit, April 11, 2016: FTE automotive was a recipient of the 2016 PACE Award (Premier Automotive Suppliers' Contribution to Excellence) in the category “Products“ for its low pressure transmission dry-sump lubrication oil pump assembly....
The Transport Research & Innovation Portal (TRIP), recently published a Research Theme Analysis Report on urban mobility. This is the first in a new series of research theme analysis reports produced under the new TRIP continuation project for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport...
There is a polarisation taking place among German automotive suppliers between large and small. The smaller companies are primarily the ones to suffer: they are facing tough challenges in view of increasing internationalisation, technological changes and high pressure on costs. This was the conclusion of a...
The European Commission has launched its public consultation on the ePrivacy Directive as it seeks to gain gather views and opinions on how to review legislation in this area. Open since the beginning of April, the consultation is open for 12 weeks until 5th July...
We are pleased to announce that the preparations for the JAMA-CLEPA Business Summit 2016 are well under way, with the event set to take place this year in Venice, Italy, on October 27-28. Top speakers from the European and Japanese automotive industries will participate in the summit,...