Matthias Zink, the president of the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA) believes that automotive suppliers and European Economy face a significant crossroads in 2025. ‘The time to act is now,’ Zink warned in his 2025 outlook. “Without policies that protect jobs while supporting the twin transition and innovation, the EU will lag.” Previous challenges have materialised into threats, he said.…

CLEPA Secretary General, Benjamin Krieger , states: “We are committed to technology-open regulation, which is the most effective and efficient way to regulate CO2 emissions from transport. Automotive suppliers encourage steps to align the regulation more closely with these principles, a stance we have consistently upheld over past years, not only for cars vans but also extending to trucks.” Mr. Krieger goes…

The appointment was announced on 9 June in Brussels during the association’s annual General Assembly by Mr Thorsten Muschal , CLEPA President and EVP Sales & Program Management at Forvia Group. Originally from Germany, Benjamin has led CLEPA’s government affairs department over the last four years, focusing on carbon and pollutant emissions standards, the wider sustainability agenda, digitalisation of…

Sigrid de Vries, CLEPA Secretary General highlights: “Europe’s automotive suppliers are concerned about recent announcements on border closures and intensified inspections. These measures result in disruption at Europe’s internal borders and critical delays in the supply chain. The Single Market is an important achievement of the European Union. Defending its integrity is a priority, specifically with…

Using the Siemens CAD component data CLOOS prepared the programming of the robot offline. also available in The worldwide hunger for energy is continuing to increase. In particular, environmentally friendly energy producing processes are in great demand. In the case of the large power stations, production of electricity by means of gas turbines is the way forward, like the ones Siemens is producing in the…

Article also available in EUROGUSS in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg again finished with very good results after the three successful days of the event: 7,023 trade visitors (2006: 6,444) from all over the world sourced detailed information about the industry’s innovations and latest developments from 403 (2006: 324) international exhibitors. “EUROGUSS is a real special-interest exhibition. It is today’s…

by: Dipl.-Ing. Martin Reichert, Sales & Engineering, Dr.-Ing. Enno Schulte, R&D / Prototyping For the area of binder technology, this means that inorganically bonded cores are practically emission-free during the manufacturing and casting process. The reclamation and the extensive recycling of inorganically bonded used sands is now possible with the CLUSTREG®-process developed by KLEIN Anlagenbau AG. By…

Phoenix Business Journal reported that CMC Steel Arizona opened a micro steel mill in Mesa on Tuesday. The company will manufacture rebar at the site, using recycled steel as well as recycled water. The mill also will use a filtering technology to help decrease the amount of dust in the air. The plant will use scrap metal for about 98.5% of the finished rebar. The facility will be regional, capable of…