CLEPA has record Aftermarket Conference attendance

CLEPA had a record attendance this year for its annual Aftermarket Conference in Brussels. ZF Friedrichshafen CEO Stefan Sommer gave a key address - apt as his company is bidding for General Motors' Strasbourg transmissions plant - and he talked to just-auto. French and Scandinavian supplier bodies, FIEV and FKG also spoke to us, as did CLEPA CEO, Jean-Marc Gales, pictured right.

BELGIUM: FIEV urges France to go local as competitiveness soars top of agenda

30 November 2012

French supplier body, FIEV, is cautioning competitiveness is becoming a "real issue" for the country as the debate surrounding the so-called 'delocalisation' process heats up.

BELGIUM: FKG points to UK model as Sweden struggles

30 November 2012

Scandinavian supplier body, FKG, is urging the Swedish government to look to the British model for its domestic automotive industry as the country struggles with the overall European downturn.

BELGIUM: ZF Friedrichshafen bounces back after economic storm

29 November 2012

Driveline and chassis technology supplier, ZF Friedrichshafen, says it is on track to almost double revenue this year after being severely buffeted in the economic crisis.

BELGIUM: Booming ZF Friedrichshafen eyeing GM Strasbourg site to satisfy demand

29 November 2012

ZF Friedrichshafen says its interest in General Motors' Strasbourg transmission plant in Eastern France, is fuelled by a need to significantly ramp up capacity.

BELGIUM: CLEPA defends Horizon 2020 against "unfair" criticism

29 November 2012

European automotive supplier body, CLEPA, is branding as "unfair," recent criticism levelled at the Horizon 2020 initiative calling for some EUR80bn to be invested in innovation across the Continent.