Month: April 2021

Proposal on AI: putting European innovation at high risk

Today, the largest part of materials handling equipment manufacturer’s competitiveness relies on their capacity to bring in digital developments. In industrial AI, our European companies are (still) in a position of leadership globally. But for how long? The proposal on AI released earlier today casts strong doubts on our industry’s ability to develop AI-driven innovations… Read more »

Proposal on AI: putting European innovation at high risk

Digital transformation and Machinery: shooting at European innovation

For the last 30 years, the EU legislative framework has supported a competitive European industry able to innovate whilst producing highly safe machinery. By hampering digital developments – the heart of our companies’ business strategies – and unnecessarily expanding third party certification, the proposal for a revision of the Machinery Directive released earlier today risks… Read more »

Digital transformation and Machinery: shooting at European innovation