At the end of 2020, the European Commission published its proposal to revise the legislation on batteries and waste batteries. This new regulation aims that all batteries placed on the EU market become sustainable, high-performing and safe all along their entire life cycle. Our industry is developing battery powered equipment, but also battery packs for… Read more »

The Machinery Directive is arguably the single most important piece of legislation for our manufacturers. Since its adoption, it has been an effective and successful internal market legislation. Not only has it provided the highest level of machinery safety in the world, but it has also enabled the material handling industry to continue innovating, thriving… Read more »

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 »

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 »