Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2024

The world set a record with 3.9 million operational robots in 2022, according to the new World Robotics report from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). The European Union (EU) had a robot density of 208 units per 10,000 employees in 2022. The report also included information about robot density worldwide.

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E&T

MAY 17, 2023

The prime minister Rishi Sunak is facing pressure from the car manufacturing industry to renegotiate the ' Trade and Co-operation Agreement' (TCA) with the European Union (EU). In order to qualify to trade without tariffs, the TCA states that 45 per cent of an electric car's value should originate in the UK or EU.

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SMMT

OCTOBER 26, 2023

“We will continue to support the industry to make the UK the best place in the world to produce and design electric vehicles. On this point, SMMT has urged the EU and UK to strike an immediate agreement to avoid Brexit-related tariffs on EVs. That represents a jump from £7.4 billion in 2020 to £15.3

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Automotive Supply Chain Bottleneck Manufacturing 98

E&T

JANUARY 18, 2023

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the plans during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. . In her speech, Von der Leyen said the steps would be part of the European Union's (EU) Green Deal industrial plan to help Europe reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. "To

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E&T

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

‘Metaverse’ is already synonymous with Facebook, as the social media giant has launched its own digital universe where users can hold meetings, meet new people and exist virtually in the same space as other inhabitants of the online world. That thinking is likely to feed into official EU business.

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Automation Mag

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has shared that its latest World Robotics report recorded 553,052 industrial robot installations in factories worldwide. The world record of 500,000 units was exceeded for the second year in succession,” says IFR president Marina Bill.

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E&T

JANUARY 26, 2023

The body, which makes forecasts about the climate transition, said that climate objectives for the likes of the EU and US have taken “centre stage along with domestic economic and industrial needs”. The EU is compelled to initiate its own industrial policy support and is finding it hard to be as flexible as the US.

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E&T

JANUARY 18, 2023

The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill is returning to the Commons today and if passed would make it easier for the government to amend, repeal and replace EU law retained after Brexit. It also allows nearly all remaining retained EU law to be either repealed or absorbed into UK domestic law by 31 December 2023.

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JULY 24, 2023

Automation parts supplier EU Automation is expanding its operations in APAC and the Far East, following a rapid growth in demand for its services in the region. Our customers’ best interests are always our first priority,” comments Darren Halford, Managing Director of EU Automation.

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E&T

JANUARY 9, 2023

Moreover, in the EU, it is not possible to refuse the marketing authorisation of human pharmaceuticals based on environmental reasons. Given this situation, the researchers stressed the important role that EU-based customers play in incentivising measures hoped to be taken by third countries. .

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Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Manufacturing 104

E&T

AUGUST 25, 2023

The EU’s historic regulations, which aim to promote a safer experience of the online world, came into effect on Friday 25 August. In 2021, it was revealed that 612 companies, groups and associations spend more than €97m (£83m) annually lobbying against EU digital economy policies , specifically the DMA and DSA.

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E&T

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The EU energy commissioner, Kadri Simson, added: “We now have an effective mechanism to prevent that EU pays excessive high prices for gas that are not reflecting world prices.”. We now have an effective mechanism to prevent that #EU ?? pays excessive high prices for gas that are not reflecting world prices.

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E&T

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The study, which was carried out by the Wuppertal Institut and T3 Transportation Think Tank on behalf of the environmental charity, looked at the investments in road and rail infrastructure by the 27 EU countries, as well as Norway, Switzerland and the UK.

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E&T

MAY 22, 2023

Companies had long been allowed to transfer EU customers’ data to the US to help them run their business, but only on a promise that they were protecting this data as well as if it was being stored in the EU. The US and EU rules are in “fundamental conflict”, the company said on Monday.

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E&T

AUGUST 2, 2023

Some of the UK’s product safety laws are more than 30 years old and underpinned by rules originally created by the EU. Nevertheless, the government announced yesterday that Britain is to retain the EU’s product safety CE mark indefinitely, rather than make its own post-Brexit alternative compulsory, in a move welcomed by manufacturers.

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Compliance Manufacturing 95

E&T

JANUARY 11, 2023

The proposals would introduce performance standards that are higher than regulations currently in place in either the US or EU. The EU instituted a ban on the sale of halogen bulbs in 2018 and the UK is banning high-energy fluorescent lightbulbs from September 2023. “As million UK households.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

It means that Aquind has an uncertain future, and thanks to the European Court of Justice, that future will be more difficult to navigate after the firm’s appeal against an EU funding decision was thrown out. EU countries have major sway over what is and what is not eligible for the list’s perks. The most obvious culprit is Brexit.

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Electronics Function 105

SMMT

OCTOBER 20, 2023

SMMT’s second Global Trade Conference lived up to its name this week, drawing an audience from all corners of the world to discuss one of the biggest priorities for any automotive manufacturing nation and market with ambition to grow – trade. But, from 1 January, new rules of origin threaten to undermine this growth with a potential £4.3

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Automotive Supply Chain Manufacturing 73

E&T

JANUARY 3, 2023

Overall, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp was ordered to pay an amount equal to 80 per cent of all fines imposed by the EU, over its data protection practices. . Since 25 May 2018, Europe's framework for data protection has impacted many businesses operating within the EU.

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SMMT

OCTOBER 27, 2023

With Britain’s growing foundational EV supply chain, world-class R&D expertise and a skilled and productive workforce, we are well positioned to become a global ZEV manufacturing hub – if the right investment and trading conditions are in place.

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Supply Chain Automotive Manufacturing 73

E&T

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Scientists and engineers told Sky News the UK's position as a world leader in research is at risk from "significant brain drain", as top academics are giving up hope of the government negotiating membership of the Horizon Europe programme and are preparing to leave the country.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

After a lengthy period of campaigning for a solution to the challenge of tougher UK-EU rules of origin on EVs, this week delivered a breakthrough as the European Commission responded with a proposal that would edge our respective automotive industries back from the brink.

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Supply Chain Automotive Manufacturing 65

SMMT

JULY 27, 2023

4 Volumes are then expected to rise again in 2024 to nearly 150,000 units providing economic conditions allow and the UK-EU trading relationship of electric vehicles continues to operate as it does today. The latest independent outlook therefore forecasts light CV production to grow 44.0% to around 114,500 units this year.4

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Supply Chain Automotive Manufacturing 98

E&T

JUNE 9, 2023

Firstly, inflation means that any real-world increase is severely reduced with some in the European Parliament, which will propose its own financing plan, saying it is actually a cut masquerading as an increase. Secondly, interest rate hikes mean that the EU will have to allocate more cash for repayments on its €800bn pandemic recovery debt.

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E&T

AUGUST 18, 2023

per cent. “Of the world's largest eight economies, the UK is forecast to have the slowest growth in low-carbon electricity generation between now and 2030,” said Oxford Economics, which published the report for Energy UK. The nations with the largest growth in the sector were the US (6.4 per cent), China (7.2 per cent) and India (10.6

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Sourcing Manufacturing 98

E&T

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The European Union (EU) has spoken out against US President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, which includes tax breaks for US-made electric vehicles (EV) and batteries. In the view of Brussels, those benefits would put e-cars made in the EU at an unfair disadvantage in the lucrative US domestic market.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The most recent plan delivered by the EU consists of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The EU has steadily strived to reduce its share of GHG emissions since the 1990s, accounting for 6.22% of global emissions and ranking as the world’s 4 th largest emitter, according to Climate Watch data.

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E&T

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The £34m pledged is just a tiny proportion of the £384bn that the UN’s environment watchdog says will be needed annually to protect and manage the world’s ecosystems by 2025.

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Sourcing 98

SMMT

MAY 17, 2023

Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive: The UK-EU TCA provided the basis for tariff-free trade and unlocked some pent-up investment. We urgently need an industrial strategy that creates attractive investment conditions and positions the UK as one of the best places in the world for advanced automotive manufacturing.

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E&T

JUNE 28, 2023

Our steel industry cannot survive if we continue to pay far more for energy than our EU competitors and it cannot decarbonise if the government doesn’t support the transition toward net zero. Britain could be a world leader in that transformation.”

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SMMT

JUNE 30, 2023

of which were exported to markets in the EU. The sector’s performance was the strongest in May since 2008, surpassing its 10-year high for the month last year, and marking the second consecutive month of rising output. 1 Growth was driven by production for export last month, with a significant 48.1% to 2,870 units. above that in 2019.2

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E&T

DECEMBER 6, 2022

When the new rules enter into force, all relevant companies will have to conduct strict due diligence to sell in EU markets. The EU said it would regularly review the list of commodities to take into account new data such as changing deforestation patterns.

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E&T

MAY 11, 2023

All AI systems will also have to be registered in an EU database set to be established by the AI Act. It’s the first piece of legislation of this kind worldwide, which means that the EU can lead the way in making AI human-centric, trustworthy and safe.

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Artificial Intelligence 98

E&T

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The consortium was formed by Britain’s Centrax, French energy company Engie, the German Aerospace Center, Siemens Energy and European universities, with financial support from the EU. We’ve just achieved a world first, which involves injecting 100 per cent hydrogen into a gas turbine to produce electricity,” he told reporters.

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Canadian Manufacturing

JANUARY 31, 2024

With more than 15,000 hours of operation producing ethanol and methanol (ISCC EU and ISCC PLUS certified), the plant facilitated the validation by strategic industry players and other third parties of Enerkem’s waste-to-biofuels platform.

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Manufacturing 52

SMMT

JANUARY 12, 2024

With markets around the world moving away from internal combustion engines to batteries and fuel cells; as connectivity and automation transform mobility, the UK must build on its reputation as one of the best locations to develop, produce and sell these latest vehicles, components and solutions.

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E&T

JANUARY 11, 2023

With just seven years until 2030, the EU is now stepping up its efforts to increase digitisation and will this year publish a number of plans to help it reach its lofty goals. That is why the EU’s executive branch will reveal a critical raw materials act in March.

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