The cur­rent busi­ness situ­ation of the European foundry industry con­tin­ues to improve, while the prob­lems and uncer­tain­ties related to vac­cin­a­tions and the third infec­tion wave, as well as the sup­ply short­ages of semi­con­duct­ors in the auto­mot­ive sec­tor, are dampen­ing the expectations.

Invited by the EU Com­mis­sion, CAEF par­ti­cip­ated in the so-called Tar­geted Stake­holder Sur­vey (TSS) — a detailed con­sulta­tion on the fur­ther devel­op­ment of the Indus­trial Emis­sions Dir­ect­ive (IED). The IED is the back­bone for the author­isa­tion of industrial…