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The next meeting will take place in Madrid/Spain on 18-19 November 2026 at the premises of UNESID, which will be our host this year.

We are expecting around 25 representatives and managing directors from European cold-rolling companies. The programme for our meeting combines industry insights, current challenges in our sector, and an inspiring perspective on transformation and leadership. 

Highlights from the agenda: 

• Structural Changes in the Steel Industry
  Alfonso Hidalgo de Calcerrada, Director of Economic Studies at UNESID, will provide insights into current structural developments and key changes shaping the steel industry. 
  
  
• The Challenge of Absenteeism in the Industry
  Gema Palazón, HR Director at UNESID, will address absenteeism as an increasingly relevant challenge for industrial companies and share perspectives from the Spanish steel industry. 
  
  
• The Challenge of Transformation – How Mindset & Motivation Drive Success
  One session will be led by Javier Luxor, an internationally experienced corporate speaker, psychologist/engineer and specialist in influence, perception and human behaviour. What makes this session particularly interesting is its interactive approach. Javier Luxor combines behavioural insights and psychological illusionism to demonstrate how our perception, thinking patterns and assumptions can influence the way we communicate, make decisions and respond to change.
  

The programme will provide both practical industry perspectives and fresh impulses for successfully driving transformation in our companies.

We are looking forward to this great event!

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EMTA has published its joint position of the European downstream manufacturing industries on the ongoing trilogue negotiations on the extension of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), co-signed by CIELFFA and FVK.

As a brief recap, EMTA (European Metal Technology Alliance) is a European alliance of downstream metal industry associations, initiated by WSM to strengthen the representation of downstream industries in EU policy discussions, including on CBAM.

The joint message is: CBAM must protect the entire European value chain – from basic materials to finished products.

The joint call focuses on three key messages:

• Broader downstream coverage: Keep the downstream products already included in the EU positions and support the broader coverage adopted by the European Parliament, including the product codes identified by affected industries.
• A level playing field across the value chain: CBAM should avoid creating additional competitive disadvantages for European downstream manufacturers and prevent production and investment from shifting outside the EU.
• An effective export solution: Downstream manufacturers need a predictable, WTO-compatible and workable solution to address the carbon costs embedded in European materials when competing in global markets.

The position has been sent to Members of the European Parliament, the European Commission and the other EU institutions involved in the trilogue negotiations.

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A broad alliance of European industry associations and companies calls on the European Parliament to extend CBAM comprehensively to additional steel- and aluminium-intensive downstream products. While the ITRE Committee has proposed a broad structural extension, the ENVI Committee’s position covers only around 220 additional customs codes. As a result, many downstream industries remain exposed to carbon leakage risks: European manufacturers bear the carbon costs of the EU ETS, while imported finished products are often not subject to equivalent costs. Ahead of the upcoming plenary vote, the signatories therefore call on the European Parliament to include further downstream products in order to ensure a level playing field, safeguard investment in industrial decarbonisation and prevent the relocation of industrial value creation outside Europe.

  Joint High Level Statement