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On 7 September 2026, representatives of FVK/CIELFFA and other Europe's steel, metals distribution, processing and downstream manufacturing industries will bring a visible message to Brussels:

Europe must preserve the industrial value chains on which its green transition, strategic autonomy, employment and resilience depend.

The truck convoy is not a protest against Europe. It is a demonstration for a strong European industrial base, fair competition, climate credibility and secure supply chains.

The reason is clear: steel-intensive manufactured goods and steel derivatives increasingly enter the European market without equivalent trade, origin, carbon and regulatory obligations. This shifts production, jobs and emissions out of Europe while weakening the industrial base that Europe needs most.

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Further information and the registration form can be found on the EUROMETAL website at: https://eurometal.net/european-convoy-for-industrial-competitiveness/

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Orgalim has recently published the study EU CBAM – Assessing impacts on Europe’s Technology Industries which is surely the basis of its ‘new’ position and further activities.

The study is based on the survey of 14 member companies of Orgalim’s industry associations which provided data on 15 products. The analysis shows that CBAM and the phaseout of ETS FA could increase production costs by over 5 % in one third of all products. In some cases production costs increases up to 48%. This increase will reduce international competitiveness and create a risk of carbon leakage.

8 of 15 products were found to be at immediate risk of carbon leakage from 2026 (start of definitive regime). 11 of 15 products will be prone for carbon leakage from 2034, when CBAM will be fully in place.

The study confirms the negative impact of CBAM and the phase out of the ETS FA which can concretely lead to job losses and can be seen as a threat for the industry’s green transformation and for the EU’s carbon neutrality goal.

 Orgalim CBAM IA Study

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The CIELFFA Annual Meeting 2024 took place in Linz on November 12, 2024. The meeting began on Tuesday afternoon with the general meeting, which was opened by Dr. Foltz from the PwC consulting agency strategy&, who spoke about the latest developments in the automotive market. Among other things, he provided information on how strong the competition from Chinese brands in Europe currently is and which factors could promote or prevent growth. In general, developments on the automotive market are currently rather difficult to predict, so that we have to be prepared for volatile developments.

Mr. Schönemeyer then spoke about the CBAM and addressed various aspects such as the changes that the 'definitive regime' will bring from 2026 on or the risks arising from the fact that exports are not taken into account by the CBAM.

As a third contribution, Ms. Gabilondo (Arania) gave an very interesting overview of the developments on the cold rolling market and explained these in relation to the European economic development as well as to similar developments on the steel and automotive markets.

At the subsequent general meeting, CIELFFA members re-elected Mr. Ramis as President and Chairman for Economical Studies and Mr. Ullrich as Chairman for Technical Studies for three years. We congratulate both of them on their re-election and look forward to our continued cooperation!

The annual meeting ended with a networking dinner at the Promenadenhof in Linz.

The following day, all participants had the opportunity to visit EBNER in Leonding and find out about the latest technological developments.