FACE welcomes the Sustainable Products Initiative

FACE supports the EU Green Deal and warmly welcomes the Sustainable Products initiative. This proposal aligns with FACE green ambition by incentivizing businesses and industries to place more sustainable products on the EU market.   The Sustainable Products initiative, which will revise the Ecodesign Directive and propose additional legislative measures […]

FACE has participated in the second phase of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) public consultation. The CBAM is currently one of the most important topic for the EU Aluminium industry. How it will be implemented, will impact the Aluminium industry. Consequently, FACE submitted its contribution to safeguard the interests […]

The European Commission announced its intention to impose provisional anti dumping duties on aluminium extrusions originating in China. A step forward in the fight against dumping initiated the 24th of August with the registration of aluminium semi-finished products imported from China. The preliminary duties will be: from 30,4 to 38,2 […]

The Characteristics of EU Downstream Aluminium Industry   Mario Conserva (President METEF, Italy), Cesare Pozzi and Ernesto Cassetta (Gruppo di Ricerche Industriali e Finanziarie GRIF “Fabio Gobbo”, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy)     Background and context of the paper The aluminium industry is essential to the economies of […]

The study conducted by researchers from Rome’s prestigious LUISS University is a landmark in understanding the needs and competitiveness of Europe’s downstream aluminium sector. With a specific focus on EU trade policies on unwrought aluminium and their impact on manufacturers of semi-finished products, the study concludes that current import duties […]