As part of its commitment to responsible and ethical business, the EPTDA started its very own Charity Programme in 2007 with the aim of contributing to the welfare of society and the environment. Besides allocating a share of its budget to selected causes, the EPTDA also invites its members to participate in a joint effort to strive for a better world.

This year, the generosity of EPTDA members will benefit the London-based charity Richard House Children’s Hospice. This organization supports children and their families in East London to lead as happy a life as possible when dealing with a life-limiting or life-threatening health condition.

Richard House services range from residential clinical care, music therapy to enable a child with sensory needs to communicate through sound, to end-of-life care with pre- and post-bereavement support for all the family.

When you register for the EPTDA 2018 Annual Convention, you have the opportunity to choose to support the Richard House Children’s Hospice.

Associate your business with a good cause and change the world with us!

The European Union is focused on the Circular Economy, which essentially involves decoupling economic growth from the extraction and consumption of scarce resources with negative footprints and making existing resources productive for as long as possible. In other words, we should focus on prevention rather than trying to find a cure.

The EU wants to support “innovative ways to change consumers’ usage of raw materials, reduce electronic and food waste, develop new recycling techniques, come up with new construction materials and new ways of using old ones, and create new energy sources out of waste”.

EPTDA members, as any other European company, are now obliged to reuse the products they create for as long as possible. The transition towards a circular economy is a tremendous opportunity for the EPTDA members to invest in innovation and research, and to create new business models.

Find out more in the latest EU Monitoring Report which can be found in the Members Area section.

Year-over-year growth in Europe’s machinery production markets is a positive sign for EPTDA members this year. However, Europe Industrial Production and Europe Machinery Production are nearing the top of the business cycle and mild decline is expected for both indicators by mid-2019. Signs of this upcoming trend are already evident in the Europe Leading Indicator and the Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers Index, which are both below the year-ago level.

Read more about the above and more in EPTDA’s bi-monthly Economic Outlook Report. This valuable information can be also downloaded at any time from the Members’ Area of the EPTDA website – log in with your personal access code.