ETRMA signs 'Antwerp declaration' for European Industrial Deal

Brussels - The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has become a signatory to the “Antwerp declaration.”

The document, now signed by around 1,000 industry leaders, calls for a European Industrial Deal that revives the competitiveness of manufacturing in the EU.

“We call on European policymakers to continue to strive for sustainability while maintaining Europe’s competitiveness” said ETRMA secretary general Adam McCarthy in a 3 April statement.

A European Industrial Deal, McCarthy went on to say, will enable the tire and rubber industry to “fully contribute” to sustainable smart mobility in Europe.

Launched 20 Feb by 73 European corporate leaders, the declaration calls for ‘urgent concrete actions’ to “make Europe competitive, resilient, and sustainable in the face of dire economic conditions.” (ERJ report)

According to ETRMA, currently over 900 organisations across 25 sectors have joined the declaration, which urges the EU “to put industry and industrial policy at the core of the new European Strategic Agenda for 2024-2029”.

The introduction of such policy, said the association, would among other benefits increase the EU’s raw-materials security and make Europe “a globally competitive provider of energy.”