The glass fibre, epoxy resin (Epoxy Europe) and UPR/VE resin (UPVE) industries, together with the European composites association (EuCIA), have released a joint two-pager outlining the urgent need to reinforce Europe’s composite supply chain. The document, available below, stresses the essential contribution of composite materials to the EU’s green and digital transitions, industrial resilience, and long-term strategic autonomy, and sets out policy priorities to ensure that its critical supply chain can continue to thrive in Europe.
“This is truly remarkable,” said Cédric Janssens, Secretary General of Glass Fibre Europe. “At a time when crucial decisions are in the balance – on introducing effective trade defence measures to protect our industries, on strengthening Europe’s economic security, and on boosting local content in products – it is a real milestone to see such an important value chain step forward and speak with one voice.”
The two-pager outlines joint policy recommendations to ensure the composite supply chain continues to thrive in Europe. These include the need for effective trade defence instruments, stronger customs controls, recognition and support for composite recyclability, measures to reduce high energy costs, predictable carbon leakage protection, support for European-made low-carbon products, and proportionate, outcome-focused EU regulation.
According to Cédric Janssens, this unified position sends a clear signal: “This united stance makes one thing unmistakably clear: we are determined to secure Europe’s strategic autonomy and to defend the competitiveness of our industries, and the 200,000 jobs they support, in an increasingly challenging global environment.”
Glass Fibre Europe calls on EU policymakers to reflect these priorities in upcoming legislation, including initiatives on Trade Defence, Economic Security, the Industrial Accelerator Act, and the Circular Economy Act.