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Energy, Competitiveness and the One Market Act: Why Europe Is Changing Industrial Rules

In recent months, Italy and Germany have opened a direct discussion on an issue that goes far beyond energy policies:
Europe’s ability to remain an industrial continent.

Behind seemingly institutional terms — technological neutrality, competitiveness, single market — a crucial decision is actually being made about where things will be produced over the next 20 years.

This is not an abstract matter: it concerns factories, investments, jobs and production continuity.

Microplastics: what really changes from 16 December 2025

From 16 December 2025, the European Union introduces a new framework to reduce the release of plastic pellets into the environment.
It is not just an environmental regulation: it directly concerns industrial production, logistics, and operational responsibility throughout the entire supply chain.

How well do you really know your plant?

In most companies, knowledge of the plant is considered implicit:
production runs, indicators are positive, orders are fulfilled.

As long as everything runs, everything seems under control.

Then something happens: a failure, an unexpected event or sudden downtime, an unavailable component, an obsolete drive that no longer starts.

And it is precisely at that moment that a real fact emerges: many companies perfectly know what they produce, but much less what their production depends on.

Unstable Markets and Industry: Why Production Continuity Becomes the Real Competitive Strategy

In recent years, the industrial landscape has changed profoundly.

Energy inflation, geopolitical tensions and the introduction of tariffs between different countries, slowing demand and rising financial costs are creating a new scenario:
no longer linear growth, but structural volatility.

In many manufacturing sectors today, the following occur simultaneously:

• less predictable orders

• tighter margins

• greater pressure on delivery times

• difficulty in planning investments

Under these conditions, the most common temptation is to cut everything that appears deferrable.
Maintenance is often the first item to be reduced.

And this is precisely where the strategic mistake begins.

Global export, EU-India agreements and production continuity: the invisible variable of industrial competitiveness

The opening of new international trade corridors — such as the agreements between the European Union and India — represents an extraordinary opportunity for the manufacturing industry.

More markets.
More volumes.
More competitiveness.

But precisely when companies begin exporting steadily, a critical factor emerges, often underestimated until the first operational incident: production continuity!

Relying on an approved partner or a generic supplier? The real cost of the choice

In the industrial electronics sector, choosing a supplier is never a trivial decision.
Every choice can have a direct impact on production continuity, personnel safety, and a company’s operational costs.

On the market, there are two very different approaches:

Relying on an approved partner, with certified processes and technical accountability.

Turning to a generic supplier, often driven exclusively by price.

These two options are not equivalent—especially when dealing with Siemens components, CNC systems, PLCs, drives, and power modules used in critical production lines.

Moderate Inflation and Industry: Why 2026 Changes Decisions on Maintenance and Production Continuity

In recent years, industrial companies have had to manage a complex scenario: volatile energy, unstable raw materials, fragile supply chains, and margins under pressure.

For this reason, inflation data are not just macroeconomic information: They are operational indicators.

They directly influence:

- maintenance budgets

- spare parts inventory policies

- plant investment strategies

- asset useful life planning

The final ISTAT data for December 2025 show a particularly interesting picture: moderate and slowing inflation.

🏆 279,000 hours of downtime avoided in 2025: why this achievement is strategic for the industry

In 2025, the E-Repair technical team reached a significant milestone:
we prevented 279,000 hours of production downtime for the companies that chose our reactive, preventive and predictive maintenance services.

In an industrial landscape shaped by new regulatory obligations, climate risks, fragile supply chains and the transition toward Industry 5.0, production continuity is no longer just a technical matter.
It has become a lever of resilience, competitiveness and risk management.

3, 2, 1… production restarts: What really happens before the start of a new industrial year

Every new industrial year seems to begin the same way:
lights turning on, lines starting, plants becoming operational again.

But the real restart does not happen on the first working day.
It happens in the weeks before.

During the holidays, while many activities slow down, the maintenance world remains operational.
These are less visible days, but among the most important of the production year.

This is where the stability of the coming months is built.

Workplace safety: before talking about productivity, let’s talk about people

At the end of every year, balances are drawn.
Results, investments and industrial plans are analyzed.

But before looking to the future, there is a reality that cannot be ignored.

Even in 2025, work in Italy continues to be the scene of serious accidents and preventable tragedies.

They are not abstract numbers: they are people who did not return home.

Year-end shutdowns: why maintenance during the holidays is crucial for the industrial year

During the holiday period the country slows down.
Offices closed, reduced production, lines stopped.

But for those working in industrial maintenance this is one of the most important moments of the year.

It is not the time for emergencies.
It is the time for prevention.

Precisely when the machines stop, the work begins that will allow them to start again.