BASF to present innovative technologies for electromobility at Battery Show Europe On May 15, BASF announced that it will present innovative technologies for electromobility at The Battery Show Europe 2025. BASF will showcase an array of advanced polyurethane (PU) applications, including the latest battery adhesives, fire protective coatings, and battery potting systems.  BASF offers an extensive range of engineering plastics for eMobility with ...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/15

VW Group partners with FORVIA Hella to advance digitalization and quality assurance with Catena-X On March 31, Volkswagen Group Info Services AG announced its partnership with FORVIA Hella to enhance digitalization and quality assurance in the automotive industry. The collaboration is powered by Catena-X, enabling seamless networking across the entire value chain. Catena-X offers standardized data exchange, improving transparency and efficiency. ...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/02

CES 2025: T-Systems, Germany introduces Catena-X data ecosystem with new onboarding packages for automotive industry On January 2, T-Systems, Germany announced that it is simplifying entry into the Catena-X data ecosystem for the automotive industry with two new packages. The "Standard" package is for small and medium-sized businesses, offering 10 hours of consulting to help with setup, testing, and going live. The "Individual" package, for large...

News  Updated at: 2025/01/03

SERNAUTO and ANFAC launch Catena-X Spanish Hub for automotive value chain On November 20, the Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers (ANFAC) and the Spanish Association of Automotive Suppliers (SERNAUTO) launched the Catena-X Spanish Hub, which seeks to promote the digitalization of the automotive industry value chain in Spain. Catena-X is the automotive industry's international data-sharing alliance. The signing of this agreem...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/21

Catena-X, Germany announces new consortium “Catena NEXT” On August 28, Catena-X announced that it would introduce a new Consortium“Catena NEXT”. The Catena-X Automotive Network is an international alliance and a globally operated network that is building the first operating system for a data-driven global automotive value chain. Catena NEXT will focus on further improving and expanding the Catena-X universe. Catena NEXT will scale Catena-...

News  Updated at: 2024/08/29

BMW showcases Catena-X data ecosystem for emissions reduction and quality assurance On April 24, BMW Group presented the Catena-X data ecosystem at the Hannover Messe 2024 in Germany, demonstrating a complete data chain using real-world carbon dioxide data from manufacturing the BMW iX's iconic kidney grille.  They also highlighted data-driven quality work and piloted data-based energy consumption measurement at BMW’s Landshut plant, focusing ...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/24

IPA starts discussions on interoperation with European automotive data linkage system On April 23, Japan’s Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA) announced that it has started discussions on interoperation between automotive data collaboration foundations such as batteries and European “Catena-X” automotive data linkage system. IPA aims to achieve interoperation between the Catena-X and Japanese “Ouranos Ecosystem”, which has bee...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/24

Volkswagen starts commercial usage of Catena-X services On October 16, Volkswagen Group became a customer of Cofinity-X and started the commercial usage of Catena-X services. Volkswagen Group will start using them, initially for the industry-wide business-partner-data-management, followed by use cases in quality management and demand capacity management.  Catena-X offers the first open and collaborative data space for the automotive industry to ...

News  Updated at: 2023/10/17

Gestamp joins Catena-X to promote collaboration in automotive industry Gestamp Automocion S.A. (Gestamp) announced that it has signed an agreement with Catena-X, the first collaborative and open data ecosystem for the global automotive industry. Catena-X seeks to build a data network and digital infrastructure that connects companies, suppliers, and customers along the entire value chain to improve efficiency, transparency, and agility in busines...

News  Updated at: 2023/10/04

TfS, Belgium and Catena-X sign MoU to decarbonize the industry On March 21, Together for Sustainability (TfS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Catena-X, the association of leading automotive OEMs and equipment suppliers. Catena-X is building a trustworthy, collaborative, open, and secure data ecosystem to enable end-to-end data chains for core automotive business processes. This MoU aims to increase the availability of PCF (product...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/23

Google Cloud to join Catena-X Automotive Network On February 7, Google Cloud announced that it is joining Catena-X Automotive Network Association to bring best-in-class secure and sovereign data management, data analytics and native integration of advanced AI technologies, and open-source efforts. A key success factor for Catena-X to connect partners across the industry is the availability of data space connectors. Google Cloud, as a member of t...

News  Updated at: 2023/02/07

Schaeffler forms joint venture Cofinity-X GmbH with BASF, BMW Group, Henkel, Mercedes-Benz, SAP, Siemens, T-Systems, Volkswagen, and ZF Schaeffler AG (Schaeffler) announced the joint venture Cofinity-X GmbH (Cofinity-X) founded with 9 partners, BASF, BMW Group, Henkel, Mercedes-Benz, SAP, Siemens, T-Systems, Volkswagen, and ZF, to accelerate the operation and adoption of Catena-X use-cases throughout the automotive industry. Each partner holds an...

News  Updated at: 2023/02/01

BMW launches FSCM consortium to develop new concepts for sustainable materials On January 26, the BMW Group announced that the Future Sustainable Car Materials" (FSCM) consortium project aims to strengthen the recycling system for metals and plastics across the automotive value chain. Under the direction of the BMW Group, research institutions and companies from various industrial sectors are developing new approaches to using sustainable materi...

News  Updated at: 2023/01/27

Vitesco Technologies joins Catena-X Automotive Network e.V. Vitesco Technologies Group AG (Vitesco Technologies) announced that it has joined the Catena-X Automotive Network e.V. (Catena-X) which will become the first end-to-end, collaborative, and open data ecosystem for the automotive industry. Vitesco Technologies sees great added value in this network, including areas such as material compliance and social sustainability as well as life cycle...

News  Updated at: 2022/10/07

Ford of Europe joins RSCI and Catena-X Automotive Network On April 19, Ford of Europe announced that it has signed on to two key supply chain initiatives which seek to establish industry standards for data-sharing between partners and the assessment of the sustainability of production sites.  The first initiative is the Catena-X Automotive Network, established to improve sustainability and efficiency across the automotive supply chain through c...

News  Updated at: 2022/04/19

Volkswagen builds supply chain efficiency through industry-wide data exchange in Germany On April 26, Volkswagen announced that the Volkswagen Group will be a founding member of the Catena-X Automotive Network. The union, which currently consists of 25 partners from the fields of business and science, is pursuing the goal of creating uniform standards for the flow of data and information in the automotive value chain. This should serve as the bas...

News  Updated at: 2021/04/26

German alliance for secure and cross-company data exchange picking up speed On March 2, BMW Group announced that Automotive Alliance, Germany is sharing progress report and further initiatives during the event “Through cooperation to the top. The automotive industry is shaping the digital transformation” hosted by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) the founde...

News  Updated at: 2021/03/03

German Government discuss digital future of the automotive industry On March 2, The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), discussed the transformation and the digital future of Germany as an automotive location. The event will focus on two central areas of activity in which the German automotive industry would like to underpin its leading position on the world market thr...

News  Updated at: 2021/03/02