FISITA, the international network for automotive engineers, announces the appointment of Tim Allsopp to the position of Director of Business Services. The appointment signals the continued international influence of FISITA.

FISITA has announced the winners of its global competition for students and young engineers to design the future of vehicle braking systems. Aimed at helping launch the careers of tomorrow’s automotive engineers the Daimler Student Innovation Competition inspired students from around the world to design a technical poster representing their vision of what brakes will look like in 2025.

FISITA and Daimler have announced a global competition to inspire young engineers around the world to predict what brakes will look like in the future. 30 Daimler Student Innovation Competition winners will each be given €300 to travel to Germany for EuroBrake, the world’s largest braking conference and exhibition, to present their visions of the future to leading engineers from around the world.

In Her Majesty the Queen’s new year honours for 2015, Paul Mascarenas, FISITA President, has been awarded the OBE for his services to the automotive industry. This honour recognises British citizens who have made an outstanding contribution in their area of activity or service, either locally or abroad.

Aiming to bring he global automotive engineering community together to address 'Intelligent transport to solve our future mobility, safety and environmental challenges', theFISITA 2014 World Automotive Congress takes place 2-6 June 2014 in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

In an effort to inspire young people to consider an exciting future as an automotive engineer, FISITA (International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies) launch a second series of ‘behind the scenes’ interviews with engineers at MIRA, the centre of excellence for vehicle engineering, and at Jaguar Land Rover’s Castle Bromwich facility, where the new Jaguar F-Type is being assembled.

There are very few sectors where technology and innovation move faster than the automotive industry, an industry which offers well-respected and well-paid long-term career opportunities for today’s graduates. However according to a PriceWaterHouseCoopers report in 2011, 46% of automotive CEOs say the task of finding the right talent is becoming increasingly difficult, predominantly because there are not enough skilled candidates. In fact, 56% (...