Dr Peter Götz, APPLiA President

Europe and the world have been going through an unprecedented period brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting on our lives at every level. Priorities had to be reshuffled to ensure that the safety and well being of our workers and their families came first. Nevertheless, our sector has worked tirelessly to make sure our commitment to a better and greener Europe was not put aside. This report sums up the outcome of our efforts as an industry and is another step in the right direction.

Paolo Falcioni, APPLiA Director-General

This is the 5th edition of our home appliance industry annual report, once again depicting improving trends by the sector. Despite the period we have been going through, with all the difficulties that the pandemic has inflicted on European industries and citizens, we are glad to share some positive figures around the sector’s ongoing commitment to work for a better future. That is something for which our companies work every day. This report is a deep look into sustainability, digitalisation and European competitiveness as fostered by the home appliance sector.