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Together with practitioners from industry, the Baden-Württemberg Industry 4.0 Alliance has formulated low-threshold measures for climate-neutral production. These are intended to facilitate the transition in companies.
Why standardization is becoming a key factor for the safe and successful use of hydrogen technologies.
The 6th edition of the VDMA Technology Guide Oil Gas Petrochemicals with focus on Net-Zero Solutions for energy-intensive Industries. Are you among the Who's Who of European process technology suppliers?
Twin transformation in mechanical and plant engineering: How digitalization and sustainability together enable new business models and make the industry fit for the future.
Here you will find an updated overview of the progress of the project after the third face-to-face meeting on 12.03.202 (update no. 4).
A lack of new buildings, stalled refurbishment projects and rising costs are making the transformation of existing buildings towards climate neutrality more difficult. Viable concepts and a simplification of construction and approval practices are needed.
MarLEN, a new European initiative to promote maritime innovation, was launched at the beginning of 2025. Annual calls for funding are planned.
The amendment to the German Federal Emission Protection Ordinance (4th BImSchV) by the German legislator brings clarity and relief both for the placing on the market of smaller electrolysers below 5 MW and for large-scale plants.
Have you already calculated your company's climate footprint and defined ambitious climate targets? But what specific measures can a company take to achieve these goals?
Emissions trading is the lead instrument for climate protection. EU countries are using additional instruments to achieve further targets. An IMPULS study examines the challenges of the instrument mix.
After the second face-to-face meeting on 8.11.2024 and numerous further online meetings of the 7 sub-working groups, the first drafts and H2 requirements lists are available. (update no. 3)
The objectives of the Clean Industrial Deal are fundamentally correct. However, EU policy must urgently improve the conditions in Europe across the board. Not only the symptoms of crisis industries must be treated.
In the IEA's 2024 "Energy Technology Perspectives" report, the agency looks at global market developments in green technologies and the resilience of their production chains.
In January 2025, the EU Commission presented its report "The net-zero manufacturing industry landscape across the Member States". It documents the current state of affairs.
The agricultural machinery industry is focusing on climate-friendly diesel fuel alternatives in order to sustainably minimize exhaust emissions in agriculture.
Carbon management is a central key to achieving climate targets and highlights the important role of mechanical and plant engineering in implementing appropriate solutions.
By efficiently bundling personal contacts, trade fairs make an important contribution to climate protection and sustainability because additional travel is avoided.
The COP29 world climate conference is taking place in Baku (Azerbaijan) from November 11 to 29. Find out here what topics will be discussed there and how the results could affect the mechanical and plant engineering sector.
At an initial public meeting on 3.9.2024 at the VDMA in Frankfurt, almost 50 experts specified the aim and focus of the project and defined working groups. Initial results will be discussed on 8.11.2024. (Update no. 2)
The circular economy is one of the key areas of transformation with opportunities as an enabler for mechanical and plant engineering. The kick-off event presented selected business models.
The use of recyclable or reusable packaging not only makes ecological sense, but also saves direct costs. Reducing packaging sizes offers additional efficiency potential for companies.
Losses in the compressed air systems of manufacturing companies often lead to unnecessarily high energy costs. More energy-efficient systems and preventive diagnostic and maintenance measures save money.
Creating a heating and ventilation concept in conjunction with an autonomous control system can reduce CO2 emissions throughout the company.
At the invitation of Federal Construction Minister Klara Geywitz, VDMA Construction Equipment Chairman Franz-Josef Paus and Managing Director Joachim Schmid informed a small audience about the current state of construction equipment technology.
The VDMA cooperation with the Greentech Festival in Berlin enters its second year
Training employees to become energy scouts can help to identify hidden efficiency potential in companies and thus reduce costs.
Heat losses in company buildings contribute to higher energy bills and thus also to a higher greenhouse gas emissions balance for the company.
This measure contributes to the optimization of building efficiency by reducing the building area to be managed.
The continuous replacement of existing conventional light sources is a low-threshold measure to improve the energy efficiency of buildings.
In a study, the Federal Environment Agency examined the potential and obstacles to carpooling in Germany. It was found that these solutions "are an essential component of environmentally-oriented mobility management.
Traditionally, production halls are supplied with alternating current from the public power grid. However, switching to direct current would have a number of advantages.
The more material - for example metals or plastics - that is not part of the final product, the higher the total material consumption and the higher the total greenhouse gas emissions.
The energy efficiency of your own production equipment, such as machine tools, can be improved by measuring and visualizing electricity consumption.
Enabling more climate-friendly commuting for employees
ProduktionNRW looks at different areas of the transformation megatrend. Practical examples from the mechanical and plant engineering sector are used to show how implementation can succeed and which success factors are important.
The ninth future study examines the role of carbon management as the key to achieving climate targets. It outlines opportunities and hurdles for industry and society and presents four future scenarios for 2035 and beyond.
The IEA examines current trends and risks of future energy technologies and recommends that responsible parties actively pursue solutions.
The VDMA maturity model enables companies to self-assess their level of climate ambition and competence as well as how they compare to the sector average.
Within the VDMA, hydrogen is not only of great interest for the VDMA Power-to-X for Applications, but is accompanied by a whole range of areas with diverse activities.
Product Carbon Footprints are often calculated according to general standards. However, these standards often leave room for interpretation and do not offer transparent comparability. This problem is countered with the help of the VDMA standard sheet currently being prepared.
Mechanical and plant engineering is an enabler for climate protection and resource efficiency. Only with green technologies and innovative strength can climate targets be achieved and transformation shaped.
List of planned experience exchange events ("ERFA") from the North, VDMA Regional Association North and the Marine Equipment and Systems (MES) working group.
The VDMA NRW has summarized the expectations of mechanical and plant engineering companies for a future state government in six key demands.
Air traffic must also reduce carbon dioxide emissions. There are various ways to achieve this.
Sustainable alternative fuels can also help to completely reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the shipping sector.
On 24 November 2021, the kick-off event of the new VDMA project will take place online.Climate change is one of the key global challenges facing industry and society. Companies contribute significantly to anthropogenic climate change directly through site-related emissions, but also indirectly through emissions associated with energy purchases, as well as those that occur in the upstream and downstream value chain. Securing long-term competitiveness and adapting to the tightening political framework conditions are becoming drivers for greenhouse gas emission reductions and the gradual adaptation of new business models for companies across industries and regardless of their size.
In 2020, the market environment for large-scale plant engineering was dominated by the effects of the Corona crisis and a slowdown in global economic momentum.
The question of how the changeover to climate-neutral production can succeed is of central importance not only for the long-term goal of greenhouse gas neutrality, but also for Germany as an industrial location. As a solution provider of climate-friendly and low-emission technologies, the mechanical and plant engineering sector has a key role to play here. It is an enabler for other sectors and industries to reduce emissions and optimize processes and products.
Climate neutrality, avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions and offsetting are terms that can now be mentioned in the same breath. In an interview, Dr. Jochen Gassner, CEO First Climate, answers questions about offsetting that are of concern to the mechanical engineering industry and explains why offsetting helps the climate.
Companies that have committed themselves to the goal of climate neutrality all have something in common. They want to make an essential and individual contribution to climate protection. They are concerned with the question of where the emissions caused by their own company - both directly and indirectly - originate and consider what concrete measures can be taken to reduce them. The goal is always the same, but the way to achieve it is often different. Three approaches from the mechanical engineering sector are outlined here.
Climate-neutral production is a challenge along the entire value chain and occupies many companies. For this reason, the VDMA has now published a practical guide for the mechanical and plant engineering sector.
In the working group Technology - Laundry and Dry Cleaning Machines, technical and environmental topics relating to the mechanical engineering sector are advanced in the textile care sector.
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