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German production of food processing and packaging (FPaP) machinery increased by 3.6% in the first three quarters of 2025. Packaging machinery production increased significantly.
At the start of the world's leading trade fair drinktec, the industry is in robust shape. Exports continue to grow - by 6 in the first half of 2025 alone. Particularly strong: the EU-27 with 10.2%, the USA remains the most important single market.
Exports of food processing and packaging machinery will continue to grow in the first half of 2025, bucking the trend in the mechanical engineering sector as a whole.
Juri Winkler is Managing Director of Diosna and Deputy Chairman of the VDMA's Bakery Machinery Division. He talks to us about what it takes to remain competitive as a company and where he finds inspiration.
Incoming orders in the food processing and packaging machinery sector were down 5% in real terms in June compared to the same month last year.
Michaela Marquardt is Managing Partner of ASTOR Schneidwerkzeuge GmbH in Storkow. She talks to us about what motivates her most and where she finds inspiration.
Nadina Korthäuer is a member of the Management Board and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at ESPERA-WERKE in Duisburg. She talks to us about the challenges and trends in the industry and what she likes to do in her free time.
The VDMA reports a decline in production in the food processing and packaging machinery sector of just under 2% to EUR 16.1 billion, while exports grew by 6% to EUR 10.6 billion.
The global food and beverage industry is one of the most dynamic growth sectors. Plastic dominates sales of retail packaging for food and beverages.
Spain increased its exports of meat processing machinery by 3.1% in 2024. Companies exported machines worth 77 million euros.
Italy increased its exports of meat processing machinery by 3.8% in 2024. Companies achieved a record level of 182 million euros in foreign trade.
The applications of plant proteins are creamy, crispy, juicy and sustainability-conscious: the Department of Food Biotechnology and Process Engineering at TU Berlin is presenting its current research results at IFFA.
The future prospects of the supplier industry for the meat and protein sector are positive, as the global food industry is developing dynamically. Germany is on its way to becoming the leading market for meat substitute products.
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How alternative ingredients and textured proteins are used to create meat substitute products with the typical meat structure.
Powerful sensor solutions for real-time inline monitoring of the contamination status are essential in order to design cleaning processes completely in line with requirements and thus significantly save production time and cleaning resources.
The "Exo-MCD" is an intelligent robot for automated and reproducible cleaning of systems and production environments.
"CleanAssist": The combination of highly integrated tracking sensor technology, spray cleaning simulation and a digital twin enables reliable quality assurance and consistent documentation for manual cleaning processes.
For several years now, we have been producing monthly data sheets on various sectors, categories and countries based on data from Euromonitor International. We publish the latest editions via the monthly newsletter NuV-Telegram.
In this member information of the Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association you will find an overview of the services offered by the VDMA in the area of markets and economy.
The German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) publishes various publications within its regulations.
The project "Porting the Weihenstephan Standards to an OPC UA Companion Specification" was successfully completed with a publication of the OPC UA WS Specification.
Whether sausages, schnitzel or burgers - the trend towards meat substitutes is unbroken. But what does the world market for them look like? What are the trends? Here you will find the answers.
VDMA-Study: Joint press release by Munich Strategy and VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association of 15 March 2021
What does the future of the German food processing machinery industry look like in 2035? The VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association and its members have developed four visions of the future.
