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  • Guest article by Stefan Hoppe
About the digital product passport
Regulatory requirements such as the Digital Product Passport pose new challenges for mechanical engineering. Open data spaces and standards such as OPC UA provide the basis for digitally linking production, supply chains and customer processes.
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  • New brand
Strong brand with a "look & feel"
After around 25 years, the VDMA has relaunched its brand. The new "look & feel" emphasizes the VDMA's stronger European orientation and is intended to make the traditional brand even more present.
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  • Top Story: Interoperability
Interoperability is much more than just technology
As a platform-independent standard, OPC UA enables end-to-end data usage - for flexible factories, efficient supply chains and automated services. Facts and figures show how the OPC UA Companion Specifications work in practice.
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  • Top Story: Interoperability
The language of the future
In the past, a lot of effort had to be made to enable machines to talk to each other. Today, one standard language is enough: OPC UA. Lenze has integrated this into control systems, visualizations and engineering tools.
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  • De-risking
World-wide potential
US trade tariffs and the trade dispute between the US and China are weighing on the mechanical engineering industry. Official figures on de-risking are lacking, but the international positioning and trends in mechanical engineering are representable.
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  • Guest contribution by Jürgen Matthes
What is Trump doing?
With his aggressive tariff policy and his tendency to shift positions unpredictably, Donald Trump is throwing the global economy into turmoil. Concerns about a continuous stream of bad news are leading to a wait-and-see attitude and uncertainty.
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  • Top Story Packaging machines
Safe and hygienically perfect
The topic of packaging affects the entire machine and plant engineering sector. With its portfolio, it is helping to meet the growing demand for safe and hygienic food and beverages.
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  • De-risking
No absolute certainty
ABP has its German headquarters in the port of Dortmund, from where goods are shipped worldwide. Since introducing its first induction ­furnace in 1903, it has been one of the technology ­leaders. ABP is also well positioned in de-risking.
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  • Guest contribution Prof. Jens-Peter Majschak
Big break for the industry
The European Union's Packaging and Packaging Waste -Regulation (PPWR) sets high standards for the packaging industry. At the same time, it opens up new opportunities here. That is because machines for eco-friendly packaging are a global topic.
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Packaging on the move
Packaging machines can help to combat hunger in the world. A visit to Hassia-Redatron - a place where change is actively shaped - shows how technological innovation and entrepreneurial reorientation work.
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  • Top Story: Resilience
Wired to find ideas
Niehoff has more than doubled its sales in six years - despite crises and changing market conditions. To achieve this, the company relies on the potential of its employees and actively involves them in the further development of the company.
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  • Guest contribution by Professor Drossel
Producing flexibly
Flexible and adaptive production systems are key to greater resilience in mechanical and plant engineering. The aim is to change production in such a way that it can react independently to volatile boundary conditions.
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  • Young talent shortage
Demand for new talent remains
Surveys of VDMA member companies show a cautiously positive development in the planning of young talent. A quarter of the companies surveyed are planning to create more vocational training positions this year.
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  • Top Story: Young talent shortage
Building close ties
The Harting Technology Group has built up more than just production, ­development, and administration in Espelkamp. At the state-of-the-art training center, around 110 young people are learning about their profession, the company and its culture.
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  • Europeanization
Shaping the future as a strong European community
The VDMA is undergoing a noticeable change due to its increasing Europeanization. This process opens up new opportunities for cooperation and contributes to increasing competitiveness in the global market.
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  • Guest article by Christiane Schubert
Creating opportunities
Since 2008, the non-profit organization "Joblinge" has been working to open up the path to training and employment for young people with difficult starting conditions. Around 80 ­percent of the 17,000 participants so far have succeeded in doing so.
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  • Top Story: Europeanization
Thinking big and European
Morgan Tecnica offers a blend of innovation, sustainability, and community spirit. The company in Adro, Italy, has succeeded in expanding worldwide while remaining true to the "Made in Italy" values.
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  • Guest article by Mehdi Hocine
Strong by Europeanization
The European machinery industry must continue to innovate and invest to maintain its competitive advantage. Despite its leading position in many sectors, there are areas such as green technology and AI where more needs to be done.
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  • Guest article by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcus Geimer
No two ways about it
The electrification of mobile machines offers many opportunities, but also has its limits. But new ideas for working with machines are also setting trends. Why not replace a large agricultural machine with a swarm of electrified robots?
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  • New VDMA Executive Committee
"Stagnation would be fatal!"
The new VDMA Executive Committee begins its term of office amid stormy seas. President Bertram Kawlath and his Vice Presidents Verena Thies and Alexander Jakschik talk about their tasks and goals. They make it clear: it is high time to act!
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