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The trade fair year 2026 calls solution providers from the oil, gas and petrochemical sectors to Mumbai, Beijing, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, among others. Private sector booths will add extras in Rio and the home market Hamburg.

On 29 October, the Brazil Management meeting of the Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery and Mining & Minerals trade associations took place.

The global business situation in the mechanical engineering sector shows light and shade - with significant regional differences. Positive signals are coming from India and Brazil, while the business situation in China and the USA remains difficult.

Brazil has largely abolished visa requirements for technicians and technical services. This is particularly beneficial for typical short-term assignments.

Brazil offers great opportunities, and there is strong support for overcoming the obstacles to market entry, including from the VDMA in Brazil. A further improvement in the general conditions is to be expected.

The members' meeting for all mechanical engineering sectors in Brazil will take place on 6 November. VDMA President Bertram Kawlath, who has represented the association in Europe since 2024, will also take part in the panel discussions.

The EU is finally making progress on the Mercosur agreement. The decision to treat the trade part separately is particularly helpful. Now it is up to the EU Council and Parliament.

Argentina stabilizes in 2025 - Brazil benefits from this, with Brazilian cars and machinery in particular in demand. At the same time, uncertainty in trade with the USA is growing.

If you want to leverage real future potential for agribusiness, especially for agricultural technology, you can no longer ignore South America.

In 2026, global machinery and equipment turnover is expected to grow by 2% on a price-adjusted basis. Growth in Asia will remain above average. Stagnation looms in the EU-27.

Brazilian mechanical engineering industry records growth of 13.4% in the first quarter of 2025

On 4 June 2025, Haver & Boecker Latinoamericana in São Paulo hosted the Brazil Management Meeting of the Construction-Equipment and Plant Engineering and Mining & Minerals Trade Associations organized by VDMA Brazil.

For the orientation of VDMA member companies, the German Engineering Federation has created a new data sheet on foreign trade in machinery with Brazil.

The VDMA informs its members twice a year about the development of the chemical industry in Brazil, China, France, Turkey, the USA and the United Kingdom.

On the initiative of the VDMA Forum Process Technology, several water trade fairs have once again made it into the German government's foreign trade fair program in 2025. The destinations are not just in the east and the west.

The mechanical engineering industry in Brazil will benefit from the simplification of certificates of origin through self-certification in Mercosur.

As in the previous year, demand for capital goods was weak in 2024. Machinery and equipment worth an estimated 3.26 trillion euros was sold worldwide, 1.5% less than in 2023.

After a dry spell of three years, the signs are pointing to growth for the industry.

Every year, more than 600 VDMA members supply process technology components and systems to 150 countries around the world. Here you will find the current process technology trade fair lists.

Interoperability standards and federated data space structures play a crucial role in the context of digital transformation and Industry 4.0. The VDMA and its Brazilian partners organized a roadshow in Brazil on this topic.

The global economy is in a phase of reorientation, characterized by uncertainty, fragmentation and technological transformation.

On 17 May 2023, the Brazil Management Meeting of the Construction and Mining trade associations took place in Sao Paulo.

Glass South America, the most important trade fair for the glass industry in Latin America, will take place in Sao Paulo from June 12 to 15, 2024.

The economic reports for 2025 on important foreign markets in the food and packaging industry, compiled exclusively for the VDMA by gtai, are now available in German and English language.

The VDMA Foreign Trade newsletter offers you topics relevant to mechanical engineering and event information. More about our offer here in the video.

In 2022, machinery and equipment sold worldwide was worth almost 3.4 trillion euros. In euro terms, this is around 12 percent more than a year earlier. In the TOP 10 country ranking, there were changes from seventh place onwards.

The VDMA representative office in São Paulo, Brazil, has been in existence since 2013 and represents the interests of the German mechanical and plant engineering industry in the Brazilian economy.

Demand for capital goods remains robust. However, shortages of materials are hampering the progress of orders to varying degrees.

Rapid recovery after the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic - Significant rise in order intake generates momentum for 2021 - Shortage of materials is greatest concern - K 2022 – VDMA Circular Economy Forum - New board of Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association elected

Business opportunities and sustainable development in the Brazilian energy market: from the booming oil & gas sector to the energy transition

The VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association has cancelled its participation in the German Pavilion at Plástico Brasil in São Paulo for this year in agreement with the European partner associations of EUROMAP and the organizer of the event.

VDMA Foreign Trade advises you with regard to international markets. In addition, there are various offers from the federal and state governments that support the development of international markets.

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The Western industrialized countries could lose their leading role to China, with far-reaching consequences for food and packaging machinery manufacturing. How does it look for Brazil?

Opportunities and challenges for the tool industry in America will be the focus of the English-language web conference of ISTMA and AMMMT on September 3, 2020.

Covid-19 pandemic has left its mark

The catalogue of requirements of the current version of NR 12 represents an outstanding step towards the European Machinery Directive.

Brazil's solar energy sector is growing intensively. Medium-sized solar parks for decentralised generation offer particularly good opportunities.

China, India, Japan, USA, Brazil or Singapore: Our VDMA liaison offices abroad help you with your commitment in the most important foreign markets.

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