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VDMA Austria members met to discuss the future of edge computing

Europe's mechanical engineering companies are facing major challenges in Southeast Asia. More local proximity, strategic adaptation and the courage to question familiar ways of thinking are needed.

100 years of Noris Group: a family business between tradition and innovation. Today, Noris makes ships smarter, safer and more efficient worldwide and has clear answers to the challenges of the future.

The new Trump tariffs are not only raising costs for the machinery sector, but creating confusion and uncertainty among manufacturers that export to the United States.

The HANSA Forum is approaching. VDMA members receive a 20% discount on the regular ticket price.

Target market analysis to request - delegation trip / exhibition of German suppliers in Piraeus

The members of VDMA Compressors, Compressed Air and Vacuum Technology will meet on November 12/13 in Leipzig. Find out more about the planned program here.

Bernd Neugart re-elected as Chairman - Forecast 2025: minus 5 percent in real terms - Forecast 2026: slight growth of 1 percent in real terms expected - Record membership: 223 companies in the Drive Technology Association

APM will take place in Singapore from 25.03. - 27.03.2026.

In August, incoming orders were disappointing with a decline of 7% compared to the previous year. Orders from non-euro countries in particular fell sharply - an effect of US customs policy.

Germany passed a Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) back in 2021. At EU level, the Supply Chain Directive (CS3D), which was adopted in 2024, is currently being renegotiated as part of Omnibus I.

SEA JAPAN is the most important international shipbuilding trade fair in the important shipbuilding nation of Japan.

The VDMA and its members are taking up the motto of K 2025 ‘The Power of Plastics! Green - Smart – Responsible’:

The monthly legal update for the mechanical engineering industry - exclusively for member companies

In a difficult overall economic environment, the machinery industry continues to wait for substantial growth momentum.

The works council must be involved when setting up a reporting office in accordance with the Whistleblower Protection Act.

List of the planned experience exchange events ("ERFA") of the AG Marine Equipment and Systems (MES) and the VDMA Nord (North). Participation is reserved for our members.

The industry finally needs swift approval procedures for electrolysers and hydrogen infrastructure. The new law can provide the necessary impetus – if it is implemented consistently.

Here we report at irregular intervals on key market trends, important major projects, market players and provide information on sources of information and institutions in Australia and Oceania.

In August 2025, incoming orders in the Bavarian mechanical and plant engineering sector recorded an increase of 13% in real terms compared to the previous year