Mechanical and plant engineeringVDMA expects significantly higher production for 2018
At the VDMA's economic press conference, association president Carl Martin Welcker announced an increase in the production forecast to 5%. This increase is based, among other things, on good demand prospects in the German mechanical and plant engineering sector.
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As in the previous year, the largest sales market for German machinery and systems was the United States of America, closely followed by the People's Republic of China.