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Although the EU Supply Chain Directive pursues a correct and important goal, it is simply not feasible in practice for European companies. Eight business organizations, including VDMA and ZVEI, are calling for a new draft.
read more...The German machine tool industry expects a decline in production of just under 3% to a nominal EUR 14.8 billion in 2024. Domestic demand in particular has fallen sharply.
read more...Digitalization, electrification and automation are megatrends and the electrical industry is benefiting from them. Nevertheless, the ZVEI expects a dip in production. At the press conference, the association warned against too much EU bureaucracy and took a clear stance against the right.
read more...Interested parties in China can now also experience the benefits of open, standardized interfaces based on OPC UA for themselves. In November, VDW and VDMA opened an umati showroom in Pudong near Shanghai.
read more..."Economic policy positions 2024"
The VDMA is calling for a "fresh cell cure for the industrial location". Germany and Europe urgently need reforms to ensure their competitiveness. In its "Economic Policy Positions 2024", it lists the twelve most important fields of action.
read more...The German mechanical and plant engineering industry has a shortage of skilled workers, particularly in the IT sector. To counteract this, the VDMA is launching a cooperation with the service provider getINNOtized to facilitate access to qualified specialists from abroad.
read more...BDI President Siegfried Russwurm warns against the AfD. As an exporting country, Germany benefits more than almost any other from openness to the world, international cooperation and trade and European unification, said Russwurm in Berlin on Tuesday.
read more...Is Germany becoming the "sick man of Europe" again - or is it already? The DIHK President sees many weaknesses in Germany as a business location.
read more...Nortec in Hamburg will once again take place on the usual date: From January 23 to 26, 2024, over 140 exhibitors will be presenting products and solutions relating to machines and systems, tools and devices, control systems and measurement technology.
read more...In a new study, the VDMA Electrical Automation Association examines the industry's demand for semiconductors. The results are startling, but also offer opportunities. An economic recovery is expected in the second half of 2024.
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