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The European supply chain law must not overburden medium-sized companies in particular. They need less pressure and bureaucracy right now in order to remain competitive.
PFAS - Essential for industrial processes.
Industrially indispensable but facing a potential EU ban. Learn more about the reasons and consequences of the impending PFAS ban for machinery and plant engineering on the new VDMA expert topic page.
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The mechanical and plant engineering companies employ around 3 million people in the EU-27, more than 1.2 million of them in Germany alone. This makes mechanical and plant engineering the largest employer among the capital goods industries, both in the EU-27 and in Germany.
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