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Under the motto "Digital Fluid Power", industry leaders, developers and users will meet at the Fluid-X Conference in Schweinfurt/Germany to discuss current developments, challenges and perspectives of digitalization in fluid power.

This article provides an overview of the wide range of support available to German companies wishing to enter the African market. The overview is updated regularly, but does not claim to be exhaustive.

Chinese companies often enjoy competition-distorting advantages and subsidies. In a new position paper, the VDMA makes demands on German and European politicians to counteract these disadvantages.

Here you will find interesting industry-relevant dates of external organizers.

MOTA 2025 is your gateway to thriving in Africa’s rapidly evolving mining landscape.

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New tractor registrations in Germany in April 2025 were 22,3% under the same month last year.

In May 2025, 257 new firefighting vehicles were registered in Germany.

The 3. Interoperability Summit, sponsored by ECLASS, GS1 Germany, Prostep ivip, and VDMA Machine Information Interoperability, will take place on May, 7, 2026 at the Telekom Conference Center in Bonn.

For six weeks, the focus was on young people, their prospects and mechanical engineering throughout Germany. Several thousand offers for young talent at 407 company and university locations are proof of the success.

The Export Controls and Sanctions Working Group provides impulses for your daily work. It shows examples of best practice, provides suggestions and promotes contacts between members.

Here you will find an updated overview of the progress of the project after the third face-to-face meeting on 12.03.202 (update no. 4).

With the description of abstract types for components, systems and controllers, the Companion Specification OPC 40700 defines the basis of the OPC UA information models in the surface technology areas.

The VDMA Benelux office is the link for Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg mechanical engineering entrepreneurs to the high-quality services, know-how and valuable international network of the VDMA. Our office is located in Maastricht, centrally located in the Benelux region and well connected to Germany.

The VDMA offers events on current foreign trade topics, on the web and live on site.

A probationary period termination can be classified as contrary to good faith due to contradictory behavior if the takeover was previously promised.

Experience the versatile scope of Service Robot applications firsthand and up close at automatica 2025.

As an important service, VDMA Armaturen offers member companies regular updates on key industry facts relating to the building and industrial valves industry.

Monthly tracking of the market development of valve-relevant raw materials with a focus on non-ferrous metals

Incoming orders in the food processing and packaging machinery sector were down 10% in real terms in April compared to the same month last year.