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Switzerland is one of the leading industrial nations in Europe. Business and research are closely interlinked and Switzerland is regarded as an innovation location with a high degree of specialization. However, the German and Austrian mechanical engineering sectors score with quality in this demanding country, which makes Switzerland an attractive sales market. With machinery deliveries of EUR 6 billion in 2022, Switzerland is Germany's No. 9 export country, and with a 42.3 percent share of Swiss machinery imports, Germany is also by far the No. 1 supplier country. For Austrian mechanical and plant engineering, Switzerland is the 6th most important export market, with exports of just under EUR 800 million in 2021.

Many SMEs, as well as large companies from Germany and Austria, have maintained intensive economic relations for many years and are represented with sales offices or production in Switzerland. For the non-EU member Switzerland, however, special rules apply in several areas that have to be observed in everyday business.
At the joint web erfa of VDMA Baden-Württemberg and VDMA Austria, you will receive information on machinery trade between Germany and Austria on the one hand and Switzerland on the other hand from VDMA Foreign Trade, as well as on the economic climate and market potential from the leading Swiss bank Crédit Suisse. Based on a field report by J. Wagner GmbH, Markdorf on Switzerland as a sales market and production location, we would like to discuss with you successful strategies for the approach of mechanical engineering companies in Switzerland.