The Battery Production Department addresses the production technology of batteries of all technologies, with a current focus on lithium-ion technology. Our member companies supply machines, plants, components, tools and services along the entire process chain of battery production: from raw material preparation to electrode production and cell assembly to module and pack production.
The specialist department is the contact for all questions relating to battery machinery and plant engineering. We research technology and market information, organise customer events and roadshows, offer platforms for exchange within the industry and are in dialogue with research and science.
The Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) brings together experts from industry and research to discuss advances and innovations in battery technology for the automotive sector
The Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) brings together experts from industry and research to discuss advances and innovations in battery technology for the automotive sector
The Chinese mechanical equipment industry becomes increasingly competitive and expands into third markets, including the EU. These export activities are significantly supported by the Chinese administration and this development poses new challenges for European mechanical equipment manufacturers. What could be effective responses to this trend?
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Challenges of mechanical engineering: While Asian mechanical engineering is establishing itself in battery production in Europe, the domestic industry is threatening to fall behind.
Our board consists of 15 well-known industry representatives from different areas of the process chain. It determines the direction. Together with the office, the board coordinates tasks, activit
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By participating in research activities and utilizing the results, we offer your company access to the best minds in science. What is more, we help you to recognize relevant mechanical engineering trends and disruptions at an early stage to make them useful for your business.
We provide you with survey results and benchmarks from various business areas that will help you evaluating and classifying your company’s performance, amongst other things.
Access to an extensive statistics data base, forecasts, country reports and much more will help you manage your business activities.
Take advantage of the many opportunities at VDMA for networking and collaboration along the entire industrial value chain and mechanical engineering topics - in person or online.
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We represent the issues of mechanical engineering in Germany and Europe on your behalf. Our technical expertise, our knowledge of the industry, and our straightforward positioning makes us a recognized and valued contact for companies, as well as for the public, science, administration, and politics.
The VDMA offers you a comprehensive range of further education and training courses relevant to mechanical engineering: Conferences, courses, seminars as well as digital learning.
Stay on top of technical legislation with our support. In addition, the VDMA promotes the competitiveness of the mechanical engineering industry through its participation in the DIN Standards Committee for Mechanical Engineering (NAM).
With our publications, we impart knowledge and provide insights into the latest developments in our industry and in our association.
The VDMA magazine is aimed exclusively at VDMA member companies and gives them unusual insights into the mechanical engineering industry. What challenges is it dealing with? What projects is it working on? And how does it envision the future? To find out, we talk to our members and visit them on site. In doing so, we don't shy away from presenting controversial viewpoints that reflect the diversity and vibrancy of mechanical engineering.
We offer various networking events, including high-level congresses and target-group specific experience exchanges on expert level. In addition, VDMA connects you with your customers during numerous trade fairs and exhibition activities; in Germany and all over the world.
3,600 primarily medium-sized member companies in the capital goods industry make the VDMA the largest industrial association in Europe and the most important network organization in the industry.
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The VDMA is the most important voice of the machinery and equipment manufacturing industry. It represents the common economic, technical and scientific interests of the industry in Germany and around the world.
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