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Mitgliedschaft Beschreibung

The world of mechanical and plant engineering is changing. Business is becoming faster, more international. Good - because there have rarely been so many opportunities! As a member of the VDMA, we help you keep track of these opportunities and use them as competitive advantages. 3,600 members, from family businesses to listed corporations, take advantage of this offer. You too can become a member of this strong community!

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Consultation

With its extensive expert knowledge, the VDMA offers you a wide range of consulting services.

Education & Social Policy
Digitalization & Industrie 4.0
Research, Innovation & Technology
Management & Business Strategies
Mobility
Markets & Economy
Sustainability & Energy
Legal
Tax
Technical Regulations & Standardization
Economic & Social Policy
Company & Product Search

Our members can present themselves to potential customers with free listings in our online directories. The databases are constantly updated and provide detailed nomenclature for machinery and equipment manufacturing. This makes it possible to search for specific products and their suppliers.

Industry & regional guide
Database of foreign subsidiaries of member companies
Manufacturer & Product Portal
Matchmaking with cooperation partners
Research Offers & Trend Scouting

The VDMA facilitates cross-company research by organizing and co-financing it. By participating in research programs and using the results, we offer access to the best minds in science. In addition, we help to identify trends relevant to mechanical engineering at an early stage and make them usable for companies.

Exchange of experience & events
Research & expert networks
Research funding & advice on funding programs
Research projects & research ideas
University partnerships & endowed chairs
Information on research results
Information on Startups & Startup Pitches
Innovation award ceremonies
Magazines
Technology roadmaps
Technology studies, research & trend guides
KPIs & Benchmarks

Benchmarking is a controlling and management tool that can be used to analyze processes, successes and developments in a company. We provide you with survey results and benchmarks from different areas of the company, which help you to evaluate and classify the performance of your company.

Country & industry reports including indices
Research studies & surveys
VDMA benchmarks & inter-company comparisons
Market & Economic Information

Managers rely on well-founded market information to make operational and strategic decisions. Access to an extensive statistics database, forecasts, country reports, and more helps you manage your enterprise.

Incoming orders & sales reports
Foreign trade information
Business cycle information
Customer Industry Reports
Country & industry reports including indices
Market Trends & Market Research
Production figures
Networking & Collaboration

We are joining forces to expand the leading position of the VDMA as the voice of our industry on an international level. Take advantage of the many opportunities for networking and collaboration along the entire industrial value chain and regarding all topics of mechanical and plant engineering with us at the VDMA - both in person and digitally.

Working groups & committees
Exchange & cooperation with associations
Exchange of experience, industry dialogue & entrepreneur meetings
Company joint stands at German trade fairs
Research & expert networks
German Pavilion at international trade fairs
International Management Meetings
Social media
Foundations for the promotion of machinery and equipment manufacturing
Matchmaking with cooperation partners
Representation of the industry in DIN, CEN & ISO standardization committees
Cooperation with institutions & public bodies
Representation of Political Interests

We represent the issues of mechanical and plant engineering in Germany and Europe on your behalf. Our technical expertise, our knowledge of the industry, and our straightforward positioning make us a recognized and valued contact for companies, as well as for the public, science, administration, and politics.

Exchange & cooperation with associations
Research funding & advice on funding programs
Political discussions & parliamentary evenings
Position papers & statements on proposed legislation
Cooperation with institutions & public bodies
Training, Training Courses, Seminars

The VDMA offers you a comprehensive range of professional training opportunities relating to machinery and equipment manufacturing: conferences, courses, seminars and digital learning. In addition we support numerous companies in the mechanical and plant engineering sector with in-house training and individual consulting projects - tailored to your specific needs.

Apprentice mentor training
Congresses, conferences & information days
Practical workshops
Seminars
Standardization & Regulations

Standardization as a strategic management tool is one of the core tasks of the VDMA. Keep track of technical legislation with our support. In addition, the VDMA promotes the competitiveness of mechanical engineering through its involvement in the DIN Standards Committee Mechanical Engineering (NAM).

Working groups & committees
Databases on regulations
Exchange of experience & events
Information and comments on draft standards & new standards publications
OPC UA interface standardization & VDMA specifications
Implementation of climate policy goals and targets
Representation of the industry towards other standardization institutions
Representation of the industry in DIN, CEN & ISO standardization committees
Studies, Guidelines, Publications

Our publications provide in-depth industry knowledge. Our studies help you to understand the technology and market trends that affect your business. And our guidelines provide a framework for entrepreneurial decisions.

Apps & Tools
Industry & regional guide
Annual Reports
Information sheets & information series
Guides, checklists & FAQs
Magazines
Research studies & surveys
VDMA Magazine, Newsletters & Social Media

The VDMA Magazine gives you insights into the mechanical and plant engineering industry that go beyond the horizon. The VDMA newsletters provide you with information on current trends, news and events. And our social media activities keep you in touch with the latest developments.

Magazines
Newsletters & circulars for specialized topics
Newsletters & circulars for general topics
Newsletters & circulars with industry focus
Social media
VDMA Magazine
Events & Trade Fairs

We offer you a wide range of events for exchanging ideas - from high-level congresses to target-group-specific experience exchange at expert level. In addition, the VDMA takes you to your customers with numerous trade fairs and exhibitions- in Germany and around the world.

Working groups & committees
Industry-leading trade fairs
Trade fairs relevant to the industry
Exchange of experience, industry dialogue & entrepreneur meetings
Company joint stands at German trade fairs
German Pavilion at international trade fairs
Business initiation trips
International Management Meetings
Congresses, conferences & information days
Political discussions & parliamentary evenings
Practical workshops
Award ceremonies
Seminars

Documents & downloads

Documents & downloads

Empfehlung Mitgliedschaft: Geschäftsbericht

VDMA Business ReportTIPP
  • VDMA Business Report 2020-2024
Being unique is a performance promise that the mechanical engineering industry makes to its customers every day. The VDMA also wants to be unique for its members - and has therefore changed noticeably.

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Der VDMA

The voice of machinery and equipment manufacturing - the engine of the industry

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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Benefits for you as a member

Largest industry network in Europe

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.

Strong representation of interests

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.

A wide range of services

More than 500 VDMA employees worldwide support you with practical services to make the right decisions in your company - along the entire value chain.