Engineering
Technical product development of machines and plants
Product development is where most of the course for a company's success is set. Do the products provide suitable solutions for the customers‘ needs? Can innovative technologies make a difference to the competition? Does the quality surpass other products?
Will purchasing and production be able to run smoothly? Will costs remain within the calculated framework? You will find valuable impulses for the complex requirements on these pages.
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Arriving at a meaningful overall cost picture at an early stage is a challenge for the company divisions involved.
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After the second face-to-face meeting on 8.11.2024 and numerous further online meetings of the 7 sub-working groups, the first drafts and H2 requirements lists are available. (update no. 3)
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In our theme publication you will find facts and figures on research and development, innovations and patents in machinery and equipment manufacturing.
From January 1, 2025, the separate collection of textile waste will be mandatory in the EU. The extended producer responsibility (EPR) for textiles will make manufacturers responsible for the waste generated by their products.
"Textiles of the Future" will be one of nine priorities in the EU Framework Programme for Research & Innovation "Horizon" from 2025 to 2027 - implemented as a "European co-programmed partnership".
The results report of the "Managing Sustainable Innovations" project provides a compact overview of the framework conditions and approaches that can be used to create more sustainable products.
VDMA companies are partners for sustainable production. They promote a circular economy with efficient processes and binding rules and call for Germany and the EU to be strengthened as locations for innovation and competitiveness.
Following the adoption of the new Ecodesign Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, preparations are underway to define sector-specific requirements for textiles in a delegated act.
100 experts met on 28.06.2024 at the VDMA Summit on "Digital Product Passport: IT solutions for the textile industry". Organized by the Textile Machinery Association with Global Textile Scheme.
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Addressing price-sensitive customers and markets with tailor-made quality products. This is the subject of the new study "Frugal innovations in mechanical and plant engineering" by the IMPULS Foundation of the VDMA.
Data is the blood of the complex organism of product development. The results report "Digital Product Development" by the WZL of RWTH Aachen University and the VDMA compactly shows how the many pieces of information can be effectively linked.
Since 2012, spending on R&D by the manufacturing sector in Germany has increased by more than a third. The machinery and equipment manufacturing industry has seen above-average develeopment.
The regulatory requirements for the Digital Product Passport (DPP) for textiles are being developed within the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and delegated acts.
Developers and designers have long wanted a material research tool that can be used to search across suppliers according to customizable technical criteria. Now it's here.
The trade association started the development of Companion Specifications in the field of textile machinery in 2019. As the first project, the Compainon Specfication "OPC UA for Fibre & Yarn Testing Devices" has now been published as a Release Candidate.
VDMA Textile Machinery provides the results of the Industrial Collective Research (IGF) of the Textile Research Association (FKT).
VDMA white paper provides practical assistance in assessing the CCC certification obligation for control cabinets
Manufacturer list of software tools for specification VDMA 66413 „Functional Safety – Universal data format"
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In this 8-day certificate course, you will learn strategic and operational methods with which you can manage the success of your products over the entire product life cycle. With the basics for strategic and entrepreneurial action, you will be able to successfully promote your product in your company.
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