Federal Association of German Industry
| Federal Association of German Industry | |
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| legal form | registered association |
| founding | July 1, 1949 |
| Seat | Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft , Berlin ( ⊙ ) |
| Chair | Dieter Kempf |
| Managing directors |
Joachim Lang Holger Lösch Stefan Mair Iris Plöger |
| Members | 35 |
| Website | www.bdi.eu |
The Federation of German Industries e. V. ( BDI ) is the central organization of German industry and industry-related service providers . The BDI currently has 35 members, including a working group consisting of 6 associations that share membership. He speaks for 40 industry associations and more than 100,000 companies with around 8 million employees. Membership is voluntary. A total of 15 state representations represent the interests of business at regional level. The headquarters of the BDI is in the House of German Business in Berlin ; between 1950 and 1999 it was in the House of German Industry in Cologne . In addition, the BDI has additional offices abroad and is therefore represented internationally. Dieter Kempf has been President of the BDI since January 1, 2017 . On April 1, 2017, Joachim Lang was appointed as the new General Manager by the BDI's General Meeting, succeeding Markus Kerber .
As an umbrella organization , the umbrella organization is responsible for the perception and promotion of all concerns of the branches of industry united under the umbrella of the BDI . However, this does not entitle him to represent socio-political issues . This function is reserved for the Federation of German Employers' Associations . The BDI statutes restrict the group of members to industrial umbrella organizations and working groups (Section 4 (2)). As a result, sole proprietorships or corporate networks cannot obtain membership. From a political science point of view, the BDI has been described as an interest group in the “economy and labor” sector and as “a top investor association of industrial sector and specialist associations”. As a representative of the interests of the industry, the umbrella association engages in articulation of interests following the process of internal opinion formation. The BDI carries out lobbying work around the world in the interests of industrial companies and is "heard in all economically relevant legislative processes".
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The origin of the BDI is the Reich Association of German Industry (RDI). This was founded on February 4, 1919 and was the leading association of industrial employers' associations during the Weimar Republic.
In 1949, the year the Federal Republic of Germany was founded, the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) was founded in Munich . The DGB only represents the interests of the employees. On October 19, 1949, just one week after the founding of the DGB, representatives of 32 business associations and working groups founded the committee for economic issues of the industrial associations. This designation took into account the concerns of the Allies about a permanent industrial umbrella organization. The Allies now considered top representation that represents the interests of the entrepreneurs to be necessary. On July 1, 1949, the representatives of the military government approved the statutes of such representation. At the beginning of 1950, the association was finally renamed to its current name.
Topics of the BDI
The BDI deals with various topics that are dealt with by the following 18 committees: Committee on Foreign Trade; Committee on Digital Economy, Telecommunications and Media; Committee on Energy and Climate Policy; Monetary, Credit and Currency Committee; Health Economics Committee; Public Procurement Committee; Legal Committee; Industrial Property Committee; Committee on Raw Materials Policy; Security Committee; Tax Committee, Environment, Technology and Sustainability Committee; Consumer Policy Committee; Transport Committee; Committee for Competition Regulations as well as the Education and SME Committee. In this regard, the BDI works together with the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA).
organization structure
The Presidium is at the head of the BDI. This is made up of
- a president, his elected successor and his immediate predecessor as well
- seven other deputies and the treasurer (vice-president) and
- furthermore 15 other members who are to be elected by the board of directors.
The president and the vice-presidents, together with the chairmen of the member associations, form the board. If matters of the federal association are not reserved for other organs by statutory provisions or the statutes, the executive board is responsible for these. The current president of the BDI is Dieter Kempf .
The main management consists of a main and a deputy general manager and two other members. The current general manager is Joachim Lang . Further members of the main management are currently the deputy general manager Holger Lösch as well as Iris Plöger and Stefan Mair.
The BDI comprises the following 19 specialist departments: Foreign trade policy; BDI / BDA The German Business Representation; Digitization, innovation and the health economy; Energy and climate policy; Finance, Members and Central Services; International markets; Marketing, online and events; Medium-sized and family businesses; Mobility and logistics; Eastern Committee of the German Economy, Personnel and Organizational Development; Press and public relations; Law, Competition and Consumer Policy; Research, industrial and economic policy; Security and Raw Materials, Taxes and Finance; strategic planning and coordination; Environment, technology and sustainability as well as the BDI representative in Beijing.
President of the BDI
- 1949–1971: Fritz Berg
- 1972–1976: Hans Günter Sohl
- 1977 (Jan. – Oct.): Hanns Martin Schleyer
- 1978 (Jan. – Sept.): Nikolaus Fasolt
- 1978–1984: Rolf Rodenstock
- 1985–1986: Hans Joachim Langmann
- 1987–1990: Tyll Necker
- 1991–1992: Heinrich Weiss
- 1992-1994: Tyll Necker
- 1995–2000: Hans-Olaf Henkel
- 2001-2004: Michael Rogowski
- 2005–2008: Jürgen Thumann
- 2009–2012: Hans-Peter Keitel
- 2013–2016: Ulrich Grillo
- since 2017: Dieter Kempf
Presidium 2019/2020
Dieter Kempf , Thomas Bauer , Achim Berg , Hans Van Bylen , Heinz Jörg Fuhrmann , Ulrich Grillo , Hildegard Müller , Ingeborg Neumann, Carl Martin Welcker, Michael Ziesemer, Dominik vonhaben , Hannes Ametsreiter , Frank Appel , Werner Baumann , Hubertus von Baumbach, Olaf Berlien, Martin Brudermüller , Rainer Dulger , Franz-Peter Falke, Erwin Flender, Michael Fübi, Alfred Gaffal, Claus Günther, Toralf Haag , Wolfgang Heer , Frank Heinricht , Sabine Herold , Timotheus Höttges , Dirk Hoke, Hans-Toni Junius , Ola Källenius , Joe Kaeser , Sybille Kaiser, Arndt G. Kirchhoff , Michael Kleinemeier, Peter Kurth , Joachim Lang , Wolfgang Langhoff, Roland Leder, Burkhard Lohr, Richard Lutz , Frank Mastiaux , Andreas Mattner , Martina Merz , Arend Oetker , Hagen Pfundner , Helmar Rendez , Klaus-Dieter Rennert, Klaus Rosenfeld, Winfried Schaur, Rolf Martin Schmitz , Stefan Schulte , Carsten Spohr , Johannes Teyssen , Bettina Würth .
International locations
In addition to the main location in Berlin, the BDI has other locations around the world and is therefore represented internationally. In Beijing , Washington, DC and Brussels , the aim of the BDI is to promote business contacts and to represent the interests of the German economy in the respective state.
Member associations
The BDI currently has 40 members, including a working group consisting of 6 associations that share membership:
| Association of the Automotive Industry eV (VDA) | Main Association of the German Construction Industry eV |
| Federal Association of Building Materials - Stones and Earths eV (BBS) | Association of Consulting Engineers (VBI) |
| Biotechnology Industry Organization Germany eV (BIO Germany e.V.) | Association of the Chemical Industry eV (VCI) |
| Central Association of the Electrical and Electronics Industry (ZVEI) | Federal Association of the German Waste Management, Water and Raw Materials Management (BDE) |
| Federal Association for Natural Gas, Petroleum and Geonergy eV (BVEG) | Association of Researching Pharmaceutical Manufacturers eV (vfa) |
| Central Real Estate Committee (ZIA) | Association of the Potash and Salt Industry eV (VKS) |
| Federal Association of the German Foundry Industry (BDG) | Bundesverband Glasindustrie eV |
| Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media eV (BITKOM) | Federal Association of Ceramic Industry eV (BVKI) |
| Federal Association of the German Aerospace Industry (BDLI) | Federal Association of the German Aviation Industry (BDL) |
| Association of German Mechanical and Plant Engineering eV (VDMA) | Industrial Association of Metals (WVM) |
| Mineralölwirtschaftsverband eV (MWV) | Employers and Business Association of Mobility and Transport Service Providers (Agv MoVe) |
| Association of German Paper Mills eV (VDP) | Federal Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry eV (BPI) |
| Association of Raw Materials and Mining eV (VRB) | Federal Association of the German Security and Defense Industry (BDSV) |
| Steel trade association | Business Association for Plant Construction and Industrial Services (SET eV) |
| German Steel and Metal Processing Association (WSM) | General Association of the German Textile and Fashion Industry eV |
| Association of TÜV eV | Association of the German Verbundwirtschaft eV (VdV) |
| German Cigarette Association (DZV) | Sugar Industry Association (VdZ) |
| AG Industriengruppe: Game - Association of the German Games Industry eV | Industry group: Association of the German Leather Industry (VDL) |
| Industry group: Association of the German Automobile Industry (VDAI) | AG industrial group: Association of the German Dental Industry eV (VDDI) |
| AG industrial group: Association of the German wood-based materials industry V. (VHI) | AG industrial group: Federal Association of Jewelry, Watches, Silverware and Related Industries |
See also
- Federation of German Employers' Associations
- North Africa Middle East Initiative of German Business (NMI)
- Hans Erich Nossack Prize
- Cultural group of the German economy
- BDI is also a member of the European Movement Network
literature
- Johannes Bähr / Christopher Kopper: Industry, Politics and Society. The BDI and its predecessors 1919–1990 , Göttingen: Wallstein 2019, ISBN 978-3-8353-3405-2 .
- Alexander Brehm: Are associations still up to date? A comparison between the Central Association of German Industrialists and the Federal Association of German Industry eV Polisphere Library, Berlin 2008 ISBN 978-3-938456-19-4 .
- Georg Brodach, Hermann Frhr. von Wolff-Metternich: The Federation of German Industry. Düsseldorf 1987 ISBN 3-7700-7067-4 .
- Fritz Hauenstein, Ed .: The way to the leading industrial association. Hoppenstedts Economic Archive , Düsseldorf 1956; therein Wilhelm Beutler: The Federation of German Industry. Pp. 310-353.
- Siegfried Mann: Power and impotence of associations: The example of the Federal Association of German Industry eV (BDI) from an empirical-analytical point of view. Baden-Baden 1994 ISBN 3-7890-3107-0 .
- Frederik A. Petersohn: Informalization and party politicization in the policy formulation process in the Federal Republic of Germany: illustrated using the example of the tax policy positions of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) between 1982 and 1994. Münster 2000, ISBN 978-3-8258-4580-3 , p. 76 -97.
- Martin Sebaldt , Alexander Straßner : Associations in the Federal Republic of Germany. An introduction. Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-531-13543-0 , pp. 104-106.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Association No. 370 of the announcement of the public list on the registration of associations and their representatives ( PDF; 4.6 MB ( Memento from December 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ))
- ↑ https://bdi.eu/artikel/news/der-bundesverband-der-deutschen-industrie/
- ↑ Martin Sebaldt , Alexander Straßner : Associations in the Federal Republic of Germany. An introduction. Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-531-13543-0 , p. 105.
- ↑ Petersohn, Frederik A .: Informalization and party politicization in the policy formulation process in the Federal Republic of Germany: illustrated using the example of the tax policy positions of the Federation of German Industries between 1982 and 1994, Münster and Berlin 2000, p. 77.
- ↑ lobby troop BDI: Tricks, Chaos, wheeling and dealing. In: Der Spiegel. March 25, 2011, accessed January 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Martin Sebaldt, Alexander Straßner: Associations in the Federal Republic of Germany. An introduction. Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-531-13543-0 , p. 105.
- ↑ Dieter Kempf elected as the new BDI President, BDI press release of November 28, 2016, accessed on November 29, 2016
- ↑ Membership page in the EBD. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 26, 2010 ; Retrieved October 6, 2010 .