Association of German mechanical and plant engineering

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The Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e. V. (VDMA) is Europe's largest industrial association with around 3300 members and has its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main. He represents the interests of the capital goods industry, which is strongly characterized by medium - sized companies , vis-à-vis institutions from politics and society as well as business, science, authorities and the media. In Germany, mechanical and plant engineering is the largest industrial employer with more than 1.35 million employees and a turnover of 228.7 billion euros (2019). The value of machine production in Germany is around 224 billion euros (2019), with mechanical and plant engineering in Germany being strongly export-oriented (export quota 80.3 percent; 2019). In addition, the VDMA sees itself as a platform on which its member companies can exchange ideas in numerous networks about technical challenges, interdisciplinary questions and many other topics.

The association, founded in 1892, celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2017.

Core issues

The VDMA bundles its commitment in eight central subject areas:

Markets and the economy - Analysis of international markets to support the strongly export-oriented member companies.

Research and production - Creation of a network of industry, research and science on production trends and new production technologies. Organization of projects within the framework of industrial community research (IGF).

Energy and the environment - highlighting the importance of mechanical and plant engineering as a provider and user of energy-efficient technologies.

Social and economic policy - Elaboration of positions on labor market and wage policy, foreign trade policy, energy policy, European policy, research policy, tax policy, technology policy and environmental policy.

Career and education - Development of positions in mechanical and plant engineering for education policy and securing skilled workers.

Company and management - focus on strategic and operational management issues as well as corporate social responsibility.

Law and Taxes - Promotes the attractiveness of Germany as a location for companies in the capital goods industry.

Standardization and technology policy - focus on standardization and technology policy at national and international level. Coordination of the DIN standards committee for mechanical engineering (NAM). Creation of standard sheets for standardization processes in mechanical engineering.

Campaigns

Campaigns set the tone in the work of the VDMA. They focus on topics that are of particular relevance from the VDMA's point of view:

Work 4.0 - Everything stays different - The campaign focuses on the role of mechanical and plant engineering as a provider and user of Industry 4.0 technologies and the changes in the world of work due to digitization. With information material as well as events and workshops, the VDMA brings stakeholders together: industry, science, social partners.

Thank you, free trade - the VDMA is committed to free trade. 'In his public relations work, he explains the importance of free trade for the economy and society and deals with the challenges that trade barriers pose for industrial SMEs in particular.

Blue Competence - With this sustainability platform , the association is committed to ensuring that its member companies practice sustainable entrepreneurship and that sustainability and profitability in the industry fit together.

Talent machine - The mechanical engineering association wants to use this initiative to attract young talent. Schoolchildren and students can find out more about apprenticeships, internships and traineeships in mechanical engineering on the talentmaschine.de website.

Maschinenhaus - With this initiative, the VDMA wants to help reduce the high drop-out rates in mechanical engineering and electrical engineering at German universities. In cooperation with engineering departments and faculties, the high standard of German engineering training is to be maintained and practice-oriented training to be achieved.

# europeworks.de - The VDMA promotes a positive perception of the European Union. At the same time, the initiative addresses areas of action in which Europe should develop further.

organization

The VDMA is a registered association based in Frankfurt am Main, under the umbrella of which 6 regional associations, 7 foreign representations and 36 professional associations are organized. The VDMA was founded in 1892 and celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2017.

The main management is responsible for the strategic orientation and operational management of the VDMA. At the head of the association is a presidium consisting of three elected company representatives. The president is elected once for four years. The Presidium is supported by an advisory board and a main board with company representatives from mechanical and plant engineering.

VDMA Presidium (2016-2020):

VDMA General Management:

  • Thilo Brodtmann, VDMA General Manager
  • Hartmut Rauen, Deputy VDMA General Manager
  • Bernd Scherer, member of the VDMA executive board
  • Ralph Wiechers, member of the VDMA executive board

history

The Association of German Mechanical Engineering Institutions (VDMA) was founded in Cologne in 1892 with the aim of protecting the economic interests of all German mechanical engineering companies. It emerged from the regional association Rheinisch-Westfälischer Maschinenbauanstalten, which had been founded two years earlier and which had campaigned for better delivery and price conditions, especially for mining and smelting machinery. The first place of business of the association was in Düsseldorf. In the years that followed, numerous industrial associations joined the VDMA, including the Association of German Machine Tool Builders (VDW) in 1916. In 1918, the VDMA moved its headquarters from Düsseldorf to Berlin.

100 years of VDMA: German special postage stamp from 1992

One year after the National Socialists came to power, the new government passed the “Law for the Preparation of the Organic Development of the German Economy” (Aufbaugesetz) in 1934. In doing so, she incorporated all business associations into her central steering system and made them subordinate to the Reich Minister of Economics. The VDMA became part of the newly founded “Mechanical Engineering Industry Group”, of which all companies that were not previously affiliated had to be members. This group was led by Karl Lange, the managing director of the VDMA.

After the end of the war, the Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (WVMA) was founded in 1945 . In the following year, the Association of Bavarian Mechanical Engineering Institutions (VBMA), the Economic Association of Mechanical Engineering Institutions in Greater Hesse (WVMH) and the Industrial Association of Mechanical Engineering in Berlin were founded. With the working group of the associations of German mechanical engineering institutes (AVDMA) the first supraregional association was brought into being. In 1949 the Association of German Mechanical Engineering Institutions (VDMA) was re-established in Königstein im Taunus.

Shortly afterwards, in 1950, the VDMA opened a liaison office in the federal capital of Bonn. The following year the company for the promotion of mechanical and plant engineering mbH (GzF) (today VDMA Services GmbH) and the Maschinenbau-Verlags GmbH (later VDMA-Verlag) were founded. In 1954, the VDMA participated in the founding of the Europe Liaison Group of the European Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic and Metalworking Industries (Orgalime) in Brussels.

In 1966 the VDMA headquarters moved to the Niederrad district of Frankfurt. In the following years the association founded a number of sub-organizations: 1968 the Forschungskuratorium Maschinenbau e. V. (FKM), 1972 of the Documentation Mechanical Engineering e. V. (DOMA) and the German Mechanical Engineering Institute (DMI) today Maschinenbau-Institut GmbH (MBI), 1979 the Technical Information Center .

The association has been the professional and ideal sponsor of the bauma trade fair since 1969 .

In accordance with the expanded spectrum of member companies, the VDMA renamed itself in 1980: The Association of German Mechanical Engineering Institutions became the Association of German Mechanical and Plant Engineering . The abbreviation VDMA was retained.

In order to maintain contacts with politics and authorities, the VDMA founded a liaison office in Brussels in 1972 and another in Tokyo in 1984. The Impulse Foundation of the VDMA was established in 1992, followed by the establishment of the VDMA Society for Research and Innovation mbH (VFI) in 1998. Also in 1998 the new VDMA capital office in Berlin was inaugurated.

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Association of German Mechanical Engineering Institutions

Mechanical engineering business group

Mechanical engineering trade association Düsseldorf

Mechanical engineering trade association in Hesse

Association of the mechanical engineering institutes of Württemberg-Baden

Association of Bavarian Mechanical Engineering Institutions V.

Association of German Mechanical Engineering Institutions V.

Association of German Mechanical and Plant Engineering V.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  6. ↑ Hans Pohl, Johannes Markner: VDMA - 100 years in the service of mechanical engineering. Maschinenbau-Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, 1992
  7. ↑ Ulrich W. Schamani, Udo Schnell: 125 years of the VDMA - platform for success . Ed .: MaschinenMarkt. June 2017.
  8. ↑ Wolfgang Schroeder, Bernhard Weßels (Ed.): Handbook of employers and business associations in Germany . 2nd completely revised edition. Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden 2017, p. 242 .
  9. ↑ Ulf Böge: Jahrbuch Baumaschinen 2020. Podszun-Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3-86133-934-2 , page 31 ff.