Funding for Cluster ProduktionNRW
Silke Krebs, State Secretary in the NRW Ministry of Economic Affairs, presented cluster spokesperson Wolf D. Meier-Scheuven with the funding notification for ProduktionNRW for the funding phase 2023 to 2025.
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Latest developments on labor market policy and labor law
The event focused on the impact of the new law on the immigration of skilled workers and current labor law on business practice in the mechanical and plant engineering sector.
Involving parents in the recruitment of new recruits
Parents continue to have an influence on the career orientation of their own children. In order to recruit young people for the mechanical engineering sector, parents must therefore be involved at an early stage.
Mechanical Engineering NRW: Positive Signals Missing
Order intake in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in North Rhine-Westphalia in August 2023 fell short of its prior-year result by 18 percent in real terms. There were 4 percent fewer orders from Germany and 24 percent fewer from abroad.
Award of the NRW Innovation Prize 2023
The NRW 2023 Innovation Award is presented to courageous, creative individuals whose wealth of ideas, personal commitment and willingness to take risks make a significant contribution to NRW’s innovative strength.
PFAS regulation endangers industrial processes
The EU’s planned blanket ban on around 10,000 PFAS substances would have a negative impact throughout the mechanical and plant engineering sector. The substances must be viewed in a differentiated manner.
Trade fair meets medium-sized business
The cost of having your own trade fair stand is high – especially when it comes to foreign trade fairs. The state of NRW supports small and medium-sized companies to exhibit at a trade fair of their choice.
Call for funding for ecological innovations
Driving transformation across the board: Innovation Program for Business Models and Pioneering Solutions (IGP) launches new funding call for ecological innovations.
Selected topics in corporate environmental protection
Corporate environmental protection encompasses a variety of different aspects – participants helped determine the focus of the event.
University cooperations and other approaches to student retention
To meet the demand for highly qualified specialists at an early stage, some companies in the mechanical and plant engineering sector are cooperating with universities – the possibilities are diverse.