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Strategic exchange: Egypt Round Table with NRW.Global Business
With its young population, growing middle class, and strategic location, Egypt offers a wide range of opportunities for companies in North Rhine-Westphalia—particularly through investments in infrastructure, energy, digitalization, and industry.
Economic Round Table NRW – Kazakhstan
As a strategic partner, Kazakhstan offers a wide range of opportunities for companies in North Rhine-Westphalia in the mechanical and plant engineering sector and in the supply of critical raw materials.
OWL Maschinenbau-Kongress 2025
The owl mechanical engineering congress 2025 took place on October 8 at the IHK-Lippe in Detmold.
Lean in practice
The web seminar “Lean in Practice” used a digital tour of ITA’s smart factory to show how lean methods can measurably improve production processes and help to avoid waste in the long term.
Cross-border cooperation leads to innovation
Three new projects within the framework of Manufacturing NextMaterials demonstrate how cross-border cooperation between Germany and the Netherlands supports SMEs in scaling innovative materials and technologies.
ProduktionNRW networks at the Innovation Congress
The Innovation Congress NRW brings together stakeholders from business, science, politics, and funding networks to network and exchange ideas on current topics relating to the innovation location.
High sickness rate in mechanical and plant engineering
Despite persistently high levels of sick leave in the mechanical and plant engineering sector, the event analyzed current developments and discussed possible courses of action.
QM-Corner: Product liability in transition
The QM Corner showed how companies can minimize liability risks under the new EU Product Liability Directive and make processes future-proof.
Uncertainty weighs on companies
In August 2025, incoming orders in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in North Rhine-Westphalia were 2% down on the previous year.