Event reports
Shaping the future: Twin Transformation in mechanical and plant engineering
Twin transformation in mechanical and plant engineering: How digitalization and sustainability together enable new business models and make the industry fit for the future.
Calculating complex development projects
Arriving at a meaningful overall cost picture at an early stage is a challenge for the company departments involved.
Short-time work in mechanical and plant engineering: Current information
Short-time work helps companies to avoid layoffs and secure skilled workers – the event focused on the legal framework and the application process.
Employment law and labor market policy 2025: What companies can expect
Current labor law and political decisions present companies with new challenges – an overview of the most important changes and practical recommendations for implementation.
QM Corner: Focus on AI and data protection
AI in quality management: exploiting opportunities, recognizing risks – at the QM Corner, experts discussed data protection, security and the responsible use of AI.
Dealing with challenging trainees
Young people in transition are an often overlooked but potentially valuable target group – also for the mechanical and plant engineering sector.
EU omnibus proposal on the Green Deal
With the omnibus proposal, the EU Commission plans to simplify ESG regulations, reduce bureaucracy and optimize sustainability reporting – we analyze the latest developments.
Targeted job advertisements through AI
Job advertisements remain a key element of successful recruitment. Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to make job advertisements more target group-oriented and effective.
Innovation in service: From reactive to proactive service
The digitalization of the service business as the basis for future viability in mechanical and plant engineering. “Service Digitalization 4.0 – From reactive to proactive service” – this was the headline of the Web-Erfa “Innovation in Service”, which focused on the digitalization of the service business. In the age of Industry 4.0, service digitalization is… Read More »Innovation in service: From reactive to proactive service
Frugal innovation in mechanical and plant engineering
Not “cheap”, but precisely high-quality and therefore “inexpensive”. This offers the mechanical and plant engineering industry opportunities not only for new markets, but also for established ones.
Generative AI in everyday QM work
The QM Corner stands for one topic, one hour and virtual. The session presented the possible applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in quality management.
Tax incentives for research
Tax incentives for research offer small and medium-sized companies in particular incentives to invest in research and development.
Five key factors for a culture of innovation in the company
Sustainably developing innovative strength in the company. The Web-Erfa explored the question of which decisive factors contribute to promoting employees’ ability to innovate.
Increasing efficiency through process management in the company
Efficient process management in mechanical and plant engineering is the basis for successful operation, competitiveness and innovative strength.
Data economy in mechanical and plant engineering
At the 23rd Financing Day of the mechanical and plant engineering industry in NRW, VDMA NRW focused on the data economy and corporate financing in challenging times.
Carbon management through mechanical and plant engineering
Carbon management is a central key to achieving climate targets and highlights the important role of mechanical and plant engineering in implementing appropriate solutions.
News from labor market policy and employment law
Current developments in labor law and new laws pose challenges for the mechanical and plant engineering industry – an overview of decisions and legal adjustments that are relevant in practice.
New Work: Counteracting the shortage of skilled workers with good leadership
Dissatisfaction with managers often leads to an increased intention to change. Especially in times of skills shortages, companies cannot afford to tolerate poor leadership.
Reporting obligations for work assignments in the EU
The different reporting obligations in the EU member states present companies with considerable bureaucratic challenges when it comes to work assignments. How can companies deal with this?
Effects of the Battery Ordinance on mechanical and plant engineering
The EU Battery Regulation aims to minimize the negative environmental impact of batteries. This has far-reaching consequences for the mechanical and plant engineering industry.
Innovation – Developing disruptive ideas
Questioning the status quo, deliberately “producing accidents”, deliberately turning existing conventions on their head – finding innovative solutions with new methods.
AI in production
Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in production processes. For example, work instructions for assembly can be created on the basis of 3D CAD models.
QM-Corner: Update on the ISO 9001 revision
The QM Corner stands for one topic, one hour and one virtual event. The third session of the established format dealt with the current status of the revision of ISO 9001.
Securing skilled workers through continuing vocational training
The shortage of skilled workers is becoming increasingly urgent. In-company further training and qualification of the company’s own workforce can be decisive building blocks in keeping a company competitive.
Salaries in mechanical and plant engineering
Salaries continue to play a central role in personnel development – the new VDMA Salary Study 2023/2024 presents salaries in 160 positions tailored to the mechanical engineering sector.