Tax incentives for research
Tax incentives for research offer small and medium-sized companies in particular incentives to invest in research and development.
Corporate Management
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.
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.
Current developments in labor law and labor market policy
The effects of recent labor market policy decisions and current case law in labor law on operational practice in NRW mechanical and plant engineering.
Enabler and pioneer: mechanical engineering is shaping the transformation
ProduktionNRW looks at different areas of the transformation megatrend. Practical examples from the mechanical and plant engineering sector are used to show how implementation can succeed and which success factors are important.
Recruitment in service and sales
Qualified, ready to work and willing to travel – these are the qualities that desired personnel for service and sales need to have. On the other hand, there are absences lasting several days, low predictability and short-term assignments.
Approaches for more stable supply chains in purchasing
One crisis has not yet been overcome, and the next one is already following: Corona, supply bottlenecks, energy crisis – reason enough to discuss the situation of the procurement markets and the design of more stable supply chains.
Situation of the procurement markets
On the other hand, the question of how to make purchasing more stable in the long term in order to make security of supply and costs more predictable again was discussed.