VDMA

Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.
Abbreviation VDMA
Formation 1890
Purpose Professional Society
Location
Region served
 Germany
President
 Reinhold Festge
Website www.vdma.org

The VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.) is a German engineering association.

Mission

The VDMA is one of the largest industrial associations in Europe and represents over 3,100 member companies in the engineering industry. Its members include mainly small and medium-sized companies but also large companies such as Siemens, MAN SE and ThyssenKrupp.[1] The VDMA covers the entire engineering sector: everything from component manufacturers, machine builders, plant erectors, system suppliers and system integrators through to service providers.[2] As of 2015, the engineering sector is Germany's largest industrial employer, with just over one million workers.[3] That year, its members exported goods worth 155 billion euros ($171.83 billion), up 2.6 percent from the year before.[4]

The VDMA is based in Frankfurt and has representations in Brussels [5] and Berlin. In late 2015, the association announced plans to open an office in Tehran in the first half of 2016 to help German companies sell machinery to customers in Iran.[6]

History

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