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With a record area of 110,000 m² and around 1,800 exhibitors, PTC ASIA once again underlined its role as the leading trade fair for drive technology and fluid power in the Far East. An impressive showcase for the entire industry.
The Power Transmission Engineering and Fluid Power associations organize joint stands at trade fairs in Germany exclusively for member companies via VDMA Services. Abroad, we apply for so-called German Pavilions from interesting foreign markets.
The working group deals intensively with the topics of market observation and statistics for pneumatics. The working group meets twice a year and is chaired by Heiko Kurtz, Bürkert GmbH & Co KG, Ingelfingen.
Working groups, trade fairs, congresses of the Fluid Power Association - everything at a glance.
This VDMA position paper is aimed at manufacturers of fluid power products. It serves as a guideline for the implementation of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, which has been applicable since December 29, 2009.
CETOP prepared the position paper on the Pressure Equipment Directive under the leadership of VDMA Fluid Power.
The EU is planning to ban all PFAS. This would mean a serious cutback for the fluid power industry and a technological step backwards.
The Industry-Science-Dialogue is a central platform for the exchange between companies and scientific institutions in the field of fluid technology throughout Europe.
WIN EURASIA has been the leading trade fair in the Eurasian region for suppliers of modern manufacturing technologies for mechanical and plant engineering for almost 30 years. A German Pavilion supports small and medium-sized German companies in particular.
In October 2025, more than 60 fluid power experts met in Paris to further develop standardization projects of ISO/TC 131, Fluid Power Systems.
How can the fluid power industry actively shape the transition to greater sustainability and digitalization? The new white paper provides answers - with practical use cases and specific recommendations for action.
At the Defense Production Area, Deutsche Messe AG offers, among other things, a joint stand for companies presenting innovative solutions for security, defense and resilience - in cooperation with DSEI Germany.
The Fluid Power Association presented its activity report at the general meeting on October 9–10, 2025, in Erfurt/Germany. It summarises key priorities and activities and provides an outlook on future directions.
The VDMA Fluid Power Association with its Fluid Power Sealing Working Group is organizing the 23rd ISC International Sealing Conference Stuttgart/Germany from 30 Sept./1 Oct. 2026. The Call for Paper can be submitted until 2 Feb. 2026.
Dr. Steffen Haack re-elected as Chairman - Forecast 2025: minus 2% (hydraulics) and minus 1% (pneumatics) nominal - Forecast 2026: slight nominal growth of 3% expected - Record level: 238 companies in the Fluid Power Association.
From March to June 2025, the ISO/TC 131/SC 4 subcommittee, Connectors and similar products and components, and its working groups met online. Two working groups will have a new German chairperson at the turn of the year.
Fluid power – Application profiles of IO-Link devices for recording pressure, temperature, flow and level
During the General Assembly on June 13, 2025 in Wrocław (Poland), Dr. Steffen Haack (Bosch Rexroth AG, Germany) was elected as the new President of CETOP, the European Fluid Power Committee. He succeeds Arjan Coppens.
ISO published the new ISO 18464 standard in May 2025. It describes a procedure for the design of energy-efficient hydraulic systems.
On May 29, 2025, more than 50 industry experts met at the VDMA China Management Meeting at ebm-papst in Shanghai to exchange views on current topics such as intelligent manufacturing and export controls.
The directory contains information on the products of over 1,000 companies, both manufacturers and suppliers, in the European fluid power industry.
From May 28 to 31, 2025, the manufacturing world will gather in Istanbul for WIN EURASIA, one of the leading industrial trade fairs in the Eurasian region.
As one of the world's largest scientific conferences on fluid technology, it offers users, manufacturers and scientists an international forum for exchanging experiences on hydraulic and pneumatic drives and systems.
Systems & Components 2025 once again united the international supplier industry under the motto "Touch Smart Efficiency". Special thanks go to our 12 exhibitors at the VDMA Services pavilion in Hall 17.
This position paper of the VDMA Fluid Power Association applies to the use of mechanical seals (GLRD) in compressors subject to the ATEX directive and is intended to support compressor manufacturers in the use of GLRD.
The Fluid Power Association represents almost 240 member companies with a total turnover of 8.5 billion euros and almost 40,000 employees. The export ratio is over 60 % on average.
The exclusive technology & standardisation information day for VDMA members offered exciting insights into new standards for energy-efficient hydraulic systems, the digital transformation with Fluid 4.0 and hydrogen as a key technology of the future.
The overview of standards and draft standards of the Fluid Power Division and other relevant standards (DIN, DIN EN, DIN EN ISO, DIN ISO, VDMA, ISO) is available for download exclusively for VDMA member companies.
Ten member companies and the Fluid 4.0 joint project presented drive and fluid technology solutions for the construction machinery industry. The response from exhibitors was consistently positive.
The Fluid Power Association is an industry-related service provider for more than 220 member companies, all of them manufacturers in the field of hydraulics, pneumatics and sealing technology.
Whenever the opportunity arises at trade fairs abroad, Staiger GmbH tries to participate in the German Pavillion. CEO Marc Staiger has several reasons for this, as he reveals in an interview - and a suggestion for improvement.
Exclusively for its member companies, the Fluid Power Association publishes the "Fluid Power Data Sheet" on a quarterly basis.
In order to remain technologically and economically successful in the future, the Executive Board of the trade association has launched three strategic working groups on central and future-relevant topics.
The Fluid Technology Research Fund takes up industry-related topics in the pre-competitive area and carries them out with research centers and industry project-accompanying working committees.
Congresses, events, trade fairs and meetings of the Fluid Power Association: everything at a glance.
The trade association offers its members a wide range of market information. No other source provides such meaningful and up-to-date data for fluid technology.
Here you can find the current list of standardization committees responsible for the field of fluid power with the respective chairs.
The new edition of the Fluid Technology Folder 2020 provides member companies with targeted information on all topics relating to fluid technology and mechanical engineering.
The brochure "Innovative Sealing Technology" provides an overview of VDMA activities in this field and contains a manufacturer's reference for fluid seals, gasket plates/flat gaskets and mechanical seals.
