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As an important service, VDMA Armaturen offers member companies regular updates on key industry facts relating to the building and industrial valves industry.
The trade association continuously reports on new standards or draft standards that may be of relevance to valve manufacturers.
Monthly tracking of the market development of valve-relevant raw materials with a focus on non-ferrous metals
Celebrations should be celebrated as they fall. That's why the quality managers from the industrial valves sector met for an intensive two-day event in Fulda to mark their 100th meeting.
The 5th meeting of the VDMA Valves PCR project took place recently - this time at VDMA member company KSB in Frankenthal. Thanks to the assembled experts, great progress was made.
After successful previous months, the sales of industrial valves manufacturers were somewhat weaker in November. Domestic sales declined.
The industry's key figures at a glance.
The industrial valves sector grew by 8 percent in the first half of 2025. Despite tariffs and weaker exports to China, the situation remains stable. The VDMA Valves expects sales to increase by around 4 percent for the year as a whole.
The world's largest trade fair for LNG, gas and hydrogen is returning to Milan this year. German participation with 33 exhibitors and another 20 members from DACH.
Monthly tracking of the market development of raw materials relevant to valves with a focus on steel and cast iron.
Market information forms the basis for many business decisions. With directly collected data and a wealth of secondary information, the Valves Association offers comprehensive know-how on industry and market developments.
The Welding and Pressure Gas Equipment Association is realigning itself and joining the VDMA Industrial Valves Division - for greater visibility, stronger networks and more effective representation of interests in a changing environment.
Here you will find an updated overview of the progress of the project after the third face-to-face meeting on 12.03.202 (update no. 4).
The VDMA informs its members twice a year about the development of the chemical industry in Brazil, China, France, Turkey, the USA and the United Kingdom.
The amendment to the German Federal Emission Protection Ordinance (4th BImSchV) by the German legislator brings clarity and relief both for the placing on the market of smaller electrolysers below 5 MW and for large-scale plants.
Manufacturers of industrial valves are facing new challenges in 2025. So far, foreign business has provided positive impetus, but now empty order books and uncertain forecasts are dampening the mood.
In view of the increasing Europeanization of the valve market and stricter legislation, VDMA Valves is focusing on stronger networking and a bundled representation of interests at European level.
Popular science publications are full of statements about the "end of oil & gas". But what is the reality?
With the impending ban on around 10,000 PFAS industrial chemicals in one fell swoop, the EU is overshooting the mark by a long way. Indispensable components such as seals would be affected - and consequently many products for people's everyday lives. The VDMA is calling for exemptions for PFAS substances that are in machinery and do not come into contact with the environment.
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The Standardization Committee for Valves (NAA) is the central platform in the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) for the standardization of industrial and building valves.
