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In July 2025, incoming orders in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in North Rhine-Westphalia were 1% higher than in the previous year.

In May 2025, incoming orders in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in North Rhine-Westphalia were 11% higher than in the previous year.

In April 2025, incoming orders in North Rhine-Westphalia's mechanical and plant engineering sector were 15% below the previous year's result.

In March 2025, incoming orders in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in North Rhine-Westphalia were 22% down on the previous year.

In February 2025, incoming orders in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in North Rhine-Westphalia were 16% higher in real terms than in February 2024.

Incoming orders in North Rhine-Westphalia's mechanical and plant engineering sector in January 2025 were 1% higher in real terms than in January 2024.

In December 2024, incoming orders in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in North Rhine-Westphalia were 10% higher than in the previous year.

In November 2024, incoming orders in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in North Rhine-Westphalia were 6% down on the previous year.

The mechanical and plant engineering industry in North Rhine-Westphalia continues to be burdened by the weak global economy and by geopolitical challenges. VDMA NRW expects production to decline by 2% in real terms in 2025.

In October 2024, incoming orders in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in North Rhine-Westphalia were 7% higher in real terms than in the previous year.

Incoming orders in North Rhine-Westphalia's mechanical and plant engineering sector in September 2024 were 14% down on the previous year in real terms

In August 2024, incoming orders in North Rhine-Westphalia's mechanical and plant engineering sector were 10% down on the previous year's result.

VDMA NRW is adjusting its production forecast for 2024 to minus 8 percent in real terms. At the beginning of the year, VDMA NRW was still forecasting a decline in production of 2% in real terms.

In March 2024, incoming orders in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in North Rhine-Westphalia were 12% higher than in the previous year.

In February 2024, incoming orders in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in North Rhine-Westphalia were 3% down on the previous year.

Incoming orders in North Rhine-Westphalia's mechanical and plant engineering sector in January 2024 fell 16% short of the previous year's result.

In December 2023, incoming orders in North Rhine-Westphalia's mechanical and plant engineering sector fell short of the previous year's level by 25% on a price-adjusted basis.

The VDMA NRW expects sales to fall by 4% in real terms in 2024. This forecast reflects the negative trend in demand over the past year.

In November 2023, demand for machinery and equipment from North Rhine-Westphalia was down 19% year-on-year in real terms

Companies in the mechanical and plant engineering sector in North Rhine-Westphalia are coming under increasing pressure from the current problems in supply chains and energy supply.

The VDMA's 13th flash survey shows that the existing problems in the supply chains of NRW's mechanical and plant engineering sector are being exacerbated by the effects of the Ukraine war.

The effects of the Corona pandemic continue to be a companion for North Rhine-Westphalia's mechanical and plant engineering sector - as shown by the VDMA's 12th flash survey.

VDMA NRW adjusts its nominal sales forecast to plus 7 percent and - based on last year's low level - expects sales of 42.8 billion for 2021. At the beginning of the year, VDMA NRW had still assumed growth of 4 percent.

The 9th VDMA flash survey shows that the effects of the corona pandemic for the mechanical and plant engineering industry in NRW are not as serious as feared. Nevertheless, there is still a rocky road ahead.

The state-specific NRW results of the VDMA's 8th "Blitz" survey show that - contrary to initial hopes - the economic recovery is still some way off.

The 7th VDMA flash survey shows that the majority of mechanical engineering companies in North Rhine-Westphalia expect the situation to improve in 2021 after a disappointing year in 2020.

According to the VDMA's 6th flash survey, the vast majority of NRW machine builders (more than 80 percent) are confident of returning to the nominal sales level of 2019 by 2022.

According to the VDMA's 5th flash survey, almost all of the North Rhine-Westphalian mechanical and plant engineering companies surveyed see their operations impaired.

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In October 2024, orders in the process engineering sector were significantly lower than in the previous year. Turnover, on the other hand, exceeded the previous year's figure.

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Again and again in September: very significant swings - resulting from large-scale plant business - have had an impact on the year-to-date order intake and turnover in the process engineering sector.

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The situation remains tense, even though incoming orders increased in August compared to the (weak) same month last year. However, turnover fell by the same amount compared to August 2023.

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Things are starting to get dramatic: in June, orders in the Process Engineering sector were also significantly lower than in the same month last year. Turnover also fell sharply compared to June 2023.

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