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VDMA Textile Machinery provides the results of the Industrial Collective Research (IGF) of the Textile Research Association (FKT).

The EU textile machinery industry is calling on EU authorities and Member States to take market surveillance for textile machinery seriously across Europe and to implement targeted market surveillance measures.

VDMA companies are partners for sustainable production. They promote a circular economy with efficient processes and binding rules and call for Germany and the EU to be strengthened as locations for innovation and competitiveness.

Following the adoption of the new Ecodesign Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, preparations are underway to define sector-specific requirements for textiles in a delegated act.

100 experts met on 28.06.2024 at the VDMA Summit on "Digital Product Passport: IT solutions for the textile industry". Organized by the Textile Machinery Association with Global Textile Scheme.

The regulatory requirements for the Digital Product Passport (DPP) for textiles are being developed within the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and delegated acts.

The trade association started the development of Companion Specifications in the field of textile machinery in 2019. As the first project, the Compainon Specfication "OPC UA for Fibre & Yarn Testing Devices" has now been published as a Release Candidate.

Together with experts from the member companies, the VDMA Textile Machinery promotes standardisation projects in the industry.

Together with experts, the Textile Research Board has analysed how the textile industry could develop up to the year 2035. The "Perspectives 2035" show future trends in six subject areas.

In our theme publication you will find facts and figures on research and development, innovations and patents in machinery and equipment manufacturing.

Arriving at a meaningful overall cost picture at an early stage is a challenge for the company divisions involved.

Strengthen the resilience of your company. Our series of events shows ways through difficult economic times - compact, practical and future-orientated.

The mechanical and plant engineering sector is investing billions in research and development - and is thus consistently focusing on innovation and new technologies.

Not "cheap", but precisely high-quality and therefore "inexpensive". This offers the mechanical and plant engineering industry opportunities not only for new markets, but also for established ones.

High quality at affordable prices: With a precise understanding of your customers' wishes, you can achieve this balancing act! The frugal approach helps with consistent customer orientation - and opens new doors at the same time.

Hiding and searching for colorful eggs and chocolate at Easter is great fun for young and old. But when important information is hard to find, the fun in the company stops. A good flow of information is what counts.

Addressing price-sensitive customers and markets with tailor-made quality products. This is the subject of the new study "Frugal innovations in mechanical and plant engineering" by the IMPULS Foundation of the VDMA.

Data is the blood of the complex organism of product development. The results report "Digital Product Development" by the WZL of RWTH Aachen University and the VDMA compactly shows how the many pieces of information can be effectively linked.

Since 2012, spending on R&D by the manufacturing sector in Germany has increased by more than a third. The machinery and equipment manufacturing industry has seen above-average develeopment.

A crisis shows which companies are capable of finding answers to difficult challenges. The means of leadership to choose from are: stringent instructions from individuals or the power of self-organised teams.

The VDMA East working groups provide important impulses for your daily work. They show best practice examples, provide valuable suggestions and promote contacts among members - currently also in web meetings.

The Competence Center Future Business was founded by the VDMA Executive Board in 2015. Clear benefit for members: identify trends and disruptions at an early stage and prepare for change.

Start-up methods and collaboration - we work closely with mechanical engineering companies and start-ups to find out how it's done. We offer various support services for knowledge transfer: from hands-on workshops, studies and best-practice reports to innovation tours.

More than 28,000 volunteers developed solutions to Covid-19 challenges in 48 h at the federal government's virtual hackathon - and these are also relevant to mechanical engineering.

Mechanical engineering and start-ups are working together more and more frequently - and with success: three out of five collaborations are successful in the long term. But the potential is far from exhausted.

The Industrial Collective Research (IGF) represents a unique innovation platform for small and medium-sized enterprises. As an open-topic and industry-driven program, IGF is an important component in pre-competitive research for mechanical and plant engineering.

Guiding principle 3: Our technology and solutions promote sustainable development worldwide.

In the working group Technology - Laundry and Dry Cleaning Machines, technical and environmental topics relating to the mechanical engineering sector are advanced in the textile care sector.