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Within the VDMA, hydrogen is not only of great interest for the VDMA Power-to-X for Applications, but is accompanied by a whole range of areas with diverse activities.

The new 2026/27 edition of the VDMA Technology Guide Oil, Gas, Petrochemicals has been published. The focus is on climate-friendly technologies and alternative solutions for "hard-to-abate" sectors.

Regulatory Requirements Guide for H2 Plants and Systems in Germany and Europe - Part 1: General

Battery factories are not only being built from scratch, existing plants also need to be modernized. A recent study by VDMA and Porsche Consulting shows that European mechanical engineering can score points here with process knowledge and technologies.

As a strategic partner, Kazakhstan offers a wide range of opportunities for companies in North Rhine-Westphalia in the mechanical and plant engineering sector and in the supply of critical raw materials.

Interview with Dr. Harald Weber, Managing Director, VDMA Large-scale Plant Engineering and Leon Stadler, Senior Manager, Strategy&

The VDMA supports large-scale plant engineering companies with a comprehensive network of highly specialized expert committees.

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.

Companies develop standard sheet on the requirements for H2 plants

Why standardization is becoming a key factor for the safe and successful use of hydrogen technologies.

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.

In a survey, members of the VDMA Large Industrial Plant Manufacturers' Association gave their views on the economic outlook for the industry and on key sales markets.

Incoming orders in large-scale plant engineering reached a multi-year high in 2024. This was due to numerous large-scale projects in industrialised countries, the Middle East and Africa.

Power plant construction is facing a promising future. This is due to the electrification of many areas of life and the transformation of energy systems towards greater sustainability.

The market for waste incineration plants has been growing for years, driven by rapidly increasing waste volumes, strict legal standards and the expansion of district heating.

This article provides a concise update of the industry reports from 2024 and thus enables targeted insights into the most important changes in the respective markets.

After the second face-to-face meeting on 8.11.2024 and numerous further online meetings of the 7 sub-working groups, the first drafts and H2 requirements lists are available. (update no. 3)

Popular science publications are full of statements about the "end of oil & gas". But what is the reality?

The industry is facing the challenge of adapting to a changing market environment and taking advantage of the great opportunities presented by decarbonization and the new technologies that come with it.

As a driving force in the sustainable transformation, the paper plant engineering sector is investing in the development of innovative production processes.

These cybersecurity obligations are coming to mechanical engineering companies

Here you will find the most important data, facts and figures about VDMA Large-scale Plant Engineering, as well as a summary of the key political issues affecting the industry.

The top management of the European large industrial plant manufacturing sector met again in person at the 8th Engineering Summit in Darmstadt on 20 and 21 July 2022.

Two years of pandemic, two years without a trade fair - Iris Münz, Managing Director of ultraTec Anlagentechnik Münz, is clearly looking forward to GrindingHub in Stuttgart (May 17-20, 2022): "We just had our prototype up and running in October 2019, then Corona arrived," she says. "Now we really can't wait to demonstrate our ultrasonic deburring system to a wide expert audience."

Driven by the USA and China, the global economy is expected to remain on an expansionary path. However, the war between Russia and Ukraine is now fundamentally calling this growth optimism into question.

Due to their high export quota the companies of the VDMA Large Industrial Plant Manufacturers' Group are particularly affected by double taxation.

New version of the Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control (TA Luft) with stricter limits for pollutant emissions from industrial plants requiring a permit.

Plant construction projects are a complex matter of international taxation of large plants.

This article provides an overview of the latest developments and is intended to help avoid unnecessary tax burdens and prevent double taxation in the area of corporate taxation.

Business opportunities and sustainable development in the Brazilian energy market: from the booming oil & gas sector to the energy transition

Companies from all over Europe are involved in the VDMA. Mechanical engineering is a familiar term to many, but what distinguishes plant engineering? The following pages show the diversity of the plant engineering sectors, the complexity of the project business, but also forward-looking solutions to meet the challenges of the time.