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Dialogue on the future prospects of the NRW mechanical and plant engineering industry
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Shaping the future: How digitalization, climate protection, New Work and new global challenges are changing the mechanical and plant engineering industry in NRW.
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- German
Shaping the future: How digitalization, climate protection, New Work and new global challenges are changing the mechanical and plant engineering industry in NRW.
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Mechanical and Plant Engineering in North Rhine-Westphalia Faces Major Challenges – and Equally Great Opportunities: As a key industry for supply security, resource conservation, and technological future solutions, it shapes our region significantly with around 200,000 employees and the highest turnover within NRW’s industrial sector. Its innovative strength and technological excellence secure its global leadership position. However, economic uncertainties, political tensions, and geopolitical crises threaten previous success. At the same time, costs are rising while international competitors are catching up, putting NRW as a business location under increasing pressure.
To meet these challenges, companies must adapt flexibly – in both products and processes. There are no universal solutions: every company must find its own path. Nevertheless, overarching future trends and solution corridors can be identified, which we will discuss together at this event.
Against this backdrop, we will jointly explore key future trends and strategic fields of action. The basis is the study Update Growth Engine Mechanical Engineering NRW by IW Consult, commissioned by the ProductionNRW cluster.
Focus topics include:
Look forward to:
Themed forums
Please note that we offer two themed forums, each with two parallel sessions. You can select your preferred sessions in the registration form.
Target audience:
The event is aimed at specialists and executives from NRW’s mechanical and plant engineering sector, institutions, networks, and policymakers.
Moderation: Dr. David Blass, Cluster Manager ProductionNRW, Managing Director VDMA NRW
Registration deadline: January 26, 2026
Participation: Free of charge
Organizer
The event is hosted by ProductionNRW. ProductionNRW is the cluster for mechanical engineering and production technology in North Rhine-Westphalia and is managed by VDMA NRW. ProductionNRW sees itself as a platform to network, inform, and promote companies, institutions, and networks among themselves and along the value chain. Essential parts of the services provided by ProductionNRW are funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection, and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Cooperation partner: ZVEI NRW
To meet these challenges, companies must adapt flexibly – in both products and processes. There are no universal solutions: every company must find its own path. Nevertheless, overarching future trends and solution corridors can be identified, which we will discuss together at this event.
Against this backdrop, we will jointly explore key future trends and strategic fields of action. The basis is the study Update Growth Engine Mechanical Engineering NRW by IW Consult, commissioned by the ProductionNRW cluster.
Focus topics include:
- Changes in the world of work
- Mechanical engineering, digitalization, and new business models
- Enablers and pioneers: Climate protection as an opportunity
- Mechanical engineering in global competition
Look forward to:
- Presentation of the study results in the context of overall economic development by Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther
- A keynote by NRW Minister of Economic Affairs Mona Neubaur
- An in-depth panel discussion with Mona Neubaur, Verena Thies (VDMA Vice President), and Wolf Meyer-Scheuven (Cluster Spokesperson ProductionNRW)
- Four thematic forums with best-practice examples from corporate practice
Themed forums
Please note that we offer two themed forums, each with two parallel sessions. You can select your preferred sessions in the registration form.
Target audience:
The event is aimed at specialists and executives from NRW’s mechanical and plant engineering sector, institutions, networks, and policymakers.
Moderation: Dr. David Blass, Cluster Manager ProductionNRW, Managing Director VDMA NRW
Registration deadline: January 26, 2026
Participation: Free of charge
Organizer
The event is hosted by ProductionNRW. ProductionNRW is the cluster for mechanical engineering and production technology in North Rhine-Westphalia and is managed by VDMA NRW. ProductionNRW sees itself as a platform to network, inform, and promote companies, institutions, and networks among themselves and along the value chain. Essential parts of the services provided by ProductionNRW are funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection, and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Cooperation partner: ZVEI NRW
Agenda
Pn. 02.02.26
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