Bottlenecks from Disrupted Supply Chains Now Easing Considerably

Bottlenecks from Disrupted Supply Chains Now Easing Considerably
Waiting to Turn Around In March, the mechanical and plant engineering sector in Germany recorded a real decline in orders of 6%. A small ray of hope after several months of double-digit declines, but not yet a turnaround. Pexels / Pixabay

The VDMA or Verband Deutscher Maschinen-und Anlagenbau or the German Engineering Federation, representing more than 3,600 German and European mechanical and plant engineering companies, employs around 3 million people in the EU-27 with more than 1.2 million in Germany alone. Focused on innovation, exports and SMEs, around 80% of the machinery sold in the EU comes from manufacturing plants in the domestic market. texfash.com in conversation with Dr Harald Weber, who has been the Managing Director of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association since January 2023.