
VDMA East (www.industrial-production.de)
Economic situation in East German mechanical engineering stabilizes
Eastern German mechanical and plant engineering was able to halt the downward trend. The order situation is also stabilizing. The mood is good.

VDMA East (www.industrial-production.de)
New managing director
At the beginning of the new year, Reinhard Pätz handed over the management of the company to 48-year-old business graduate Oliver Köhn.

VDMA survey (www.industrial-production.de)
East German mechanical engineering companies cannot fill training positions
Eastern German mechanical engineering companies are sounding the alarm: according to the VDMA, almost two thirds of companies providing training had difficulties finding trainees this year. Four out of ten companies had to leave training places unfilled.

VDMA East (www.industrial-production.de)
East German mechanical engineering in full swing
Despite increasing political and economic tensions at home and abroad, the mechanical and plant engineering sector in eastern Germany is hardly showing any signs of fatigue. On the contrary: companies have carried the momentum of recent months into the second quarter of 2018.

VDMA East (www.industrial-production.de)
East German mechanical engineering still on the upswing
The eastern German mechanical and plant engineering sector continues to enjoy well-filled order books. Only the economic policy developments could dampen the good mood.