Despite this development in traditional industries, there is also a growing demand for highly qualified engineers in future-oriented industries. VDI labor market expert Ingo Rauhut says: "The current development is bringing with it uncertainties and structural shifts. Although there is currently a slight easing of the skills shortage, we believe that demand for engineers will soon rise sharply again in view…

In a keynote speech at the VDI Congress Dritev 2025, Hildegard Müller, President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), outlined the central challenges, opportunities, and key political decisions required to drive the transformation of the German automotive industry. Her message: the path toward climate neutrality and digitalization can only succeed if politics, society, and industry…

A conversation with longtime conference chair Dr.-Ing. Götz Hartmann, Managing Director of Erwin Flender Stiftungs-GmbH

Only by joining forces and with a clear plan can the rapid defossilisation of the transport sector succeed: With a plea for more technological diversity, including the use of e-fuels, the 12th International Engine Congress (25-26 February 2025) in Baden-Baden ended. Many keynote speakers particularly called for more clarity in the political decisions in order to achieve the climate protection goals. More…

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Fehlbier summed it up at the end of the VDI conference in Landshut by thanking the participants, speakers and organizers: Casting is constantly reinventing itself! In presentations, discussions and networking on the topics of giga/megacasting and the future of die and gravity die casting, it became clear that there are definitely different approaches to large aluminum castings. While…

Is the European Green Deal being put to the test with the end of the combustion engine in 2035 or are we even ignoring the needs and wishes of consumers? The panel participants, moderators Alexander Heintzel and Christian Beidl with Holger Becker (MdB SPD), Michael Fleiss (Aurobay), Monika Griefahn (eFuel Alliance), Benjamin Krieger (CLEPA), @Takahiro Nagai (NEDO) and Markus Schwaderlapp (DEUTZ AG) agreed…

Foundry-Planet: Ms. Feitsch, as chairwoman of the VDI Young Engineers, you are voluntarily active for the VDI. What is exciting about your work? Fenja Feitsch: The exciting thing in this position is that I can act in so many ways and work with so many different people on so many different fronts. On the one hand, I represent the interests of the VDI Young Engineers. On the other hand, I am the interface to…

Even after the end of the Corona pandemic and the increasing normalisation of supply chains, German automotive producers and thus also the foundry industry are facing major economic and technological national as well as global challenges. Exchange views on current challenges in the casting of chassis and body components. Meet numerous colleagues and top-class experts. Use the excellent network from industry…

a combination of the highest information diversity and meetings of all industry experts high professional level and informative lectures very good mix of topics, many practical examples of all players involved We are celebrating an anniversary from January 29-30th 2019 - will you join us? Over the years, the VDI symposium "Casting Technology in Engine Construction" has become the most important forum for…

The international VDI congress "Dritev - Drivetrain for Vehicles" has once again positioned itself as the most important industry meeting place with around 1,500 visitors. From 27 to 28 June, the "Dritev 2018" showed what matters to today's propulsion developer. With around 1,500 visitors and more than 100 international exhibitors, the Dritev was again the industry's most important meeting place and a…