Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.

VDMA

Der VDMA vertritt mehr als 3600 meist mittelständische Mitgliedsunternehmen der Investitionsgüterindustrie und ist damit einer der mitgliedsstärksten und bedeutensten Verbände Europas.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Alexandre Paquot (Director Climate Action) and

18 Nov 2025 · Discuss the role of Fluid Power technologies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Meeting with Felicia Stoica (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

9 Nov 2025 · Revision of the New Legislative Framework (NLF)

Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and

28 Oct 2025 · High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

28 Oct 2025 · High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM.

Meeting with Kilian Gross (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

16 Oct 2025 · AI Act implementation and simplification

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Commissioner) and

15 Oct 2025 · EU – US relations

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and

15 Oct 2025 · Meeting with VDMA - minutes

Meeting with Iuliu Winkler (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Oct 2025 · EU agricultural sector

Meeting with Felicia Stoica (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

9 Oct 2025 · Revision of the New Legislative Framework (NLF)

Meeting with Henning Ehrenstein (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

24 Sept 2025 · Delegation of German machine building companies (large and small) visiting Bxl with their DE umbrella organization VDMA

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2025 · Exchange on Clean Industrial Accelerator Act

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Sept 2025 · EU-US trade relations, tariffs

Meeting with Ana Xavier (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

5 Sept 2025 · Introduction of VDMA organisation and exchange of views on various machinery and equipment related matters

Meeting with Matthias Jorgensen (Acting Director Trade)

5 Sept 2025 · EU-US trade relations

Meeting with Eva Valle Lagares (Head of Unit Trade)

17 Jul 2025 · Presentation VDMA’s new Position Paper on China

Meeting with Adam Romanowski (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

17 Jul 2025 · EU’s machinery equipment industry

Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

18 Jun 2025 · Current and planned Commission initiatives

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Jun 2025 · Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

Meeting with João Cotrim De Figueiredo (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Jun 2025 · Industrial and trade policy

Meeting with Bjoern Juretzki (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

28 May 2025 · Discussion about the state of play of the Data Act implementation in the German machinery industry

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament) and

14 May 2025 · Water Policy

Meeting with Sabine Weyand (Director-General Trade)

13 May 2025 · Development of the transatlantic relations in the context of tariffs escalation

Meeting with Bjoern Juretzki (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

7 May 2025 · Discussion about VDMA’s position on the Data Union Strategy

Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

6 May 2025 · eDeclaration for the posting of workers

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament)

6 May 2025 · International Trade

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Apr 2025 · New Legislative Framework

Meeting with Brigitte Van Den Berg (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

28 Apr 2025 · Edeclaration posting of workers

Meeting with Andreas Schwab (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

14 Apr 2025 · eDeclaration on the posting of workers

Meeting with Hanna Anttilainen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Valentina Schaumburger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

9 Apr 2025 · Single Market eDeclaration

Meeting with Eva Valle Lagares (Head of Unit Trade)

4 Apr 2025 · EU-China relations

Meeting with Elena Arveras (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)

17 Mar 2025 · Sustainability Omnibus

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Feb 2025 · EU Energy and industry policy

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

20 Feb 2025 · Simplification

Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

13 Feb 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal and Circular Economy Act

Meeting with Paolo Garzotti (Acting Director Trade)

13 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on the EU-Mercosur FTA

Meeting with Jan Hendrik Dopheide (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

12 Feb 2025 · Introductory meeting / general trade policy

Meeting with Mehdi Hocine (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

12 Feb 2025 · Discussion with VDMA on EU trade relations

Meeting with Bonifacio Garcia Porras (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

11 Feb 2025 · Discussions related to the upcoming omnibus package related to Corporate Sustainability (CSRD, CSDD, EU Taxonomy)

Meeting with Sander Smit (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Feb 2025 · ENVI-general

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and

4 Feb 2025 · EU Energy and industry policy

Meeting with Gabriele Bischoff (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

24 Jan 2025 · Austausch mit dem Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V. zur Revision Eurobetriebsräte

Meeting with Mehdi Hocine (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

21 Jan 2025 · Discussion on VDMA position paper “Fast tracks to simplification”

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Factories of the Future Research Association

16 Jan 2025 · FP10

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and

11 Dec 2024 · Revision of the EUs Foreign Direct Investment Screening mechanism

Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament) and Verband der Automobilindustrie

16 Jul 2024 · Austausch zu Umwelt- und Verkehrspolitik

Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Apr 2024 · Umweltpolitische Themen

Meeting with Elina Laurinen (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

29 Feb 2024 · European machinery industry

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament) and

15 Nov 2023 · “Ramp-Up of Green Fuels for Aviation and Shipping - An Opportunity for Climate Protection, Industrial Policy and International Cooperation” - Panelist

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

27 Oct 2023 · AI Civil Liability

Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

18 Jul 2023 · Kennenlernen; Net Zero Industry Act

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Jun 2023 · International Trade

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

2 May 2023 · AI Liability

Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

9 Mar 2023 · Revision of the Product Liability Directive

Meeting with Nicola Danti (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

27 Feb 2023 · Stakeholder consultation on the Cyber Resilience Act

Meeting with Kevin Keary (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

8 Feb 2023 · preferential trade agreements; transatlantic trade relations; importance of conformity assessments for machinery sector

Meeting with Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

8 Feb 2023 · GCC trade barriers for EU machine exports

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Jan 2023 · Transatlantic trade, Inflation Reduction Act, Due Diligence

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

13 Jan 2023 · Standardisation Strategy

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

11 Nov 2022 · Meeting with President Haeusgen to discuss Conformity assessment

Meeting with Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

19 Jul 2022 · Trade relations with Mercosur and with India

Meeting with Elina Melngaile (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

23 Jun 2022 · EU-US trade relations

Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament) and Siemens Energy AG

15 Jun 2022 · Austausch zur Industriepolitik

Meeting with Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

3 May 2022 · Industrial and digital policy, digitisation, green transition

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

16 Feb 2022 · EU’s digital policy and the role of the mechanical engineering industry in and for the digital transformation

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

12 Jan 2022 · wichtige Rolle des europäischen Maschinenbaus für die digitale und grüne Transformation

Meeting with Lucia Bonova (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

29 Nov 2021 · Data Act

Meeting with Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

29 Nov 2021 · EU Data Strategy and Data Act

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and CO2 Value Europe AISBL

22 Oct 2021 · CCUS sector development in Europe

Meeting with Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

18 Oct 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

7 Oct 2021 · Due diligence

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

22 Jun 2021 · Exchange of views on: (1) policy framework conditions to overcome the crisis and ensure digital and green transformation; (2) regulatory issues where mechanical engineering has a specific concern (3) due diligence

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

17 May 2021 · Euro 7

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

6 May 2021 · Fit for 55 Package

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

22 Apr 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

31 Mar 2021 · ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative

Meeting with Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean) and

23 Mar 2021 · Renewable fuels to climate neutrality and economic growth

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and

1 Mar 2021 · European Green Deal

Response to EU strategy for textiles

1 Feb 2021

Meeting with Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

22 Jan 2021 · Discussion on upcoming proposals on sustainable fuels, in particular sustainable aviation fuels

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

9 Nov 2020 · Taxonomy

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

9 Nov 2020 · Sustainable finance taxonomy

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

30 Oct 2020 · AI Civil Liability

Meeting with Sarah Nelen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

1 Apr 2020 · Hydrogen and Green Deal

Meeting with Eugenia Dumitriu-Segnana (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)

13 Jan 2020 · posting of workers

Meeting with Piet van Nuffel (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

25 Sept 2018 · Posting of workers

Meeting with Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom)

23 Apr 2018 · Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

5 Apr 2017 · Product regulation and market surveillance in the single market

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

10 Jan 2017 · Data localisation, free flow of data

Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

23 Jun 2016 · Industry 0.4

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

11 Apr 2016 · Digitising European Industry

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

23 Feb 2016 · Telco policies

Meeting with Lowri Evans (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

23 Feb 2016 · Dynamics and future challenges for the small and medium sized enterprises, including digitalisation.

Meeting with Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

24 Nov 2015 · TTIP

Meeting with Christian Linder (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič) and

11 Sept 2015 · Energy Union Strategy with a forward-looking climate policy

Meeting with Christian Linder (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

3 Jun 2015 · Energy Union; energy efficiency; investment

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

23 Apr 2015 · Industry 4.0

Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

16 Apr 2015 · Present the association - intro meeting

Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

16 Apr 2015 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Karl-Friedrich Falkenberg (Director-General Environment)

19 Mar 2015 · Waste Management and Recycling Technologies

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)

9 Mar 2015 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

27 Feb 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General Trade)

25 Feb 2015 · Ongoing Trade Negotiations

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

25 Feb 2015 · DSM