Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers Association

VDMA e.V.
Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau
AbbreviationVDMA
Formation1892
PurposeProfessional Society
Location
Region served
Germany
Membership3,600 (2025)
President
Bertram Kawlath
Websitewww.vdma.eu

The VDMA e.V. (Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers Association), founded in 1892, is a German association of 3,600 German and European mechanical and plant engineering companies. The organized companies employ around 3 million people in the European Union (EU), and nearly 1 million in Germany alone.