ZVEI Business Cycle Report February 2026

In December 2025, i.e., in last year’s last month, new orders in the German electro and digital industry soared by 17.1% (year over year). This was the best monthly performance over the course of the last year. In the full last year, incoming orders were 6.0% up. Here, the development in domestic and foreign bookings differed more starkly. The former advanced only slightly by 0.8%, whereas the latter grew by one-tenth (+10.2%).
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