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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, China’s electro exports have risen sharply, while imports have declined. Export growth has shifted primarily to emerging markets; in Western industrialized nations, it…

Pressure on European industry is growing as global market shares shift. At the same time, key stages of value creation are increasingly moving outside Europe. The European Union is responding to…

New orders in the German electro and digital industry clearly keep heading north. In July 2026, they were up by one-third (+32.6%) compared to a year earlier.

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Exports of the German electro and digital industry advanced very strongly in June 2026. With €24.5bn, they exceeded their pre-year value by 18.3%.

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Germany’s electro and digital industry is deeply intertwined with the EU Single Market. This applies to its own exports, supplier relationships, and foreign production sites alike. Following the…

Overall new orders in the German electro and digital industry grew strongly in June 2026, too. They were up 13.3% from the same month in the previous year.

However, domestic and foreign bookings…

Exports of the German electro and digital industry came to a value of €20.7bn in May 2026. However, their growth rate of 4.0% (year-on-year) was only half as high as in the preceding four…

To keep pace with innovation cycles, quality requirements and enormous price pressure, product and process changes (PCNs) are unavoidable.

Changes to electronic components (active and passive…

The positive trend in new orders for the German electro and digital industry continued in May 2026. In particular, orders from countries outside the eurozone were significantly higher than a year…

In April 2026, exports of the German electro and digital industry maintained their positive trend of the recent months. Overall, they reached a value of €22.0bn in that month, surpassing the…