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With an increase of one and a half percent, orders in the German electro and digital industry slightly exceeded the previous year’s level in August 2025. With the exception of July, this means that…

China is of great importance to the German electro and digital industry. With a share of just under forty percent, the Chinese market is the world's largest national market. For the German electro…

With the widespread introduction of new (high) tariffs, the new US administration is implementing nothing less than a paradigm shift in decades of American trade policy: away from free trade…

Exports of the German electro and digital industry kept rising. In July 2025, they advanced by 6.1% (year over year), reaching €21.0bn. This was the third increase in a row.

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After four growing months in a row, new orders in the German electro and digital industry received a damper in July 2025. In total, bookings failed their respective pre-year value by nine percent.…

The publication deals with the research and development expenditures of the German industry as a whole and, in particular, those of the domestic electro and digital industry (also regarding…

Europe’s digital transformation offers huge opportunities, but the current Data Act risks undermining them. Chapter VI on “Switching between data processing services” raises key questions: What…

Less paper, more future: ZVEI evaluates the EU's proposals for digitizing product information.

With the Omnibus IV package, the European Commission is moving forward with digitizing accompanying…

Exports of the German electro and digital industry have risen in June 2025, too. Across all sub-sectors, they increased by 5.3% (year over year) to a value of €20.7bn. Declines in businesses with…