Mechanical and plant engineering
Mechanical and plant engineering, the core of the capital goods industry, is at the centre of Germany’s industrial performance as a supplier of complex products for all sectors of the economy and as a purchaser of technologically sophisticated preliminary supplies. Industry 4.0, resource-saving environmental protection, energy efficiency or electromobility: the sector is the supplier of machinery and production systems. (Source: http://www.bmwi.de/DE/Themen/Wirtschaft/branchenfokus,did=196364.html)