June 6, 2025 13:06

Despite a difficult 2024, there are early signs of recovery in 2025 for German manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery and equipment.

According to the latest figures released by the sector’s division within VDMA, order intake — adjusted for inflation — fell by 21% last year compared to 2023, while sales declined by 19%. These results are even worse than the projections published last autumn, and they come on the heels of an already weak 2023, when orders had dropped by 22%, although revenues had still managed to grow slightly.