Unity that goes beyond all borders

We are foundation member of the German Design Council, Germany’s leading authority on design and brands to promote society’s awareness of design.

The German Mechanical and Plant Engineering Association (VDMA) is one of the country's key lobby groups.

Supralift is a major online marketplace for used forklift trucks, offering a wide range of pre-owned forklifts.

We belong to Forum Intralogistik, a consortium of the intralogistics sector.

We are a member of Forschungsgemeinschaft für Logistik e.V. – a non-profit association.

NORDAKADEMIE is the first private university in Germany to have been established and funded by businesses.

HSBA provides expertise in theory and practice: cooperative education and applied sciences at Hamburg's private business school.

The BVL represents specialists and executive staff from industry and trade as well the service sector and science.

The NORDMETALL employers’ association represents companies from the metal and electrical industries in northern Germany.

The industry association of Hamburg unites the interests of the industrial location of Hamburg and is part of the BDI The Voice of German Industry.

MRD is a subsidiary of the German Federal Association of Machinery Cooperatives (BMR e.V.), which represents the interests of more than 200,000 german farmers.