“A recent survey in which around 350 VDMA member companies participated shows that around a third of them already manufacture in the USA. Three quarters of all respondents intend to expand business activities in the U.S. this year and next. Around two-thirds of them want to strengthen their own service and sales, 37 percent are planning to expand their production, and 18 percent also want to expand design and development in the USA. According to the survey, two-thirds of the companies plan to increase their local workforces for this purpose. German mechanical engineering companies currently employ an estimated 100,000 people in the United States.” – thenewsmarket.com, September 15, 2022