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VDWF Managing Director Ralf Dürrwächter during his online seminar

Presentation slide by Jens Lüdtke, Tebis Consulting, discussing how to successfully manage change processes in companies.

Dirk Falke discussed the sustainability of plastic molded parts.

Dirk Falke spoke about the sustainability of plastic molded parts.

Tomek Kawala from Tebis Consulting spoke in his presentation about standardization in tool and mold making.

03.04.2020

VDWF Online Seminar «11 o'clock hole»: The association comes to your house

Even in times of Corona, the thirst for knowledge of toolmakers should be satisfied. Therefore, the VDWF invites all interested parties to further their education and exchange in its online seminar "11 o'clock Hole". "If the industry players cannot attend VDWF events, then the association will come…

Prof. Dr. Thomas Seul welcomes the participants of the alumni meeting at Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences. The two-day event was last held in 2016 as part of the Innovation Forum for Plastics Technology and Toolmaking.

Further education should also be fun! The study coordinators organize leisure activities such as introductory evenings, biathlon shooting, or canoeing.

The study coordinators Anke Köhler, Thomas Oelsner, Peggy Schütze, and Franziska Kemnitz: In each degree program, students have the same contact person throughout.

18.03.2020

VDWF Educational Initiative: Awarded – Hochschule Schmalkalden is recommended 100 percent

Every year, FernstudiumCheck – an independent review portal for distance learners – awards the best provider. The Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences, which offers six study programs in cooperation with the VDWF, is also evaluated there. For the past year, a total of 9,261 reviews were submi…

It was a ceremonial moment: VDWF President Professor Thomas Seul presents ISTMA President Bob Williams (both in the center of the picture) with the VDWF flag. Also present were the three VDWF board members Markus Bay, Anton Schweiger, Barbara Ellinger-Walter, as well as ISTMA Secretary General Manuel Oliveira, VDWF Managing Director Ralf Dürwächter, and Christian Dihlmann, President of the Brazilian Tool and Mold Making Association (from left).

A toast to good cooperation during the Moulding-Expo. At the VDWF stand, its President Professor Thomas Seul and ISTMA President Bob Williams sealed the German tool and mold makers' membership to the international association. Afterwards, the celebration continued late into the night.

VDWF President Prof. Dr. Thomas Seul and ISTMA President Bob Williams at the VDWF stand during the Moulding Expo. The membership was announced to numerous guests and celebrated late into the night.

VDWF President Professor Thomas Seul and ISTMA President Bob Williams – Handshake at the Moulding Expo. Here, the membership was announced in front of numerous guests and celebrated late into the night.

The VDWF booth at the Moulding Expo from a bird's-eye view. Here, the membership was announced in front of numerous guests and celebrated late into the night.

23.09.2019

VDWF is a member of the international tool and mold making association ISTMA

Since the end of May 2019, the VDWF has been the 22nd member of the International Special Tooling and Machining Association (ISTMA). VDWF President Thomas Seul announced the alliance to the members at the VDWF booth during the Moulding Expo 2019 in Stuttgart: "We have succeeded in establishing a pre…

13.03.2019

For the second time, Messe Stuttgart is awarding a scholarship for the VDWF continuing education program "Project Manager (FH) for Tool and Mold Making" at Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences.

Here's to a new beginning!

The Messe Stuttgart offers during the Moulding Expo from May 21 to 24, 2019, not only a comprehensive overview of training and study programs but also actively engages in further education for young professionals in tool, model, or mold making. Especially for this industry, structural change remains…

10.10.2018

The VDWF at Fakuma

340 square meters of expertise in tool and mold making

From October 16 to 20, 2018, the plastics industry will gather in Friedrichshafen for the 26th Fakuma. 31 member companies of the Association of German Tool and Mold Makers (VDWF) will present themselves and their product portfolio at the VDWF joint booth, which has long become a fixture of the trad…

Introduction of the self-test at the VDWF General Assembly at the end of April at Deckerform in Aichach.

10.10.2018

VDWF and Industry 4.0 – Already involved? Take the self-test!

The VDWF Working Group "Tooling 4.0" has developed a self-assessment test that helps companies in the industry to determine their current position regarding the "Fourth Industrial Revolution" — it only takes 15 minutes.

From toolmakers for toolmakers. Under this motto, the VDWF set out to shed light…

Torsten Urban, Project and Department Manager of Training and Continuing Education at the Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid, during his lecture at the opening of the new Polymer Training Centre.

The PTC in Lüdenscheid: Construction time: 2 years; Usable area: 1965 m²; Costs: 5.1 million euros.

VDWF President Professor Thomas Seul (left) hands over the KIMW Managing Director Thomas Eulenstein the association's emblem, which designates the Kunststoff-Institut as an external branch of the VDWF.

21.09.2018

Opening of the Polymer Training Centre (PTC) at KIMW – also as a new VDWF external branch

The world of plastics should get to know Lüdenscheid so that it is no longer said: «Where the hell is Lüdenscheid?», explains Managing Director Stefan Schmidt, who often hears this phrase when talking about KIMW both domestically and internationally. He and his team have quite a lot planned: At the…

18.03.2018

German Association of Tool and Mold Makers receives award in the "Reform and Management" category.

VDWF awarded at the "Association of the Year 2018" competition

Only a micrometer was missing to reach the top spot on the winners' podium – and therefore President Professor Thomas Seul and Managing Director Ralf Dürwächter smiled proudly and contentedly as they received the award as second place in the "Association of the Year 2018" competition on March 12th i…

20.09.2017

VDWF-VDMA User Forum in Schmalkalden

Who is afraid of 4.0 in tool and mold making?

These are burning questions that entrepreneurs in tool and mold making face when tackling Industry 4.0: How do I implement digitalization and standardization of processes in my company? What special aspects must I consider during implementation? And how do I ignite enthusiasm for the opportunity for…

08.06.2017

The VDWF celebrates its 25th anniversary at the Moulding Expo.

When the cocktail keeps getting better

18 small and medium-sized entrepreneurs gathered on November 5, 1992, at the Bad Hotel in Bad Überkingen. Their goal: to establish an association that advocates strongly for the interests of everyone in the industry, that consolidates the strengths and potentials of many small and medium-sized compa…

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