Value added and jobs resulting from joining technology and in Germany and in Europe

At the beginning of 2009, DVS - Deutscher Verband für Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren and EWF - European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting carried out a revision and an updating of an existing data collection summarizing production values, values added and number of employees in joining. In addition to Germany, now other European countries important for joining technology are taken into consideration, including individually France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom. Furthermore, all the European countries (EU 27) are considered in a summary. The objective of this study in 2009 is to evaluate in a summary all the statistical information available at the German and European levels in order to estimate the value added contribution and employee figures resulting from the manufacture and application of joining technology in Germany, in the named selected countries in Europe as well as throughout the European Union as a whole in 2007 - which is the latest data boundary at the point in time when the study was elaborated. The value added by the manufacture and application of joining technology in Europe amounted to around ↓ 86 billion in 2007. That is 3,8 times the corresponding value added for Germany. Over 2.0 million employees were connected with this value added in Europe in 2007. The number of employees connected with the manufacture and application of joining technology in Europe is more than five times higher than the corresponding German employee figures. So, Germany contributes to this total value added with 26% and Italy with 18%. The contribution from France, Poland and United Kingdom amounts to 10%, 9% and 8%. Joining technology contributes significantly to the economic prosperity in European countries, value added and employment are created both by the manufacture and by the application of joining technology.