1. The Federation of German Industries
BDI – The Voice of German Industry
Organisation. Data. Facts.
Ulrich Grillo

2. Our mandate
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Strengthening Germany as an industrial nation
 One quarter of Germany’s gross domestic product (GDP) is generated by German industry
 If industry-related services are included the share rises to one third of GDP
 Industry plays a key role for Germany’s continuing economic prosperity
 The Federation of German industries is the umbrella organisation of German industry and industry-related
service providers
 It speaks for 36 trade associations and more than 100,000 enterprises with around 8 million employees

3. Our mandate
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Representing industry´s interests
 The BDI communicates the interests of German industry to those in positions of political responsibility.
It primarily addresses policy-makers and the government in Germany and at EU level
 The BDI commands a wide network in all key markets and international organisations
 The BDI provides political flanking for the opening-up of international markets and provides information and
economic policy advice on all topics relevant to industry

4. Germany is one of the world´s leading industrial nations
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Nominal Gross Value Added of
Manufacturing Industry, 2013 (in billions
of US dollars)
Fourth biggest industrialised
economy in the world
 Germany has the fourth
biggest industrialised
economy in the world after
China, the USA and Japan
 Germany accounts for
almost 7 % of worldwide
production
Quelle: Weltbank
Industrial value added in the world /
World shares in %
Source: Weltbank

5. Germany is Europe’s leading industrial nation
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Nominal Gross Value Added by
Manufacturing Industry, 2014 (in billions
of €)
The biggest industrial nation
in Europe
 Germany accounts for the
biggest share of industry in
Europe by a long way
 Germany is responsible for
generating nearly a third of
the total industrial value
added in Europe
Industrial Value Added in Europe /
Shares of the EU28 in %
Source: Eurostat

6. Germany is one of the world´s leading trading nations
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Shares of Worldwide Exports in % Third biggest exporter in the world
 Germany is the third biggest exporting nation in the
world
 Despite the increased proportion accounted for by
China, Germany has been more successful at
maintaining its share of exports than the USA or
Japan
 With its high orientation towards exports, German
industry plays a key role in global trade, and
manufacturing accounts for over 70 percent of all of
Germany’s exports
Source: WTO

7. Germany is one of the world´s leading trading nations
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Shares of Worldwide Imports in % The world’s third biggest importer
 Germany is also the third biggest importer in the world
 This also finds reflection in the close relationships
between the German economy and its European and
global trading partners
Source: WTO

8. German industry: Big Player in Europe
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Cross-border advance payments in manufacturing
industry in terms of advance payments trade in the EU27
in %
Strongest networking with European neighbours
 Germany is networked more strongly with its
neighbours than any other European country
 Germany is the supplier and recipient in over 40
percent of all cross-border advance payments in the
area of manufacturing industry
Source: IW Consult, OECD

9. German industry: Big Player in Europe
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Bilateral advance payments account for Manufacturing
Industry in billions of €, 2011
The key partners are France, Italy and the Netherlands
 Germany’s closest industrial ties are with France
 Germany also has very close industrial ties with Italy,
the Netherlands, Great Britain, Poland and Spain
Source: IW Consult, OECD

10. Manufacturing industry is the strongest economic sector in Germany
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Share of nominal gross value added of
German Manufacturing Industry
Germany’s manufacturing industry accounts for the
highest proportion of value added of all the country’s
economic sectors
 Over one quarter of German gross domestic product is
generated by German manufacturing industry
 If industry-related services are also counted, it
accounts for one third of GDP
 Manufacturing industry therefore accounts for the
highest share of value added of all the economic
sectors in Germany
Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany, IW Köln

11. German manufacturing industry creates jobs at home and abroad
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The number of people working in Manufacturing Industry
at home and abroad, 2014
German manufacturing industry employs over 10
million people
 German manufacturing industry employs 7.5 million
people
 This is equivalent to almost one fifth of all employees in
Germany; in addition, more than three million people
work in German industrial companies abroad
 This accounts for half of all jobs in German companies
in foreign countries
Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany, Deutsche Bundesbank

12. Germany is the biggest centre for research in Europe
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Proportion of expenditure on R&D according to economic sector;
2013 (in billions of €)
Germany accounts for almost
one third of all European R&D
Spending
 At 80.2 billion €, Germany
accounts for almost one third
of all R&D spending in
Europe
 Two thirds of the R&D
investment in Germany is
carried out by the private
sector
 Manufacturing industry
accounts for the lion’s share
of these efforts
Source: Eurostat

13. Germany is one of the biggest countries of origin and destination
countries for direct investments
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Direct investments, portfolios in trillions of US dollars Third biggest country of origin
and seventh biggest
destination country
 Germany is the third biggest
country of origin for direct
investments in the world and
invested almost two trillion US
dollars worldwide
 Almost one trillion dollars have
been invested in Germany by
foreign companies
 Germany is therefore the
seventh biggest destination
country for direct investments
worldwide
Source: UNCTAD
The leading countries of origin The leading destination countries

14. Our Task
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To create framework conditions which support investment
 With their products, German companies respond to the challenges of tomorrow and are therefore in demand all over
the world
 Almost all German products contain a high degree of innovation. Continuous research and development ensure that
German products are among the best in the world
 To maintain this performance, however, several conditions have to be fulfilled. Many of these are shaped by political
decisions
 So that industrial companies and industry-related services companies can continue contributing to growth,
innovation and employment, Germany has to be and remain an attractive location for investments. This requires
framework conditions which support investment
 It is the task of the BDI to work hard to ensure that the best possible conditions come about

15. Our 36 Member Associations
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Working Community
Industrial Group:

16. Umbrella organisation of German business
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Committee´s work
The BDI communicates the interests of German industry to those in positions of political responsibility:
 Foreign Trade Committee
 Committee on Digital Industry, Telecommunications
and Media
 Committee on Energy and Climate Policy
 Committee on Money, Credit and Monetary Affairs
 Committee for Health Industries
 Committee for Consumer Goods and Consumer
Policy
 Committee on Public Procurement
 Legal Committee
 Special Committee for Industrial Property Protection
 Committee for Raw Materials Policy
 Committee on Security Matters
 Tax Committee
 Committee on Environment, Technology and
Sustainability
 Transport Committee
 Committee for Competition Policy
BDI/BDA – joint committees
 Committee for Education and Vocational Training
 Committee for Research, Innovation and
Technology Policy
 Committee on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

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The BDI in the Global Network
The BDI is a broadly positioned, global company
Internationality, Science, Sustainability and Culture – these are a few key words which describe our field of activity. We
are involved in many areas beyond economical spheres.
EU:
BUSINESSEUROPE, BDI Office in Brussels
International Affairs:
BIAC, ICC, Bilateral EU dialogues: USA, Japan, Latin
America, Asia; BDI Offices in London, Washington und
Tokyo
Regional Initiatives of German Economy:
APA – Asia Pacific Committee, LAI – Latin America
Initiative, NMI - North Africa & Middle East Initiative, OA
- Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations,
SAFRI - Southern Africa Initiative
Research and Science:
IW - Cologne Institute für Economic Research, FIW -
The Research Institute for Economy and Competition
and ifst - Institute of finance and taxes
Sustainability: econsense e.V.
Culture:
Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy
at the BDI
Mittelstand:
BDI Forum Family Business
BDI Initiatives:
Economy for Healthcare, German Healthcare
Partnership, Energy-efficient Buildings

18. Our Office in Brussels
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„House of German Industry“
 The BDI has been in Brussels since 1958, the foundation
year of the European Economic Community, and has
been represented by the BDI/BDA The German Business
Representation since February 2007
 The BDI works actively to ensure German industry
remains strong and internationally competitive
 It is one of 39 European associations which have joined
forces to form the umberella association
BUSINESSEUROPE
 The organisation represents 20 million companies from
33 countries in Brussels and the interests of European
business
 Office in Brussels: Marie de Bourgogne 58

19. Vice presidents (2015/2016)
President (2015/2016)
Our top representatives for the German industry
Presidential Board
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Prof. Thomas Bauer
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
BAUER Aktiengesellschaft
Dr. Marijn Dekkers
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
Bayer AG
Thorsten Dirks
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
Telefónica Deutschland
Holding AG
Dr. Reinhold Festge
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
Haver & Boeker oHG
Dr. Heinrich Hiesinger
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
ThyssenKrupp AG
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Peter Keitel
BDI-Präsident
2009 - 2012
Ingeborg Neumann
Geschäftsführende Gesellschafterin
Peppermint Holding GmbH
Schatzmeisterin
Matthias Wissmann
Präsident
Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V.
(VDA)
Michael Ziesemer
COO und stellvertretender Vorstands-
vorsitzender
Endress+Hauser AG
Ulrich Grillo
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
Grillo-Werke AG

20. Our top representatives for the German industry
Members of the executive committee 2015/2016
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Dr. Hannes Ametsreiter
Chief Executive Officer
Vodafone GmbH
Dr. Frank Appel
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
Deutsche Post AG
Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas
Barner
Vorsitzender der
Unternehmensleitung
Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
Dr.-Ing. Gerhard
Brüninghaus
Präsident
Wirtschaftsverband Stahl- und
Metallverarbeitung
Dr.-Ing. Rainer Dulger
Geschäftsführender
Gesellschafter
ProMinent GmbH
Dr. Thomas Enders
Chief Executive Officer
AIRBUS GROUP
Dr. Erwin Flender
Gesellschafter
MAGMA Gießereitechnologie
GmbH
Dr. Michael Frenzel
Präsident
Bundesverband der Deutschen
Tourismuswirtschaft (BTW)
Dr. Alfred Gaffal
Präsident
Vereinigung der Bayerischen
Wirtschaft (vbw)
Dr. Joachim Geisler
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Bernhard
Gerwert
CEO
Airbus Defense & Space GmbH
Dr. Rüdiger Grube
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
Deutsche Bahn AG
Claus Günther
Sprecher der Geschäftsführung
Diehl Defence Holding GmbH
Dr. Frank Heinricht
Vorstandsvorsitzender
SCHOTT AG
Dipl.-Ing. Sabine Herold
Geschäftsführende Gesellschafterin
DELO Industrieklebstoffe GmbH &
Co. KGaA
Timotheus Höttges
Vorstandsvorsitzender
Deutsche Telekom AG
Friedrich Joussen
Vorstandsvorsitzender
TUI AG
Dr. Hans-Toni Junius
Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter und
Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung
C. D. Wälzholz KG
Joe Kaeser
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
Siemens AG
Dr. Gernot Kalkoffen
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
ExxonMobil Europe Holding GmbH
Hans Jürgen Kerkhoff
Präsident und Hauptgeschäftsführer
Wirtschafsvereinigung Stahl
Vorsitzender Stahlinstitut VDEh
Dipl.-Kfm. Andreas Kern
Mitglied des Vorstandes
HeidelbergCement AG
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Arndt G. Kirchhoff
Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter &
CEO
KIRCHHOFF Holding GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kley
Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung
Merck KGaA
Dr. Hans-Eberhard Koch
Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung
Gesellschafter
Witzenmann GmbH
Martina Koederitz
Vorsitzende der Geschäftsführung
IBM Deutschland GmbH
Peter Kurth
Geschäftsführender Präsident
Bundesverband der Deutschen
Entsorgungs-, Wasser- und
Rohstoffwirtschaft e. V. (BDE)
Dr. Frank Mastiaux
Vorsitzender des Vorstandes
Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW)
Dr. Markus Kerber
Hauptgeschäftsführer
Abteilung Hauptgeschäftsführung
BDI e. V.
Dr. Arend Oetker
Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter
Dr. Arend Oetker Holding GmbH & Co. KG
Ehrenmitglied
Dipl.-Kfm. Ulrich Reifenhäuser
Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter
Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. KG
Dipl.-Ing. Klaus-Dieter Rennert
CEO
Hitachi Power Europe GmbH
Dr.-Ing. Guido Rettig
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
TÜV NORD AG
Kasper Rorsted
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler-Thumann
Gesellschafterin
INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG
Michael Schmidt
Vorstandsvorsitzender
BP Europa SE
Klaus-Peter Siegloch
Präsident
Bundesverband der Deutschen
Luftverkehrswirtschaft
Carsten Spohr
Vorstandsvorsitzender
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Norbert Steiner
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Peter Terium
Vorstandsvorsitzender
RWE AG
Dr. Johannes Teyssen
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
E.ON SE
Moritz J. Weig
Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter
Moritz J. Weig GmbH & Co. KG
Carl Martin Welcker
Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter
Alfred H. Schütte GmbH & Co. KG
Bettina Würth
Vorsitzende des Beirats der Würth-
Gruppe
Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Dieter Zetsche
Vorsitzender des Vorstands
Daimler AG

21. BDI Organisation
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22. Thank you!