
Industry is once again facing material shortages more frequently
According to the ifo Institute, material shortages in the industrial sector worsened in June. The chemical, electronics, and electrical industries have been particularly hard hit.

Editorial materialfluss SPEKTRUM 2019
In the well-known Bavarian folk song "Sepp bleib do", slightly Germanized here for the sake of intercultural dialogue, it says so beautifully: "It can rain or snow, or the weather can stay fine". So what should he do, Sepp?

Without exception, entrepreneurs are optimistic about 2017. Some are cautiously optimistic about the overall economic development in Germany, but for their own company, the thumbs are all pointing up. A stable...