





The German Academic Association for Production Technology introduces itself
Socially accepted and marketable solutions for sustainable production
The key focus is on future topics such as industry 4.0, energy efficiency and 3D printing
News
Digitalization is the most important topic for European industry
Munich, 14 May 2025 – Sina Scheidle, Head of BodyTEC at Mercedes-Benz AG, and former BDI President Prof. Siegfried Russwurm discussed the digitalization of German and European industry with professors […]
New training courses for sustainable production
Munich, 11 March 2025 – The WGP (Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Produktionstechnik) is offering certified training courses for employees of manufacturing companies for the tenth time this year. ‘With our academy, […]
Resilient factories in turbulent times
Munich, 09 January 2025 – The WGP (Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Produktionstechnik) has published a freely available position paper on resilience in production. It shows practical approaches on how factories can […]
Annual congress showcases the production of tomorrow
Munich, 13 December 2024 – The 14th Annual Congress of the WGP took place from 2 to 4 December 2024 under the motto ‘Production in Transformation – Transformation in Production’. […]
Innovative position controller: Greater accuracy for machine tools
Munich, 04 July 2024 – An engineering scientist who not only optimises the performance of almost all machine tools, but who also won an award for his short stories in […]
WGP brings existing AI solutions into industrial application
Kassel, 11 November 2024 – At the autumn conference of the WGP (Academic Association for Production Technology) last week in Kassel, the professors decided to consolidate and clearly expand artificial […]
New tech enthusiasts for the country
Munich, 21 May 2024 – The shortage of skilled workers and young talent dominated the spring conference of the German Academic Association for Production Technology (WGP) last week in Bamberg. […]
Stay competitive thanks to condensed training programmes
Munich, 13 February 2024 – In times of digitalisation and rapidly developing new technologies, lifelong learning is a must – for engineers as well as for the men and women […]
Young talent and AI determine the future of our society
Munich, January 9, 2024 – At the turn of the year, WGP President Prof. Jens Wulfsberg from LaFT at Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg handed over the helm to Prof. Michael […]
Breakthroughs in measuring and forming technology
Hamburg, December 11, 2023 – Dr. Christoph Hartmann from the Chair of Forming Technology and Casting (utg) at the Technical University of Munich received the prestigious Otto Kienzle Commemorative Coin […]