Improving Global Quality of Life
Improving Global Quality of Life
Improving Global Quality of Life
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3 Signifi cance <strong>of</strong> welding and joining<br />
as four times as large as the European market. Therefore, the world market for products relating to the<br />
application <strong>of</strong> joining technologies may be estimated to have been approximately 80 billion EURO in 2007.<br />
The economic significance <strong>of</strong> the application <strong>of</strong> welding and joining technology by the manufacturers<br />
<strong>of</strong> joined products is substantially greater. It is difficult to estimate this for a national economy because<br />
corresponding statistical data is only rarely available. Similarly, with the cost due to weld failures, poor inservice<br />
performance, repair and maintenance.<br />
One feasible path is to use the value added during the manufacture <strong>of</strong> the products and the proportion <strong>of</strong><br />
welding and joining technology in the production. The data required for this purpose is acquired (amongst<br />
other means) from the number <strong>of</strong> employees collaborating in the manufacture, broken down according to<br />
the utilised or applied technologies. As an example <strong>of</strong> this, reference may be made to a calculation for the<br />
German national economy, which was based on a scientifically validated macroeconomic model (see Figure<br />
3.2). The corresponding values for welding only are: 56 Billion EURO for the gross value added for both the<br />
manufacture <strong>of</strong> goods and services for welding and the application <strong>of</strong> welding technology, and 1,320,000<br />
employees in both sectors. Since very different structures exist all over the world and statistical data is not<br />
available or has not yet been coordinated, it is not possible to make any conclusions for the world based on<br />
these values from the European economy.<br />
Production Value<br />
(BIL. EURO)<br />
Total Added Value<br />
(BIL. EURO)<br />
Employees<br />
(Man Years)<br />
Equipment<br />
Filler Materials Auxiliary<br />
Materials Health and<br />
Safety Qualification<br />
TOTAL<br />
7.50 12.480 19.980<br />
2.55 4.040 6.590<br />
55,000 68,000 123,000<br />
Figure 3.1 Value added in<br />
2007 in Europe by goods<br />
for joining for companies<br />
manufacturing joined<br />
products (Reproduced<br />
courtesy: DVS, D. von H<strong>of</strong>e)<br />
The production <strong>of</strong> joined goods and services for joining (equipment,<br />
filler materials, auxiliary materials, health and safety as well as<br />
training and education) influence the whole line <strong>of</strong> added value and<br />
the European political economy.<br />
Total added value:<br />
Employees:<br />
6.6 BIL. EURO<br />
123,000 persons<br />
The use <strong>of</strong> joining technologies is instrumental<br />
in generating added value in a lot <strong>of</strong> branches.<br />
86 BIL. EURO<br />
Figure 3.2 Value added<br />
by joining in 2007 in Europe<br />
(Reproduced courtesy: DVS,<br />
D. von H<strong>of</strong>e)<br />
Total added value:<br />
Employees:<br />
79.12 BIL. EURO<br />
2,027,000 employees<br />
1,904,000 persons<br />
The overall total added value <strong>of</strong> 86 BIL. € <strong>of</strong> joining (manufacturing<br />
<strong>of</strong> goods for joining and application) corresponds to about 6% <strong>of</strong><br />
total added value <strong>of</strong> all producing trades (including civil building) in<br />
Europe.<br />
Through Optimum Use and Innovation <strong>of</strong> Welding and Joining Technologies<br />
<strong>Improving</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Life</strong><br />
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