Become a Member
We offer our members a selected range of
SPECIAL SERVICES
– exclusively for members of VDHC e.V.
We offer our members the following special services exclusively:
- Referral to selected contacts from our German and international network – suitable for your industry
Discounts on selected VDHC services, e.g. on
- Delegation visits to Germany
- Visits to hidden champion companies and SMEs in Germany
- in connection with special seminars and lectures
- Expert in our online lecture series ‘Hidden Champions in Conversation’
- Listing as a new member on our VDHC webpage
- Priority for participation in business trips
- Matchmaking for selected company cooperations
- Free publication of your company news on the VDHC website and our social media channels (LinkedIn, WeChat)
- Preferential rates for the presentation of your company as a sponsor at selected VDHC (online/offline) events
- Preferential rates as a speaker or exhibitor at our events
- Heavily discounted access to the ‘Springer Professional’ knowledge database
- Springer Professional – Ideal source of information for research & development
- Research database incl. full text access to the source
- Twice a year – VDHC newsletter in German / English (and in preparation: French / Chinese), which provides information on German-international business cooperation and member activities
- Personalized member logo
- with unique membership number (to prevent counterfeiting!)
And much more besides…
Find out more – get in touch with us directly, for example
– by telephone on (+49) 221 25900575
or
YOUR MEMBERSHIP
Our association lives through our members. Our members are selected companies in Germany, Europe and abroad.
Your contribution supports the work of the VDHC – in return, you benefit from our network, our services and advantages at special conditions.
Each application for membership is examined and decided on individually by our association administration. A membership application is only accepted upon written confirmation by the association administration; we expressly reserve the right to reject membership applications.
*) Please note our pro-rata annual membership fee calculation *):
The association administration always calculates a contribution that does not start exactly at the beginning of the financial year on a pro rata basis for the year! This means that members who join during the year will not be charged a full fee!
The VDHC offers the following forms of membership categories:
SMALL – Small and medium-sized enterprises / SMEs
- (from 10 up to 99 employees)
- Annual membership fee *) € 340 /year)
MEDIUM – Medium-sized companies / SMEs
- (up to 249 employees)
- Annual fee *) € 460/year)
LARGE – Large companies
- (more than 250 employees)
- Annual fee *) € 580/year)
For companies that are NOT headquartered in Germany
- we charge a ONE-TIME additional lump sum amounting to a full annual membership fee.
Membership includes
- free and discounted offers / services; please refer to our “VDHC services overview”.
*) Please note our pro-rata annual membership fee calculation *):
The association administration always calculates a contribution that does not start exactly at the beginning of the financial year on a pro rata basis for the year! This means that members who join during the year will not be charged a full fee!
The VDHC does not charge an admission fee.
We will be happy to send you the membership application form on request = simply send an e-mail to < >.
Exclusively for members: heavily discounted access to the Springer Professional knowledge database
Springer Professional – Ideal Information Source for Research & Development
Springer Professional provides companies with the latest technical publications in digital form – ideal for your engineers, especially in Research & Development! You can see a selection of the available technical literature on the right side.
Research database incl. full text access to the source
over 3 million documents from books and journals of leading publishers
latest publications immediately online when they appear
sophisticated search filters
available at any time – in the office or on the road
***14 days trial period without obligation for members of the VDHC***.
Your personal contact:
Carolin Habermann
Head of Product Management Springer Professional
Request your free demo now:
Refer to your VDHC membership and you will receive all information for your non-binding test.
https://www.springerprofessional.de/produktinformation/10516302
