依附在大众、西门子等巨人身边的众多德国中小企业,与其说是制造业企业,不如说是制造业中某一个环节的解决方案提供商。制造业在德国早已不再是波澜壮阔的体力劳动,也不见得一定要提供有形的产品,而是不断在工业领域里进行研究、发展和创新活动,并与信息技术、生物技术、材料技术等进行紧密的结合德国的确是一个崇尚技术的“工程师国度”。 Many German SMEs, attached to the giants such as Volkswagen and Siemens, are not so much manufacturing companies as solution providers in one aspect of manufacturing. Manufacturing is no longer a formidable manual labor force in Germany, nor does it necessarily provide tangible products. Rather, it continuously conducts research, development and innovation activities in the field of industry and works with information technology, biotechnology, materials technology, etc. Close combination of Germany is indeed a respect for technology “engineer country ”.