Join the VDHC

Become a Member

Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the Association of German Hidden Champions. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions!
SPECIAL SERVICES for our members

We offer our members a selected range of

SPECIAL SERVICES

  • Actively supported exchange of knowledge and experience between hidden champions – learn from each other – support each other – strengthen SMEs!
  • Matchmaking with selected contacts from our German and international hidden champions and SME network – tailored to your requirements
  • Matchmaking for selected company cooperations
  • Publication of company news selected by you on our VDHC e.V. social media channel `LinkedIn’ (2 posts per month)
  • `Expert’ in our online lecture series `Hidden Champions in Dialogue’
    • With these approximately 30-minute online lectures, the VDHC e.V. regularly presents a hidden champion and an experienced expert on an overarching, unifying topic. After the presentations, participants take the opportunity to network and exchange ideas in greater depth.
  • Participation in our new social media series ‘Hidden Champions Interview’
  • Podcast / video contributions – all about the topic “Hidden Champions”
  • Company presentation on our VDHC website
  • Personalized member logo
    • with unique membership number (this prevents counterfeiting!)
  • Discounts on selected VDHC services, such as
    • In-depth, specialist advice
    • Business and delegation trips
    • Delegation visits
    • Seminars, lectures, further training
  • Highly 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
  • Multilingual VDHC Newsletter
  • Preferential rates for the presentation of your company as a sponsor at selected VDHC (online/offline) events.

 

And much more besides…

Find out more – get in touch with us directly, for example

– by telephone on (+49) 221 25900575

or

– by e-mail to < >

 

YOUR MEMBERSHIP

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!

MEMBERSHIP FEES

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 < >.

APPLICATION FORM

We will be happy to send you the membership application form on request.

Simply send an e-mail to < > with the keyword “Please send membership application”.

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Executive Director

Georg Türk

Mr. Türk will help to answer your questions about the membership in the Association of German Hidden Champions.
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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
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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.

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