Independent research · Engineering & AEC
Employment, finance and skills: independent analysis built on verifiable sources, supporting strategic decisions in engineering.
EU27 + Norway + UK, 2002–2026, seven engineering segments. The net automotive job loss is concentrated in the last five years, driven by Germany and the VW galaxy; Defense/Aerospace flips sign between 2022 and 2026.
81 stocks, 7 sectors, 2022–2025 window. Defense/Aerospace +6.6pp of EBITDA margin; Automotive −6.2pp with rising financial leverage — not just transition, but stress.
January–July 2026: how the seven sectors reacted on the stock market to the Iran-Israel war, the US tariffs ruling and the NATO summit in Ankara. With a dedicated deep dive on Defense/Aerospace.
16,386 postings, 93 companies: what job postings actually ask for, and how real the Automotive → Defense/Aerospace pivot is, read skill by skill.
A dedicated analysis of the Volkswagen Group ecosystem and the "Zukunft Volkswagen" announcement of December 2024 — reductions through 2030 via natural turnover.
Extending the financial benchmarking window beyond the structural 4-year cap, with manual extraction for companies with the most linear M&A history.
Public statistical and institutional bodies, public company financial statements, job-posting aggregators and recruiting portals with accredited data access — always within each source's terms of use.
Every report includes a methodology sheet: what the data captures, what it doesn't, and where a figure should be read as a lower bound, not an absolute value.
Publish, then expand: more countries, more companies, more sectors in later versions — with revisions always tracked.
Three tiers designed to build trust first, and commercial value after. Why this model →
Open-source analysis on employment, margins and skills across the seven engineering sectors. The method is always visible — that's how credibility is built before selling anything.
Modular deep dives — by sector, geography or single company — with a full dataset, methodology sheet and the option to request custom data.
Commissioned research for sales offices, project management and investors: from a single analytical question to a recurring monitoring program.
Sector benchmarks and business cases to support commercial decisions and entry into new markets.
Tracking project progress, costs and cash flows against the sector-wide picture.
Margins and financial leverage by sector, read alongside the underlying employment data.
Sector benchmarks to guide decisions on investment, reconversion and reporting at global scale.
Whether it's a single analytical question or a recurring monitoring program, the first step is a direct conversation.