Latest newsEdito­rial

Dear Readers,

The close and trusting coop­er­a­tion with you, our valued customers and part­ners, has moti­vated us to keep forging new paths of tech­no­log­ical progress over the past eight decades. Today, our port­folio includes not just compo­nents, but holistic solu­tions – precisely tailored to your specific require­ments and industry appli­ca­tions. In addi­tion to sophis­ti­cated func­tion­ality, the focus is on factors such as process speed, scal­a­bility, and system inte­gra­tion.

What counts is prox­imity – both personal and digital. With indi­vidual advice, simple ordering processes, and a glob­ally stan­dard­ized service, we are reli­ably at your side. In the inter­view starting on page 4, our COO and CSO, Johannes Ketterer, explains how we under­stand and develop the rela­tion­ship with our customers, and how we put it into prac­tice.

At the core of our actions is always supporting you to produce even more effi­ciently in order to strengthen your compet­i­tive­ness in the long term. We focus on tailor-made automa­tion concepts and work with you to tap into new poten­tial through the use of AI and robotics. In this issue of blue, you will find out how we are inte­grating arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence into our processes – with the aim of further improving our service for you. And we will show how we are working with other compa­nies in the “Next Level Mittel­stand“ (SEMs) initia­tive to expand digital skills and jointly leverage data poten­tial.

We hope you enjoy reading this issue and find it inspiring, and we look forward to shaping the next decades of our progres­sive part­ner­ship with you.

Kristina I. Schunk,
CEO | Chair­woman of the Manage­ment Board