Dear Read­ers,

As a tech­nol­o­gy leader, our focus is on the cus­tomer and on stay­ing on the move with con­tin­u­ous devel­op­ment. We can only achieve this with high­ly trained and moti­vat­ed employ­ees, who are pas­sion­ate about what they do, and who live our val­ues with con­fi­dence. We call this the SCHUNK spir­it.

This spir­it was on clear dis­play at our Fam­i­ly Day in July at the Lauf­fen and Hausen sites. Our employ­ees pre­sent­ed their work­place, pro­duc­tion halls and SCHUNK prod­ucts to their fam­i­lies with great enthu­si­asm.

Even our young tal­ents have inter­nal­ized the spe­cial SCHUNK DNA extreme­ly suc­cess­ful­ly. Appren­tices in what is now their sec­ond year of appren­tice­ship were able to win an inter­na­tion­al com­pe­ti­tion at AMB. The Lauf­fen site pro­duced sev­er­al cat­e­go­ry win­ners and top exam­i­nees. In Men­gen and St. Geor­gen, four appren­tices grad­u­at­ed with a dream grade of 1.

These young pro­fes­sion­als will shape the future with us. And that future is dig­i­tal. We already offer users best-in-class solu­tions with dig­i­tal prod­ucts and ser­vices. This issue is also avail­able for the first time as an extend­ed dig­i­tal ver­sion on our web­site. As “first mover”, we are rep­re­sent­ed an office on the cam­pus of Heil­bronn Uni­ver­si­ty since sum­mer 2022. We are well net­worked with inno­v­a­tive star­tups and have a fin­ger on the pulse of AI research.

Coop­er­a­tion at eye lev­el, mutu­al respect and con­struc­tive exchange are key to inspir­ing users and employ­ees alike in the future.

Hand in hand for tomor­row

Enjoy read­ing and dis­cov­er­ing more excit­ing top­ics!

Kristi­na I. Schunk,
Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer