Overview: Interviews
Between Quality, Regulation, and Speed
04.09.2026
German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are under pressure. Increasing regulation, international competition, rising customer expectations, digitalization, and a shortage of skilled workers—the list goes on. And yet, they possess competitive advantages that large corporations can hardly replicate.
CO₂ Accounting for Industrial Valves – Standardization as the Key to Transparency
20.07.2026
Between high expectations, political debates, and current market setbacks, hydrogen remains one of the key future technologies for industry and energy supply. For Bürkert, the technology is not only a long-term business opportunity but also an important building block on the path toward a regenerative economy.
“Hydrogen will find its way – like water”
18.06.2026
Between high expectations, political debates, and current market setbacks, hydrogen remains one of the key future technologies for industry and energy supply. For Bürkert, the technology is not only a long-term business opportunity but also an important building block on the path toward a regenerative economy.
“We contribute to solutions that have a positive impact”
15.06.2026
Regenerative business goes beyond traditional sustainability strategies. Instead of merely reducing negative impacts, this approach aims to actively strengthen ecological and economic systems and create long-term positive effects.
First Lego, Then Leader: From Trainee Desk to the Executive Suite
26.03.2026
Careers sometimes begin in the playroom. Carina Borzek traded dolls for building blocks at an early age—and in doing so, unknowingly laid the foundation for her rise in the plumbing fixtures industry. What looked like childish curiosity back then turned out to be the unplanned path to a remarkable career.
“Our international presence makes us independent of the European market.”
02.02.2026
Syveco, the international sales unit of the French Thermador Group, is growing despite economic uncertainties and is sending a clear signal for quality, environmental awareness, and technical sophistication with its new lead-free Serena ball valve.
“We need more clout.”
06.10.2025
Interview with Gerd Weissenfels, Managing Partner of IBEDA and former Chairman of the Professional Association for Welding and Compressed Gas Technology Interviewer
“We want to be perceived as a relevant valve manufacturer in the market overall”
30.06.2025
In this interview, Andreas Laschke, the new President Valves at KSB, talks about the strategic realignment of the company with a focus on the valves business, digitalization and international expansion.
“We save 150,000 sheets of paper in administration every year”
02.06.2025
For some time now, fittings manufacturer Mankenberg has been committed to using as little paper as possible. The company is also pursuing a number of other sustainability goals, such as the economical use of materials in production. In an exclusive interview, Managing Director Dr. Stefan Nehlsen explains how the ecological balance is to be improved even further in the future.
“Data spaces are crucial for the use of AI”
26.05.2025
The best AI tools are useless if they cannot access the right data or if the required data has not been semantically processed and cannot be exchanged interoperably. Andreas Faath, Managing Director of the VDMA Machine Information Interoperability (MII) department, explains in an interview what role data spaces play here and why they are so important for the value-creating use of AI.