Conference
"In 2021, outstanding companies will once again show how they are continuously developing, using the latest technologies and approaches, and thus strengthening their competitive position." This is the conclusion drawn by Dr. Marc Lakner, Partner Strategic Operations European Lead, Kearney on this year's competition.
Congress Program 2022 (PDF)
Companies have learned their lessons from Covid-19, the container crisis and the chip shortage. They are now accessing information in a much more targeted way that they didn’t use before in order to remain competitive despite raw material shortages and supply issues.
The winners were announced on November 15, 2021 and honored at the conference on May 10-11, 2022 in Ludwigsburg and online.
As usual, the conference was moderated by Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Günther Schuh, director of the Machine Tool Laboratory WZL at RWTH Aachen University and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, as well as by Prof. Thomas Bauernhansl, institute director Fraunhofer IPA. TV host Kathrin Müller-Hohenstein was leading the gala evening on May 10, 2022.
Awards were given to 5 companies in the following categories:.
- Factory of the Year
- Global Excellence in Operations- GEO-AWARD
- Safeguarding locations through digitization
- Excellent Site Development
- Excellence in series production
Additionally, our well-known Startup Challenge took place for the fifth time. Founder teams got the opportunity to pitch their solutions and ideas for production in front of the expert audience of the conference. At the end, the audience voted via app for the startup with the best solution.
Information
May 10 and 11, 2022 in Ludwigsburg and online
Winners 2021
Details on virtual participation
Sponsors and exhibitors
Participation fee #PRESENCE
Participation fee #VIRTUAL
Participation details
Hotel contingents
Current Hygiene Concept
Due to the impact of the Corona pandemic, we will decide individually until further notice whether a face-to-face or a digital event is possible. We are monitoring the situation very closely and will decide based on official recommendations. We will proactively inform participants, speakers and partners. For the protection of all parties involved, we ask all participants for our face-to-face events to perform a certified daily antigen rapid test that is not older than 24 hours. In addition, we recommend wearing an FFP2 mask on site indoors.
Speakers 2022
Thomas Bauernhansl

Sabrina Bouchenak

Eckard Eberle

Thorsten Fugel

Michael Gensicke

Bernd Kaufer

Manfred Kirchberger

Katharina Klein

Ralph Knecht

Marc Lakner

Sebastián Marchante

Daniel Stengel

Günther Schuh

Markus Vejvar

Philip Wessely

Michael Wiesinger

Sabrina Zellmer

Contacts
Division Management
Franziska Blume

Sponsorship & Trade Exhibitions
Alexandra Nämack

Conference Management
Kathrin Schricker

Advisory Board

Jörg Cwojdzinski
Vice President Supply Chain Management, ASM Assembly Systems GmbH & Co. KG, München

Katrin Fricke
Director Corporate Strategy and Digitalization, Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG

Evi Hartmann
Chair of Supply Chain Management at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg

Johann Kraus
Senior Vice President Production, Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG, München

Uwe Loos
Former CEO of FAG Kugelfischer AG, Schweinfurt, and DEKRA AG, Stuttgart

Roman Löw
Former automotive company plant manager and managing board member, currently working as a consultant, coach and interim manager for major industrial companies

Reimund Neugebauer
President of the Fraunhofer Society, Munich

Heinrich Nottbohm
Former manager of the Chemnitz Engine Plant, Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH

Torsten Ratzmann
CEO of egeplastinternational GmbH

Bernd C. Schmidt
Vice President Operations Strategy & CI at BU Transformers, Hitachi Energy

Günther Schuh
Director of the Machine Tool Laboratory WZL at RWTH Aachen and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT

Peter Wiedemann
CTO, Rational AG