globalization

Focus on the Supply Chain Resilience

Once again, we are seeing just how vulnerable many companies are that pay too little attention to the issue of resilience: the export restrictions that China has decided on and introduced for rare earth metals in order to secure its own supply and as an incentive to relocate processing plants to China are hitting companies …

New Splendor for the German Industry

For many years, open global markets were a key driver for German industry. In the meantime, however, the forces are reversing and making it difficult for German industry to assert itself in global competition. Waiting and hoping, as is often heard, will certainly not be enough. We must act. German industrial companies face a threefold …