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“Agility is an absolute prerequisite for
an organization to be successful in

digitalization.”

Georg Stausberg. CEO

“We are building the bridges between

data and material ows and between Mr Stausberg, do you remember taking your first that are m
be trialle
the virtual and real worlds.” steps into the new Digital Age? organizing
Jochen Adler. CTO This was more of a creeping process than a forms of c
conscious step. It started with me using the Internet
effective
and e-mail – first on PCs, then on mobile divisions
En-route to becoming end-devices. Meanwhile, digital technology has Can you el
invaded every aspect of our lives, be this in our
homes or in our modern cars. About four years ago,
collaborat
a digital trendsetter the latter resulted in our company starting to consider Th
how we could create additional customer bene-fits
digital pr

using artificial intelligence. And automobiles are

organizati
today increasingly differentiating themselves from is ther
Talking to Georg Stausberg, CEO, and each other more by means of digital assistance has been a

systems than through classical transmission or
clear hier
Jochen Adler, CTO chassis technology. We want to become the textile function

we also ha
machine construction trendsetter for technologies of
this kind. two of our
How does a manmade fiber systems world market leader with end, we we

currently more than 3,000 employees successfully undergo digital What have you done to successfully achieve this in Departm
transformation? This first and foremost requires an economically solid collaboration with colleagues and customers? when devel
Even in economically difficult times, we had the
foundation and numerous digital change modules such as IT, Custom
organizational adaptability, agility and the qualifying of employees. courage to invest in the future. Following detailed can on
Georga Stausberg, CEO, and Jochen Adler, CTO describe the exciting strategy discussions within the management team, solutions
we decided to set up an international project group
path the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment is embarking on to create two years ago. In discussions with research
new digital products and services with superlative customer benefits. Mr Adler,
institutes, companies from various sectors, in-house have
experts and numerous customers, the group Very much
developed concrete ideas and analyses on which maxim, we
digital products and solutions could be interesting for Th
our customers and what customer benefits could be digital
generated with these. The result is numerous ideas service
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