Maschinenraum News

Episode #41 | "I have also made dramatically wrong decisions in my life"

Episode #40 | "The next ten years will be crucial for the existence of the company"

The BWF Group, a globally recognized technology leader in the fields of industrial filters, wool felt, technical needle felt and plastic profiles, is joining the innovation network Maschinenraum.

Episode #39 | "The world of work is changing forever"

Maschinenraum, the innovation ecosystem for German SMEs, announces the latest addition to its network: Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, a leading global logistics provider with over 150 years of company history, is now part of the growing community dedicated to transforming German family businesses and SMEs.

Episode #38 | Christiane Underberg: „Man muss ab und zu Sandsäcke über Bord werfen“

Bauck GmbH, a traditional family business from the district of Uelzen that produces biodynamic food, is joining the innovation ecosystem Maschinenraum.

Episode #37 | New Year's special: "Just give us space to do things"

The HIMA Group, the world's leading provider of safety-oriented automation solutions for the protection of people, systems and the environment, is joining the transformation-ecosystem Maschinenraum to jointly master future-oriented challenges such as internationalization, lack of resources and digitalization.

The internationally operating chemical company STOCKMEIER Holding SE is joining the group of family businesses from a wide range of industries to jointly defy the challenges of the current economic landscape.

Episode #36 with Andreas and Daniel Sennheiser

Episode #35 with Alexander Gerfer

Episode #34 with Pia und Günter Albers

Hesse Lignal, the specialist for professional coating solutions with paints, oils and stains, becomes a new member of the Maschinenraum transformation ecosystem.

Episode #33 with Christoph Werner

The ebm-papst Group, the world's leading manufacturer of fans and motors, is joining Maschinenraum transformation ecosystem.

The Vorwerk Group, the number 1 direct sales company in Europe and the global leader in direct sales of premium household appliances, joins Maschinenraum.

Episode #32 with Ralf Putsch

The Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, one of Germany's universities of excellence and the largest technical university in the German-speaking world, is becoming a cooperation partner of the transformation- ecosystem Maschinenraum.

Leuchtturm Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG, a multi-brand company in the area of high-quality consumer goods, becomes a member of the transformation ecosystem Maschinenraum.

HENKELHAUSEN GmbH & Co. KG, specialist for drive and energy solutions for various industries, becomes part of the Maschinenraum ecosystem.

Mannheim Business School (MBS), one of the leading institutions for management education in Germany and Europe, will become a cooperation partner of the transformation-ecosystem Maschinenraum.

Folge #31 mit Angelique Renkhoff-Mücke

Murrplastik Systemtechnik GmbH ("murrplastik"), a leading specialist in smart cable management, will become a member of th Maschinenraum transformation ecosystem.

Folge #30 with Wolf-Dieter Adlhoch

Technical University of Darmstadt (TU), one of the leading technical universities in Germany, is becoming a cooperation partner of the transformation ecosystem Maschinenraum.

Maschinenraum, the ecosystem transforming German-speaking family businesses, is allying with Germany's leading venture capitalists (VCs).

WIK, developer and manufacturer of electrical appliances, becomes part of Maschinenraum. As a B2B-oriented family business, WIK is an important development and manufacturing partner for many internationally renowned brands.

Episode #28 with Niklas Koellner

Windmöller & Hölscher, a leading mechanical engineering company for the flexible packaging market, is becoming part of Maschinenraum. The family-owned company places great emphasis on innovation and, appropriately, operates the world's largest technology center for machinery in the flexible packaging market at its headquarters in Lengerich.

Episode #27 with Emese Weissenbacher and Thomas Fischer

Würth Industrie Service, responsible within the Würth Group for supplying the industrial sector, is becoming part of Maschinenraum.

ROWE, internationally renowned lubricant manufacturer from Rhineland-Palatinate, becomes part of Maschinenraum.

Melitta Group, an internationally operating family-owned company with an extensive range of products for coffee enjoyment, the preparation of coffee as well as for freshness and cleanliness in the household, becomes part of Maschinenraum.

Episode #26 with Dr. Alexandra Kohlmann

ESMT Berlin will become part of Maschinenraum.

The Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW Berlin) - Berlin's largest university of applied sciences - becomes part of Maschinenraum.

Episode #25 with Prof. Dr. Nadine Kammerlander und Prof. Jörg Rocholl, PhD

The family-owned company Kroschke, the leading service partner in Germany for automotive services, becomes part of Maschinenraum.

Episode #24 with Mike Bucher

Episode #23 with Anna and René Ruhland

BLANC & FISCHER Family Holding, which shapes the kitchen living space worldwide with its seven corporate groups, will become part of Maschinenraum. The alliance of around 60 medium-sized companies, as well as university partners and other innovators, is working together on the digital transformation of the German SME sector. 

The BABOR BEAUTY GROUP, an owner-managed German family business and global player in the cosmetics industry, will become part of Maschinenraum.

Episode #22 with Dr. Philipp Dehn

Episode #21 with Dr. Heiner Lang

The Perschmann Group becomes part of Maschinenraum. As a strategic partner of the Hoffmann Group - Europe's market leader for quality tools - Perschmann is on the one hand a tool specialist and on the other hand a leader in Germany in the segment of measuring and test equipment calibration.

The family-owned company LAPP, one of the world's leading suppliers of integrated solutions and branded products in the field of cable and connection technology, will become part of Maschinenraum.

Würth Elektronik, an internationally successful expert in the production and sale of electronic and electromechanical components, becomes part of Maschinenraum.

The Sennheiser Group, a global leader in professional audio technology, becomes part of Maschinenraum.

Lhoist Germany, market leader for products made of lime, limestone and minerals, becomes part of Maschinenraums.

DEHN, a globally valued specialist supplier of lightning protection, surge protection and occupational safety, is joining the alliance of medium-sized companies in Maschinenraum.

Owner-managed edding AG, an internationally renowned branded goods manufacturer, becomes a member of Maschinenraum.

Episode #20 with Frank Seidensticker

With the Heitkamp & Thumann Group, another global market leader and "hidden champion" becomes part of the innovation ecosystem Maschinenraum.

Eva Mettenmeier, previously Director at Maschinenraum, will become part of the Executive Board on July 1, 2022.

Episode #19 with Dina Reit

The first conference by SMEs for SMEs on September 8 in Berlin - exclusively for our member companies!

Lighting expert TRILUX, the German market leader for professional lighting, will become part of Maschinenraum. 

NETZSCH Group, a globally renowned machine and instrument manufacturer, becomes part of Maschinenraum.

In the new episode of the Kienbaum podcast "Pioneers like us", Tobias Rappers and Fabian Kienbaum talk about innovative power in medium-sized companies, holistic, organizational learning and the relevance of visibility.

Murtfeldt, internationally renowned expert for plastics manufacturing and processing, becomes a member of Maschinenraum.

Wanzl, the global digital and technological innovation leader for retail solutions, is becoming part of Maschinenraum.

The Warema Group is a leading manufacturer of technical sun protection and, with its solutions and services, makes an important contribution to the atmosphere of well-being and people's quality of life. Now the family-owned company is also part of Maschinenraum.

Episode #18 with Richard Grohe

The family-owned company Biesterfeld, one of the leading international distributors in the plastics and rubber industry as well as in the field of basic and specialty chemicals, becomes part of Maschinenraum.

Duravit, a globally renowned complete bathroom provider, is becoming part of Maschinenraum.

Episode #17 with Bernard Krone

The three SCHÄFER Groups, including one of the world's leading solution providers of modular warehousing and logistics systems, will become part of Maschinenraum.

Episode #16 with Stephan Tahy

The family-owned company TROESTER, internationally known for machinery and plant engineering for rubber and plastics processing, will become part of Maschinenraum.

MANN+HUMMEL, a global leader in the field of filtration, is becoming part of Maschinenraum.

The HÖRMANN Group, an internationally renowned technology company with four business divisions - Automotive, Engineering, Services and Communication - will become part of Maschinenraum. 

The family-owned company ELA Container, a specialist for rooms and buildings made of containers, is becoming part of Maschinenraum.

Episode #15 with Paul Niederstein

Episode #14 with Clara & Dr. Eberhard Sasse

Veigel, Europe's leading manufacturer of dual controls for driving school cars and car equipment for the disabled, is becoming part of Maschinenraum.

Episode #13 with Kerstin Hochmüller

The family-owned company STIHL, known as an internationally active chainsaw and power tool manufacturer, becomes part of the Maschinenraum.

Lobbe Group, a provider of a wide range of environmental services from industrial services to recycling and raw materials marketing, is becoming part of Maschinenraum.

The Coatinc Company is an internationally active full-service provider for the surface finishing of steel and metal.

uvex group, producer of innovative and high-quality products that protect and support people in sport, leisure and everyday work, is becoming part of Maschinenraum.

"Sustainability as core element of German Mittelstand DNA"

Episode #12 with Max Viessmann

Episode #11 with Cornelia & Philipp Horsch

EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht (EBS), one of the leading private business universities in Germany, becomes a cooperation partner of the shared innovation ecosystem Maschinenraum.

The family-owned company based in Sauerland and a provider of modern electrical and building technology, will become part of Maschinenraum. 

34 hidden champions have joined the "machine room" - a platform for the digital exchange of experiences. This is how they want to digitalise their company faster. Pipe burst or digital revolution?

The Hamburg-based family business becomes part of Maschinenraum.

Episode #9 with Gunther Wobser

Episode #8 with Andreas Krengel

The family-owned Dr. Sasse Group becomes part of Maschinenraum

Leading family businesses cooperate in shared innovation ecosystem

Episode #7 with Werner Conrad

Episode #6 with Marie Langer

Marantec Company Group, a network of specialists in the field of drive technology for all types of gates

Episode #5 with Jens Fiege

More than 20 Mittelstand and family-owned companies are forming an alliance

Basalt AG cooperates with other Mittelstand companies in Maschinenraum

Episode #4 with Konstantin Sixt

New member for the Maschinenraum ecosystem

Agricultural technology specialist HORSCH becomes part of the Maschinenraum

Maschinenraum wins the world market leader for temperature control units as a member

The family-owned company Dussmann continues to drive forward digitalization

Episode #3 with Anna Maria Braun#

New impulses and sparring partners at eye level - family businesses find all this in the Maschinenraum.

Handelsblatt Disrupt Podcast with Sebastian Matthes and Tobias Rappers.

Tobias Rappers writes about cooperations in German Mittelstand.

With the recently founded company builder XPRESS Ventures, FIEGE Logistik has joined the Maschinenraum community.

The manufacturer of Alpinaweiß wants to drive digitalization in its industry

Episode #2 with Simon Vestner

Episode #1 with Frank Stührenberg

abcfinlab, the Corporate Startup of abcfinance GmbH, becomes a member of Maschinenraum

In a courtyard in Berlin, family-owned companies from remote areas try out digital projects – and test new cooperations.

Maschinenraum and the renowned Institute of Family Business and Mittelstand at WHU are forming a partnership.

From the Institute of Family Business and Mittelstand at WHU

Mittelstand companies have not been known as drivers of digital innovation. Is that a cliché or is there truth to it?

"The German Mittelstand is our Silicon Valley!"

Tobias Rappers, what is Maschinenraum about? That was the opening question to our managing director from Christoph Keese and hy podcast.

As part of the new digitalization strategy, APPL Group is joining Maschinenraum in Berlin to jointly address future-oriented issues and adapt to the challenges of digitized and dynamic markets.

How the Mittelstand can find its own way into the future.

Maschinenraum cooperates with German Startups Association: Mittelstand gains access to the startup ecosystem and further expand their network.

"Digitalisation makes medicine more human"

"We came to stay!"

Maschinenraum cooperates with ESCP Business School: German Mittelstand gains access to the top talent pool for executives of tomorrow.

"A family entrepreneur leads better through crises because he only looks at the economic factors secondarily."

How the corona crisis can become a blueprint for future cooperation. Article by Tobias Rappers.