Podcast „Alles neu...? Aus dem Maschinenraum“
Episode #16: Stephan Tahy
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Podcast Episode 16
Stephan Tahy | Duravit: "We use startups to uncover our blind spots"
CEO and Chariman of the Board of Duravit AG
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Episode Description
Duravit is a brand that people encounter often, namely especially when they enter a bathroom. The over 200-year-old manufacturer of bathroom furniture and sanitary ceramics has managed over time to take a firm place in the industry with modern variants and new functions. Continuing that into the future is not always easy, as demands change and so does the way industrial design is created. "The era of iconic designers is coming to an end," says Stephan Tahy, CEO of Duravit, in the podcast "Alles neu...? Aus dem Maschinenraum." Instead, he says, work is increasingly being done in teams and in collaborations with other companies. Tahy also wants to promote a culture in his own company in which the development of innovations moves forward. "We're seeing the first teams of designers forming. And we are exploring how we can become part of that. We want to be an active part of that process," he says. To develop new functions in the bathroom, Duravit is specifically expanding its collaboration with startups, which often have better access to the end customer. "We also use startups to uncover our blind spots," says Tahy, who announces the first concrete results of this cooperation for 2024. "I expect a lot from it." Tahy explains why shower trays will soon be recyclable, why the bathroom is the most important room in the house and in which city he has seen the most beautiful bathroom. In the podcast - with Tobias Rappers, managing director of Maschinenraum and Capital editor Nils Kreimeier.
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Stephan Patrick Tahy
Stephan Patrick Tahy has been CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Duravit AG. since July 1, 2020. Tahy was previously Managing Director of De'Longhi GmbH Germany and Vice President Central Europe at Mattel Inc. The father of two was born in Heidelberg and studied in Mannheim, graduating with a degree in business administration.
"My goal is to lead Duravit into the future and make it successful in the long term. In order to achieve this, it is important, for example, to further expand market share in existing sales markets with great growth potential, such as Europe, China and the USA."
"It is important that we live a culture of learning, where mistakes can happen, but we learn to improve in order to achieve our goals. Teamwork represents the key to this."
About the Podcast
How can the origin and future of Mittelstand companies be courageously united? What are the challenges facing family businesses and what experiences do they gather in digital transformation? These questions are answered by "Alles neu...? Aus dem Maschinenraum", the interview podcast for German Mittelstand*. Once a month, Tobias Rappers, Managing Director of Maschinenraum, and Nils Kreimeier, Senior Editor of the business magazine Capital, talk to thought leaders and makers from the heart of the German economy and focus on the personalities and their motivation.
*The podcast is in German.
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