“We need knowledge and enthusiasm”

Artificial intelligence will fundamentally change how people work and how companies do business – in a good way. Christian Klein, CEO of SAP, is convinced of that. In a joint interview with Endress+Hauser Supervisory Board president Matthias Altendorf, he talks about the transformation required to exploit its potential.

An acquired taste

ChatGPT opened the floodgates: artificial intelligence has gone mainstream. AI holds huge potential, not least for the process industry. Yet how much of this is hype, and how much could become a reality?

A helping hand

There is more than one kind of artificial intelligence – and it’s nothing new. Artificial intelligence stands to improve our everyday existence like few technologies have done before. Yet we are seldom aware that it is already shaping our lives.

Step-by-step progress

Although Endress+Hauser is in great shape, the company must continually change to stay successful. In an interview, Supervisory Board president Matthias Altendorf and CEO Peter Selders discuss the dynamic between continuity and transformation.

Green Transformation

What was once a minor concern is now front and center: doing business sustainably is considered crucial to a viable future on our overburdened planet. What has already changed? Where are the remaining problems? And is sustainability an issue dividing the generations?

Generational change

Changes are taking place at the top of Endress+Hauser at the beginning of 2024. Klaus Endress will relinquish his duties as President of the Supervisory Board. He will be succeeded by CEO Matthias Altendorf. Taking over the reins of the Group will be Peter Selders, currently Managing Director of Endress+Hauser Level+Pressure.

A never-ending story

Endress+Hauser could still be flourishing in a hundred years’ time. And the family could still bear responsibility without involvement in the day-to-day business. Klaus Endress, President of the Supervisory Board, and Matthias Altendorf, CEO of the Group, talk about the past and future of the family-owned company.

Onward

Companies constantly have to adapt to their environment, overcome crises and seize opportunities. These days, many of them fall by the wayside much earlier than a few decades ago. What is it that long-lived and successful businesses do right? Or what do they do differently? Time to consult the survival manual.

The long game

What do the Simpsons, a tiny jellyfish and a view of outer space have in common? They all convey in their own unique way what it means to grow old and yet remain young. What seems an incredibly long time in popular culture is merely the blink of an eye by cosmic standards. Where can longevity be found on Earth and what are its limits? We take a look – a brief one, of course.

The treasure trove

When Endress+Hauser began building a centralized instrument database 20 years ago, the Internet of Things was still a distant vision. Michael Herzog, a founding father of the Common Equipment Record, explains how it came into existence and why the huge volumes of data are a genuine treasure trove today.