Tag: Entrepreneur of the day
Machine builder wants to help rid Ukraine of land mines
Mine clearance vehicle from GCS The war in Ukraine is causing a boom. (Photo: GCS) Stockach An area almost half the size of Germany: According to the government in Kiev,…
Würth suffers from weak construction industry – operating profit falls
Würth warehouse The world market leader for assembly and fastening materials is feeling the weaker demand from the construction industry. (Photo: Andreas Lechner/ PR) Stuttgart The weak economy and high…
Würth suffers from weak construction industry – operating profit falls
Würth warehouse The world market leader for assembly and fastening materials is feeling the weaker demand from the construction industry. (Photo: Andreas Lechner/ PR) Stuttgart The weak economy and high…
Schweizer Einhorn enters the heat pump business
Apartment building by Nokera The company produces houses made of wood, among other things, for publicly subsidized housing. (Photo: Nokera) Zurich The German-Swiss housing start-up Nokera is entering the business…
Christiano Ronaldo invests in the luxury watch platform Chrono24
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo joins Chrono24, a leading online marketplace for luxury watches. He joins a number of prominent investors including Aglaé Ventures, the family investment company of…
Millions in business with special models from Adidas and Nike
Stepan Timoshin At the age of 22, the Vaditim founder was already making millions in sales with sneakers via his web shop. (Photo: Vaditim) Dusseldorf Stepan Timoshin’s business begins with…
Millions in business with special models from Adidas and Nike
Dusseldorf Stepan Timoshin’s business begins with easy pocket money. At the age of 14, the founder got hold of three pairs of sneakers from the strictly limited special model of…
Management consultancy buys German design company Teams Design
Dusseldorf For many years, the strategy consultancy Kearney was primarily concerned with itself. Now, with a series of takeovers, the company is again trying to narrow the gap to the…
Komal Talwar helps companies make AI usable
Komal Talwar The Indian founder relied on artificial intelligence in patent analysis and use even before the ChatGPT hype. (Photo: Private) Tokyo How can artificial intelligence (AI) bring real benefits…
The head of French Tech does not want to leave the future to men
Clara Chappaz The Frenchwoman has been promoting the start-up scene since 2021. (Photo: French Tech) Paris Clara Chappaz welcomes you to a sparse, small office in the Paris start-up center…
US military relies on transmission technology from a German professor
Harald Haas in the laboratory The European Patent Office has nominated the scientist for the “Inventor of the Year” award. (Photo: EPO) Munich A hundred times faster than WLAN and…
Artex wants to put Picassos and van Goghs on the stock exchange
Zurich Yassir Benjelloun-Touimi has not worked as an investment banker for years. But he’s looking forward to this IPO more than any other deal in his career. The boss and…
Efficient cooling – Plastics specialist Rehau saves huge amounts of electricity
Dusseldorf For many industrial companies, the energy-intensive part of their production involves heat. They have to generate so-called process heat, for example in order to be able to melt and…
Electricity for industry and households should become cheaper
Dusseldorf When it is particularly sunny or windy in Germany, there is sometimes more electricity from renewable energies in the grid than is necessary. This puts a strain on the…
Verena Pausder succeeds Christian Miele
Dusseldorf/Berlin According to information from the Handelsblatt, the Federal Association of German Startups will have a new chairperson. After almost four years as CEO, Christian Miele does not want to…
Verena Pausder succeeds Christian Miele
Dusseldorf/Berlin According to information from the Handelsblatt, the Federal Association of German Startups will have a new chairperson. After almost four years as CEO, Christian Miele does not want to…
“Such growth rates are too high in the long run”
Dusseldorf The management consultancy Porsche Consulting increased its sales last year by around 28 percent to 271 million euros and, according to its own statements, is “very profitable”. “It was…
India’s electric car pioneer is targeting the mass market with the help of Bosch
Bangalore Chetan Maini launched India’s first electric car at the beginning of the millennium. Since then, electromobility has not been able to achieve a breakthrough in the mass market in…
How Jürgen Heindl established himself in the paper industry
Landau, Offenbach an der Queich In Jürgen Heindl’s world, the small is sometimes just as important as the big. It took him big vision, big machines and big investments to…
Miele achieves record sales – foreign business is booming
Miele washing machine For the current year, the household appliance manufacturer expects stable business figures or a small plus. (Photo: imago images / STPP) Dusseldorf The household appliance manufacturer Miele…