Tag: Middle class
Sparkasse subsidiary has been struggling with the consequences of a hacker attack for almost a week
German leasing A hacker attack has paralyzed Deutsche Leasing – and has been for several days. (Photo: Deutsche Leasing) Frankfurt The leasing subsidiary of the German savings banks has been…
German companies in China want to invest more – despite the gloomy business prospects
companies in China Companies have also been demanding more equality, especially in public tenders, for a long time. (Photo: dpa) Beijing Despite clouded growth prospects and growing geopolitical tensions, German…
Financial investors in difficult waters
Berlin skyline The Super Return Conference will be held in the capital this week. (Photo: imago images/Dirk Sattler) Frankfurt When the top managers of billionaire private equity funds gather in…
Financial investors in difficult waters
Berlin skyline The Super Return Conference will be held in the capital this week. (Photo: imago images/Dirk Sattler) Frankfurt When the top managers of billionaire private equity funds gather in…
Entrepreneurs are more dissatisfied with traffic lights than ever before
Olaf Scholz with Robert Habeck (left) and Christian Lindner (right) According to a recent survey, German satisfaction with the traffic light coalition is at an all-time low. The economy is…
Private credit funds: “Bad debt losses will increase”
Frankfurt banking district from above The rapid turnaround in interest rates in the USA and the euro area has completely changed the parameters for the private debt fund business. (Photo:…
Private credit funds: “Bad debt losses will increase”
Frankfurt banking district from above The rapid turnaround in interest rates in the USA and the euro area has completely changed the parameters for the private debt fund business. (Photo:…
The number of start-ups is falling again – these are the causes and consequences
Berlin After a slight recovery in 2021, the number of business start-ups in Germany fell again last year by nine percent to 550,000. This is the result of the new…
Founding family secures control at Messer
Dusseldorf The largest private industrial gases manufacturer Messer gets a new shareholder in the Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and restructures the group. This was announced by the family-run Messer…
Business with new corporate loans is stagnating
Financial district in Frankfurt The higher interest rates could reduce demand for long-term loans in particular. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The record-breaking growth in new loans to German companies and the…
How high investments in energy efficiency saved the Westerkamp wood mill
Berlin “If we had worked with gas in the energy crisis year 2022, our company would probably not have survived economically,” says Ute Goossens. Goossens is the energy and environmental…
Pilz invests in digital security technology
Susanne Kunschert and Thomas Pilz The siblings run the automation technology manufacturer Pilz. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart The automation technology provider Pilz continues to grow and in 2022 it had the…
EU emissions directive burdens medium-sized companies
Foundry in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania The industry associations fear EU rules that are too strict for companies. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Small and medium-sized industrial companies are criticizing the EU Commission’s plans…
How mid-sized companies deal with the requirements of ESG regulations
Hamburg When Barbara Möllmann started her job at the livestock logistics company Venneker in Nordkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, two years ago, she had to be inventive. “There were no structures or…
“We are the fire brigade for purchasing”
Ralph Buehler The head of Conrad Electronic wants to double sales on his online marketplace every year. (Photo: Conrad Electronics) Dusseldorf The family business Conrad Electronic has turned its business…
This is how medium-sized companies get IT support from the data cloud
SAP and medium-sized companies were two different worlds for a long time. Here the Dax group with its comprehensive software solution designed for large companies, there small and medium-sized companies…
Viessmann – The painful way to sell
Max and Martin Viessmann The family owners took the decision to sell the climate division for months. (Photo: dpa, Imago, PR (2)) Dusseldorf Shortly before the conclusion of the negotiations,…
Inside Viessmann – The painful way to sell
Max and Martin Viessmann The family owners took the decision to sell the climate division for months. (Photo: dpa, Imago, PR (2)) Dusseldorf Shortly before the conclusion of the negotiations,…
What remains of Viessmann after the billion dollar sale
Viessmann factory No job cuts are planned when the core business is sold. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, New York, Brussels Max Viessmann sells the core business of the family company…
“Industrial size will be a success factor in the future”
Max Viessman Maximilian Viessmann has been the sole manager of the Viessmann Group based in Allendorf an der Eder in northern Hesse since 2022. In the future he will be…