Building Better: How Baufritz is shaping the future of construction, one home at a time
Fritz-Kramer, the fourth-generation CEO of the 125-year-old family firm, is on a mission to change how Europe builds and lives more sustainably. ...

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Fritz-Kramer, the fourth-generation CEO of the 125-year-old family firm, is on a mission to change how Europe builds and lives more sustainably. ...
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Growing demand for building materials requires novel approaches to construction. Holcim CEO Miljan Gutovic shows how his company has adopted circularity as a new way to grow the business....
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Industrial policy is reshaping global competitiveness, strategy, and innovation as governments pursue resilience, security, and growth....
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Morten Wierod, President and CEO of ABB tells Jean-François Manzoni how a leaner-and-cleaner mission, decentralized discipline, and a culture of speed are driving its transformation for the road ahead....
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Stefan Noeken, former EVP of Supply Chain Management and member of the executive board at Hilti Corporation, offers insights into the strategic evolution of supply chains and the key imperatives required to...
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Working across the globe, Kärcher has adapted to a complex business environment by embracing environmental and social regulation and thrives by turning constraints into principles...
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In the final article of our series, we explore how businesses face hard planetary and geopolitical limits that make the “business as usual” growth model untenable as climate shocks, biodiversity loss, and...
August 27, 2025 • by Julia Binder, Manuel Braun in Industrials • 7 min read
The race for tech sovereignty is intensifying as AI’s growth drives fierce competition for the rare minerals, chips, energy, and talent that underpin advanced computing. Supply chain fragility, geopolitical tensions, and export...
August 25, 2025 • by Julia Binder, Manuel Braun in Industrials • 7 min read
After decades of cheap everything, a new economic order is emerging where the old world of unquestioned abundance is over. In the third part of our five-article series, we explore how this...
August 21, 2025 • by Julia Binder, Manuel Braun in Industrials • 9 min read
In this second article of our series on geopolitics and circularity, we examine how the scramble for critical inputs is fueling a new era of resource wars and what it means for...
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