Growing by Localization: A Case in China’s Automation and Robotics Industry
Join us online on May 11, 2023, for this exclusive webinar on Growing by Localization: A Case in China’s Automation and Robotics Industry with Christoph Hupays, Senior Manager Localization & Operational Excellence, Schmalz China.
About this webinar
The automation and robotics sector is undergoing rapid growth worldwide. European manufacturers have long served China successfully with solutions for industrial manufacturing. However, as domestic innovation and development is gaining momentum, strategies need to be revised and adapted to thrive.
Join us for this webinar organized in partnership with China Netzwerk Baden-WÜrttemberg (CNBW), where we speak to one medium-sized, privately-owned enterprise about its recent experiences in the market. Schmalz is a market leader in complex vacuum gripping systems. We will hear how they manage their growth in the face of intense competition.
Faced with the need to move their operations, hear how they figured out how to plan and build a new China headquarters. Find out how they have learned from both east and west to successfully localise products to meet price and quality demands, and hear about what is happening “down on the ground” in automation, handling, and robotics. Join us to find out how SMEs can successfully generate growth in China’s automation market.
Our speakers
Christoph Hupays
Senior Manager Localization & Operational Excellence, Schmalz China
Christoph is currently located in Taicang, China, where he is overseeing the Schmalz China headquarters relocation and ramp-up. He joined Schmalz in 2017. Before that, he worked at Daimler AG and Airbus. Christoph studied at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Tongji University, and holds a master in industrial engineering.
Jochen Schultz
Managing Director, CNBW China Netzwerk Baden-WÜrttemberg
For more than 15 years, Jochen has been supporting and consulting institutions and companies in professional development. For three years, he was Managing Director of MTI, a German consultancy, in China. He was responsible for Business Development China at the Haufe Akademie. As a consultant, coach and lecturer, he specializes in the development and implementation of qualification measures in China as well as for Chinese companies in Germany. As founder and managing director of China Netzwork Baden-WÜrttemberg, he is committed to active exchange and successful cooperation between Europe and China.
Organisers
CEIBS Zurich and CNBW
Event Details
Date and Time: May 11, 2023 @ 12:30 CET
Venue: Online (via Zoom)
Language: English
Contact: Please contact CEIBS Alumni Manager for Europe, Georgina UnanuÉ at ugeorgina@ceibs.edu for more information.
