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COMPANY MEETINGS
company meetings
HEYE INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM 2017
HAMBURG Heye International
Symposium 2017 will
H AMELIN 2013 Heye was a great opportunity for glass be held in Hamburg
The
last
people from all over the world
in June. A variety
International Symposium
was held in 2013 in Hamelin, the to meet and exchange ideas”. of distinguished
Feedback from 2013 has been
fabled town near Hanover in the good and has helped to highlight
north of Germany. It attracted a number of areas that will be the
glass container manufacturers focus of the Heye International speakers will introduce
from 21 countries and was an Symposium 2017 to be held at
interesting mixture of business, Hotel LeMeridien in Hamburg discussions on the
technology, and market trends. from 19 to 21 June.
The watch-words of the meet- theme “BSmart.
ing were “Leadership – Trust – SPEAKERS
Productivity”. “We try to have a good mix Motivate. Operate.”
According to Mark Ziegler, of speakers from other indus-
Marketing Manager at Heye, “it tries and an interesting mix of
Canice Murray
content. For instance, we have
Premal Denali, a board member
of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe,
one of the biggest German steel
manufacturers, to talk about their
digitalization. Steel is a very tra-
ditional industry, like the glass
industry. We also have Ernst
Raue who was responsible for a
large computer fair in Hanover
for many years and he will talk
about the Internet of Things.”
TRAINING AND MOTIVATING
“As the processes used in the
industry are becoming ever more
digitalized, it is necessary to build
a bridge between the utilization
of the Internet of Things and
the human beings who work in
the plant. It makes no sense to
use high technology equipment
without training and motivating
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