On January 29, 2026, we accepted the invitation of our member company Venti Oelde and gained a very interesting insight into an application that takes digital shopfloor management to a new level by integrating AI.

The result in advance: Most of the participants were “flashed” by the possibilities that AI offers for shopfloor management and want to test the solution presented by the startup Arctory.

From September 2025 to January 2026, managers from member companies took part in the “Operations Managers – Production and Logistics” qualification as part of our NIRO Academy. The program comprised seven days of training and developed operational managers specifically in the areas of lean management, project management, leadership and communication so that they can apply the content directly in internal company projects.

The training was divided into three modules. The program was supplemented by collegial case consultations and a final workshop with the respective supervisors.

Dear members,
dear business partners,
dear friends,

This year is entering the final spurt. The turn of the year is approaching and things are getting a little quieter.
Time to recharge your batteries, look back a little and slowly focus on new things.

In our first episode of this series, Dr.-Ing. Gerrit Schlömer from KODA Stanz- und Biegetechnik GmbH and Felix lütke Zutelgte from BSW-Anlagenbau GmbH reported on how their companies were able to establish a successful business relationship via our network.
This episode focuses on our member companies BURG and SIBA. The customer in this case is SIBA GmbH and the supplier is BURG Lüling GmbH & Co KG.

A maturity model was developed for technical documentation in order to comprehensively assess the current status of this area in member companies. After the kick-off at the end of August 2025, our working group met again on November 26, 2025 in our port area to discuss the results.

We look back on around three years of sustainable development in our purchasing pool and in our network. Three years after our project “Sustainable supplier management in accordance with the DNK standard – a purchasing pool on the way to a sustainability report”, we asked about the successes and results that our partners have achieved in the meantime.