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SMM 2026 will bring the international maritime industry together from September 1 to 4 in Hamburg. The focus will be on new technologies, digitalization, sustainable propulsion systems, and resilient solutions for shipping.
SMM 2026
SMM 2026 in Hamburg
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Between Innovation and Resilience: The Maritime Economy Sets a New Course
SMM 2026 in Hamburg demonstrates how digitalization, new technologies, and resilient supply chains shape the maritime economy and its future.
SMM 2026 Hamburg: Key Highlights of the Maritime Trade Fair
SMM 2026 Hamburg: What technologies, innovations, and agenda items visitors can expect at the leading international maritime trade fair.
Technology
Networking becomes a competitive advantage: How AI, 5G, and IoT are transforming digital communication
How AI, 5G, and IoT are transforming digital communication: IFA shows why networking is becoming a decisive competitive advantage for businesses.
Interview with Harald Sørensen, Vice President
“Flying binoculars” for the frontline
The war in Ukraine has accelerated a profound shift in modern warfare. Small, highly capable drones have become an essential part of the modern battlefield, providing real-time situational awareness in environments and at distances that previously required far greater risk.
Interview with Anna-Lena Hochuli, Operations Manager and Samira Dupuis, Assistant to the Executive Management of Energie Technik Becker GmbH
Personal, pragmatic and direct: The partners for medium voltage
Energie Technik Becker builds and maintains transformer stations nationwide and offers as a grown craft business many further services in the low- and...
Interview with Maik Wiegelmann, Managing Director
Drives are our drive. Forever.
Developing systems that make living and working easier has been the driving force of a family-owned company based in Sinn, Hesse, since 1921...
Interview with Dr. Holger von Both, CEO and Yves Böhme, CFO of Sensor Technik Sirnach AG
Globally Deployed: Sensors for Extreme Conditions
Extreme conditions are their everyday reality: At STS, everything revolves around sensors that operate reliably in rocket engines, deep-sea environments, or hundreds of meters deep...
Transport & Logistics
Interview with Björn Zirotzki, Managing Director of HSW Logistics GmbH
The Link Between Inland and Maritime Shipping
HSW Logistics ensures that steel coils and other industrial products from companies along the Rhine and Ruhr reliably reach their destinations in Norway a...
Interview with Dipl.-Ing., Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Georg Komposch, Managing Director
Making Heavy Loads Easier to Handle
Across modern industry, companies are increasingly investing in intelligent handling and lifting solutions to improve efficiency, ergonomics and...
Interview with Florian Overhand, Vice President of Sales
“When 50% of vessels are late, visibility becomes everything
Global supply chains are becoming increasingly complex, especially in the food and fresh sector, where speed, transparency and reliability are critical...
Interview with Barbara Kurzweil, Chief Growth Officer of IDEAL WORK GERMANY SP. Z O.O.
Staffing Beyond Borders
By placing workers from Poland with employers in Germany, Ideal Work has built a strong client base among leading manufacturing and logistics...
Interview with Michael W. Nimtsch, CFO & Managing Director of Trailer Dynamics GmbH
“We Work at the Speed of Innovation – Bureaucracy Unfortunately Doesn’t”
The logistics industry is under pressure: rising costs, CO2 targets, and a growing shortage of drivers. Yet Michael W. Nimtsch firmly believes in a...
Mobility
Interview with Majk Strika, CEO
Reinventing Fleet Management in Europe
With a fleet of more than 2 million vehicles under management, the name Holman has stood for effective, customercentric fleet management in the United States for decades.
Interview with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Gerling, Founder of FEAAM GmbH
"Complaining is Easier Than Acting"
With this guiding principle, Professor Dieter Gerling founded FEAAM GmbH in 2006 – a spin-off from the University of the Bundeswehr Munich. Nearly two decades...
Interview with Eugène Krabbenborg, CEO of Fleet Support Group B.V
Passion for Mobility
Entrepreneurs who really want to focus on their core business appreciate having reliable partners who can relieve them. Such a part...
Interview with Kai Ebert, Founder & CEO of LWS Lappwaldbahn Service GmbH
Last Mile, Long Game
Germany’s rail network makes headlines for all the wrong reasons. But far from the main lines and major stations, a quieter story is unfolding: small private operators stitching together the freight connections that the big players abandoned.
Interview with Rik Kant, Managing Director of Endenburg Elektrotechniek B.V.
Electric. Committed. Endenburg.
From a lamp store to a specialist in electrical engineering: The history of Endenburg Elektrotechniek B.V. stretches back almost 100 years. In a discussion with Wirtschaftsforum...
Industrial Suppliers
Interview with Joachim Böttiger, Board Member of Verallia Deutschland AG
Honest Material, Clear Vision
The material glass is highly topical. In times of climate change, energy crisis, and debates about packaging, this material is in the spotlight: infinitely rec...
Interview with Benjamin Pastuszak, Managing Director and Aaron Knoblich, Managing Director of DTZ Dichtungs-Technik-Ziegler GmbH
"We focus on employees over 50"
Pump repairs and mechanical seals are their specialty: DTZ Dichtungs-Technik-Ziegler GmbH from Bünde has decades of experience in this field...
Interview with Alfred Pammer, Authorized Officer/Head of Sales and Marketing at cts GmbH
The Evolution of the Smart Factory
After the automation specialist cts GmbH from Burgkirchen in southern Bavaria has already successfully developed intelligent automation solutions for wareh...
Interview with Christian Hofmann, Sales Manager of Alfred Kron GmbH
"We think along and provide solutions"
The metal processing industry is under pressure: digitalization, shortage of skilled workers, and global supply chains pose significant challenges...
Interview with Rob Paulissen, Managing Director of Doesburg Components B.V.
Precision from Metal - Value Creation in Perfection
From casting to ready-to-install component: Doesburg Components B.V. stands for metallurgical know-how, modern manufacturing, and close customer relations. D...
Plant and Mechanical Engineering
Interview with Harald Sørensen, Vice President
“Flying binoculars” for the frontline
The war in Ukraine has accelerated a profound shift in modern warfare. Small, highly capable drones have become an essential part of the modern battlefield, providing real-time situational awareness in environments and at distances that previously required far greater risk.
Interview with Wim Driessen, CEO
A Smarter Way to Build Ships
For more than four decades, Rensen-Driessen Shipbuilding B.V. has helped shipowners navigate an increasingly complex maritime market by combining customized vessel design with a flexible, international sourcing model.
Interview with Axel Schulze, Managing Director of HUGO PETERSEN GmbH
Technology Requires Attitude
While many plant manufacturers are focusing on significant new business, HUGO PETERSEN GmbH in Wiesbaden has been consciously focusing on the opt...
Interview with Christopher Goebel, Managing Director of ULVAC GmbH
Innovation in a Vacuum
ULVAC GmbH offers innovative solutions in the field of vacuum technology, which are used in a variety of industries, including semiconductor...
Interview with Nicolas Göhr, Junior Marketing and Sales at Alltech Dosieranlagen GmbH
Precise Dosing is Crucial
In the cleaning and treatment of process water, chemicals with different effects are often used. Precise dosing is crucial in this process...
Manfred Brinkmann
Managing Editor of European Business