We visited the security expert Schmersal at his two locations in Bergisch-Gladbach and Wettenberg. Leading personalities let us take a look behind the scenes of elevator technology and the electronics production required for it. Among other things, the new managing director of Schmersal Böhnke + Partner Dr. Andreas Hunscher gives an interview and at the Wettenberg site we show the production line for assembling printed circuit boards.


The Managing Director of Schmersal Böhnke + Partner We interviewed Andreas Hunscher on the following questions:

  • Where is the new CEO Dr. Andreas Hunscher, where would he like to go?
  • How is Schmersal Böhnke + Partner doing business in the 25? Year of its existence?
  • What has changed for Böhnke + Partner since the takeover by Schmersal in the year 2012?
  • How much do you invest in R & D and what is the focus?
  • How do you define your range of applications, can you use all elevators, which ones are the most difficult?
  • What options does your recently inaugurated company building offer you?
  • What do you see in an entrepreneurial look into the future?
  • Which future scenarios are conceivable in the elevator technology industry?

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