The Hamburg company Jungheinrich is a kind of early detection system for industrial developments.
Jungheinrich manufactures highly automated storage systems with the corresponding transport and lifting vehicles.
Around 3500 of the 18,000 employees worldwide work at the headquarters in Hamburg and in the factories and locations in the metropolitan region.
In 2020, Jungheinrich had sales of 3.8 billion euros and a net profit of 151 million euros.
The listed company is majority owned by the descendants of the founder Friedrich Jungheinrich in the Wolf and Lange families.
CEO Lars Brzoska, 48, told WELT AM SONNTAG why he believes in the success of the global division of labor despite the pandemic, protectionism and climate change.
WELT AM SONNTAG:
Mr. Brzoska, you recently presented the outlook for your annual figures with great optimism.
With regard to the state of world trade and globalization: where do you get it from?
Lars Brzoska:
With all the setbacks we suffered during the pandemic, for example with the vaccination campaign in Europe, I also see many positive signs. World trade has not come to a standstill, although there have been slumps in volumes - but these are very specific and in certain industries. In our intralogistics business, there were no such major setbacks, and we are now seeing our market strengthening again. We at Jungheinrich ...