Cedrik Neike

Member of the Managing Board (CEO Digital Industries), Siemens

Search every verified Cedrik Neike interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Cedrik Neike, Member of the Managing Board and CEO of Digital Industries at Siemens, participated in a panel discussion on April 1, 2026, with leaders from Pringles to discuss digital transformation in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. Neike described CPG as a large, largely unconsolidated industry worth between 2.5 and 3 trillion dollars, and said it carries "enormous responsibility" because many people depend on it. He stated that "great taste does not need to produce great waste" and advocated for collaboration to produce goods "faster, better, more efficiently, and more sustainably." During the discussion, Neike outlined Siemens' approach to building the "Industrial Metaverse" use case by use case, describing a cycle of collecting machine data, using AI to interpret it, sharing learnings with R&D and manufacturing, and acting on those insights to change formulations and improve machines. He said the objective is to create an "infinite cycle of learning and innovation" and noted that the challenge is how quickly that cycle can be established and strengthened with future use cases.