Luc Tack

Chief Executive Officer, Tessenderlo

Search every verified Luc Tack interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a September 2020 interview for the ITMA Live series "Forging Ahead Amidst A Pandemic," Luc Tack, managing director of Picanol Group, discussed the company's response to the COVID-19 crisis. Tack stated that Picanol's prior investment in Industry 4.0-ready machines and data capture capabilities allowed the company to adapt quickly, noting that "what you would have learned over the next five years now we learned in three four months." He said the company maintained customer contact through video meetings and provided laptops to local schools and signage to schools and hospitals as part of its corporate social responsibility program. Tack expressed a preference for large, in-person industry events like ITMA over smaller local shows, which he predicted would disappear due to the effectiveness of digital tools such as webinars and virtual presentations. He described ITMA as "the best show" where customers can see machines and have personal contact, and said that digital tools and physical events would be complementary and both necessary for the industry.