TransformIT Europe 2025 | Georg Weber (Wilo SE)

Well, good morning to all of you. For my presentation, you'll need little energy, so just watch the videos. My talk is called 'Creating, Caring, Connecting.' We are a global player, technology leader in water pumps, with 42,000 products, nearly 2 billion euro in sales, and 9,500 employees. One and a half years ago, our board made sustainability the corporate strategy. Pumps consume 10 to 15 percent of the world's electric energy, and 90 percent of pumps run inefficiently. Replacing them could save 246 terawatt hours per year—half of France's energy consumption or 80 coal-fired power plants. We are sustainability partner of BVB and Milwaukee Bucks, and we work on smart urban zones: data centers, irrigation in India, sewage in London. New smart cities like Xiong'an in China are planned from scratch. At our Dortmund headquarters, we reduced energy by 40% through PV, smart pumps, and green hydrogen. It pays off to invest in sustainability. Thank you.