The core of the activities is the extensive differentiation within the Group into the Automation Technology and Development and Production Services divisions. By focusing on key technology areas at specific locations, the company aims to significantly expand its development and production capacities internationally.

"Concentrating on the respective core businesses enables each division to develop the market in the best possible way," says Holding Managing Director Christian Wolf. "We will create optimal structures for production, logistics and sales in the Europe, Asia and America regions in order to ideally meet local customer requirements. A key prerequisite for this is the establishment of supply chain-optimized production in each region."

The Halver site will continue to play a strategically important role as a technology and production location for automation technology and implement the regional concept for production and logistics. For Europe, Turck is realizing a further production site in Lublin, Poland, which is scheduled to commence operations in the course of the year. The restructuring of production activities within Europe, but also from Asia back to Europe, is intended to reduce ineffective and costly logistics routes.

"We are in an open dialog with the employees and the works council in order to inform them about changes in the coming years at an early stage," explains Joachim Göddertz, Interim Managing Director of Werner Turck in Halver. "It is necessary to review established structures and, where necessary, to change them. We can only continue to secure international growth and thus also the future of the Halver site through sustainable, cost-effective production, efficient supply chains and customer-oriented service."