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    VDA / IKB Branchenforum

    Global Realignment of Value Chains: Strategies of the Automotive Supplier Industry

    Global Realignment of Value Chains: Strategies of the Automotive Supplier Industry

    1. Program
    2. Expert events
    3. VDA / IKB Branchenforum
    StartSeptember 10, 2025, 8:00 AM Time
    EndSeptember 10, 2025, 11:00 AM Time
    LocationInternational Congress Center Messe München, Saal 21

    Global Realignment of Value Chains: Strategies of the Automotive Supplier Industry

    • High-profile panel featuring Claudius Bensberg, CFO (Kirchhoff Group) / Markus Ruf, CFO (Bertrandt) / Dr. Gregor M. Schmeken, CFO (KOSTAL), and Stefan Kraus, Member of Executive Management (NRW) at IKB
    • We aim to discuss the following key questions:
    1. What do the new value creation strategies of global suppliers look like in light of geopolitical crises and resulting trade barriers?
    2. Which elements of the value chain do not need to be relocated to regional markets as part of a local-for-local strategy?
    3. In which regions is R&D increasingly following value creation? Does Germany still play a central role as an innovation hub?
    4. How is this shift in value creation being financed given the ongoing burden of transformation and volatile demand?

    Register at: forms.office.com/e/gzVZ1nGHAe

    Program

    10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
    Welcome/Registration with light breakfast

    10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
    Welcome address by VDA
    Hildegard Müller, President, German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)

    10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
    Keynote:
    Dr. Klaus Bauknecht, Chief Economist, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG
    “Global Perspectives 2026 – Between Disruption, Opportunity, and Reality”

    11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
    Panel Discussion
    “Global Realignment of Value Chains:
    Strategies of the German Automotive Supplier Industry”

    • Claudius Bensberg
      Managing Director and CFO, KIRCHHOFF Group, Iserlohn
    • Markus Ruf
      Member of the Executive Board, Bertrandt AG, Ehningen
    • Dr. Gregor M. Schmeken
      CFO, KOSTAL; Member of the Executive Board, Lüdenscheid
    • Stefan Kraus
      Head of Automotive, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG

    Moderated by Richard Braunias,
    Department Director, Sector Sales Industrial & Automotive,
    IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Düsseldorf

    12:15 PM – 12:25 PM
    Summary and Closing Remarks
    Stefan Kraus & Richard Braunias, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG

    12:25 PM – 12:30 PM
    Closing Statement:
    Steffen Zelz, Chief Sales Officer, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG

    12:30 PM
    End of the event followed by lunch and networking

    Contact

    Ansprechpartner

    André Kunkel

    Referent Mittelstandspolitik und Wertschöpfungsketten

    [email protected]
    + 49 30 - 897 842 - 402