by Bob Sobolewski, President & CEO of ebm-papst Inc.
In The Pita Group's “In the Pocket” video interview, I had the chance to speak about trending topics that affect business in terms of customer needs and communication.
So how has ebm-papst evolved to meet customers’ needs? In one simple word, innovation. Innovation can help discover what opportunities exist now, or are likely to emerge in the future. Our teams collaborate with the feedback given from our customers based on market trends, to redesign and develop new products that are the leading-edge technology, ahead of our competition. Customers look to us for the newest solutions and know they can present new air moving challenges for us to solve. Innovation is not only about designing a new product or service to sell, but can also focus on existing business processes and practices to improve efficiency. Recently, ebm-papst published the philosophy of GreenTech. This idea reflects a simple but clear philosophy that goes back to our company principle: "Each new product that we develop has to be better than its predecessor in terms of economy and ecology." It is extremely important to us that with innovation, comes the responsibility of eco-friendly practices to preserve our environment. Not only are we producing new efficient technology to benefit our customers, but we are also ensuring that every product carries along with it the assurance of sustainability in our production practices. In addition to various enhancements, 50kW of solar panels were installed on the roof of our engineering office in Farmington, CT, in June 2011. This past June, another 50kW array was installed to supplement the original installation.
Another evolution in the way business is done. Everyone wants things instantaneously. So at the tip of our fingers, we have the ability to instantly communicate and search for information. We must adapt to the changing business practices and stay ahead of the curve!
Bob Sobolewski filming the "In the Pocket" video.
