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INNOVATION – DIALOGUE – METHOD
INNOVATION – DIALOGUE – METHOD

The forum was chaired by Gerriet Danz, who has been an acknowledged expert for innovation
and creativity in the German-speaking world for over twenty years. With a fascinating speech
Danz first provided trade visitors with new inspiration on the subject of open innovation and then
took them on a tour through the world of creative techniques in a workshop.

This exciting voyage through innovation ended with presentation of the feedback results, rounded
off with a discussion. We were gratified to receive confirmation that Böllhoff is giving the right ans-
wers to current market trends. This feedback reinforces our belief that it is important to engage in
networking.

We have received impetus that will help Böllhoff to finalise its deve-
lopments more effectively, so significantly reducing time to market.

This was summed up as follows by Dr. Jens Bunte, a member of the Board of Management and
technical director of the Böllhoff Group: “The interesting feature of this format is that it allows our
customers to learn about developments at an early stage and let themselves be inspired by direct
dialogue with our developers. This positive feedback has shown us that not only Böllhoff benefits
from the Innovation Forum, but also our customers. We are looking forward to the next Innovation
Forum – entirely in the spirit of Böllhoff@innovation.”

“ Innovation is the result of invention
and earning money.
”

Dr.-Ing. Jens Bunte is a member of the board at the Böllhoff Group

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