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After leading Janitza for 40 years, what do you see as the most important ingredients for building a successful company?
For me, the most important factor has always been a strong customer focus. By that I mean truly understanding the problems customers are trying to solve. Many of our products were developed directly from these requirements. The second key factor is having the right people within the company. As an entrepreneur, you can only achieve your goals if you have the right team around you.
Janitza remains a family-owned company and continues to invest heavily in its headquarters in Lahnau, central Germany. Why has maintaining this strong connection to the company’s home base remained so important to you?
First of all, this is where Janitza was founded and where our roots are. Our headquarters in central Germany remain an important hub for engineering, development and production. At the same time, the region offers strong infrastructure, reliable energy supply and close links to universities and technical institutions. Access to skilled professionals is a key factor for us, and our headquarters still provide room for further expansion as the company continues to grow internationally.
At the same time, Janitza is investing heavily in international growth. How important is internationalisation for the company’s future development?
We cannot predict exactly how the company will grow in the future, because growth always depends on market success. However, our strategy is clearly focused on becoming more resilient by diversifying across different markets and customers. Internationalisation plays a key role in this. Expanding into new markets requires significant investment and, in many regions, we are still building brand awareness. At the same time, we have seen these investments deliver entirely new growth opportunities and help make Janitza more resilient in the long term.
Looking ahead, which developments do you believe will have the greatest impact on the energy sector in the coming years?
In my view, the energy sector will mainly be shaped by three developments: the continued expansion of renewable energy, the ongoing digitalisation of electrical grids and the growing use of AI to manage increasingly complex energy systems. These trends will affect many industries in similar ways. At the same time, I believe the balance between energy supply and demand will become increasingly challenging. Energy availability could become a major issue in the years ahead.
Is this also being driven by the rapid growth of AI?
Yes, absolutely. The load profiles of AI-driven data centres are highly dynamic and difficult to predict. In many ways, they are even harder to forecast than renewable energy generation such as solar power, which is already weather-dependent. This is why precise measurement data for both energy consumption and power quality will become increasingly important. The more volatile electrical grids become, the more measurement and transparency will be required. That is why I remain very optimistic about Janitza’s future.
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