“A Turning Point In History“
ProGlove CEO Andreas König shares some insights from his participation in the World Economic Forum meeting at Davos (May 22-26, 2022), his beginnings at ProGlove, the company's vision and the recently completed acquisition by Nordic Capital.
When I took on the role of CEO for ProGlove at the end of 2018, I did so for one main reason: I saw something that incredibly fascinated me personally. ProGlove had a unique story with the potential to revolutionize and change the world of shopfloor workers for the better.
I'll tell it like it is: Making money is a great thing. But I'm in a position that allows me to also focus on other things. A job enthralls me when it leads to something that lasts--when it creates value and leaves a legacy.
Professionally, this requires a team that shares a vision. And we at ProGlove unify around a singular vision: the Human Digital Twin. We believe that human people remain indispensable in industry. We believe that people must benefit from technology, not the other way around.
The focus needs to be on what unites us
I am really into giving Sunday sermon. Because they tend to be inconsequential, and that's precisely what I don't want. The last three years have been a constant up and down for all of us. That is exactly why we need to focus more on what unites us. We are all human and one thing more than anything else: We need to live together in peace. It is this awareness that I am holding on to when I head to the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.
We are currently observing a global decoupling in many respects. Many countries, businesse and individuals are questioning globalization and are consequently focusing more on themselves. While that is comprehensible, I think that protectionism is not a viable solution.
The current global situation undoubtedly requires all of us to readjust. Along those lines, we certainly need to consider what we can directly impact. In our case at ProGlove, these are industries like manufacturing, retail and logistics. But we must not lose sight of the bigger picture. We are and will remain one world. With this in mind, we need to rethink, maybe even reframe, globalization to ensure it lasts. For us at ProGlove, this boils down to strengthening the shopfloor worker. This is why we believe in our vision of the Human Digital Twin.
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ProGlove is a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and builds the smallest, lightest, and toughest barcode scanners in the world. ProGlove's industrial wearables connect the shopfloor worker to the Internet of Things. The wearables combined with ProGlove’s industry analytics software platform promote human-machine collaboration and drive the digitization across the shopfloor. ProGlove's customers include some of the most iconic global industrial brands, pioneers and innovators in manufacturing and production, logistics and warehousing, retail and e-commerce, and post and parcel. Founded in 2014, the company employs more than 200 people from over 30 countries with offices in Chicago, Munich (Germany), and Belgrade (Serbia). Learn more at www.proglove.com.
