Yves Gorat Stommel is currently the VP of Electrical and Process Controls, with a strong focus on both greenfield and brownfield industrial manufacturing projects, as well as digitalization of engineering. Yves holds both an engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) and PhD (Dr.-Ing.) degree from the Technical University of Brandenburg, Germany, and an MBA degree from the Euro*MBA Consortium.

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Passionate about deepening organizational competencies in emerging technologies, driving innovation, and delivering operational excellence.

As a Digital Solution Advisor Christopher Tonk is managing a product portfolio with digitalization solutions for optimizing production and occupational safety across the whole Stora Enso. Christopher is well experienced in the development of new products from the first test and business case calculation to the establishment of the service, user training and further development. Furthermore, Christopher advises plants throughout the group on the realization and implementation of digitalization in production, with special focus on computer vision and its benefits. Christopher is an enthusiastic industry and digitalization professional that worked and lived abroad. He has more than six years of practical experience in the pulp and paper industry and in-depth knowledge and experience in the implementation and management of digitization and optimization projects in production environments, as well as their company-wide roll-out.

What I love most about my job is the variety that digitalization in production brings. The fact that every day brings new challenges and new opportunities for learning is what drives me.

Paulo Zannini is an Enterprise Architect at SEW-EURODRIVE, focusing on IoT and digitalization. He began his career as an applications engineer at Bosch Rexroth, later expanding into product management, international coordination, and representing Industry 4.0 initiatives. After leading automation product management in Brazil he moved to Germany and served as Head of IoT and Digitalization at Weiss GmbH, where he introduced product configurators, IoT solutions, and enterprise integrations. At SEW-EURODRIVE, his major projects include the company’s IoT reference architecture, Digital Twin initiatives, and DevSecOps enablement. Paulo is passionate about creating safe environments and effective tools for developers, bridging business and IT, and positioning SEW-EURODRIVE as a driving force in global industrial digital integration through products and solutions complying to open standards and local regulations.

SEW-EURODRIVE itself is a trusted partner for everything in motion. With a portfolio covering gearmotors, controllers, and services for all industries, the company produces globally, adapts locally, and supports customers everywhere with strong commitment and expertise.

We may not manufacture tires, mattresses, medications, or animal feeds, but Evonik is part of all of those products – and many more. While we often contribute only small amounts of material, those contributions are precisely what make the difference. That's because Evonik products make tires fuel-efficient, mattresses more elastic, medications more effective, and animal feeds healthier. That’s what specialty chemicals are all about. And when it comes to specialty chemicals, we're among the best in the world. The company is active in more than 100 countries around theworld and generated sales of €15.3 billion and an operating profit (adjusted EBITDA) of €1.66 billion in 2023. Evonik goes far beyond chemistry to create innovative, profitable and sustainable solutions for customers. About 32,000 employees work together for a common purpose: We want to improve life, today and tomorrow.

As part of the global bioeconomy, Stora Enso is recognized as a leading provider of renewable products in packaging, biomaterials, wooden construction, and paper. It stands as one of the largest private forest owners globally. Stora Enso asserts that the potential exists to replace everything made from fossil-based materials today with products derived from trees tomorrow. The company's strategy is deeply rooted in sustainability and responsible business practices. Stora Enso's portfolio comprises low-carbon, fiber-based products that are both renewable and recyclable. These offerings not only address climate change but also contribute positively to the environment. They empower customers to adopt more eco-friendly practices. With a workforce of approximately 22,000 employees, Stora Enso is committed to sustainable growth. Its shares are publicly listed on the Helsinki (STEAV, STERV) and Stockholm (STE A, STE R) stock exchanges, and traded as ADRs in the USA.

We move the world! What does this mean? Innumerable conveyor belts, bottling plants, gravel plants, your luggage at the airport, and many more applications would come to a stop without our motors, gear units, gearmotors, the matching automation technology, and services. More than 22,000 employees worldwide make sure that these processes keep running.