Dear readers 95 years ago in May of 1927 aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh made history with his non stop solo transatlantic flight That he relied on bearings of today s Schaeffler product brand FAG should just be mentioned as an aside The factor enabling his daring feat in the first place is far more important reduction To enable him to take the fuel required for his mammoth flight on board the heroic pilot had everything removed from his single engine Spirit of St Louis that wasn t absolutely neces sary up to and including a parachute which goes to show that less is often more Sometimes less is even a must as Lindbergh s example demonstrat ed that you can read about starting on page 22 With that excursion into aviation history I d like to welcome you to our first issue of tomorrow in 2022 As you may have guessed by now our focus topic is reduction People who tend to see a glass as half empty rather than half full may initially flinch at the word reduc tion and tacitly translate it to mean regression On the following pages we d like to prove to you that the opposite is true that reduction means progress We need to turn onto this pathway of progress if we want coming generations to continue enjoying a satisfying life on a planet Earth whose vi tal signs are intact The unreflected pursuit of more more more is a thing of the past More with less has to become our new credo More sustainability due to less emissions less resource consumption and less waste More quality of life due to less noise less congestion less stress Discover how technologies help transform less into more For instance how robots not only enhance efficiency on the factory floor but also relieve us humans of monotonous or even hazardous tasks starting on page 8 Or how autonomous ships can take over the hauling of goods that used to be trans ported on the road starting on page 28 Starting on page 68 our Chief Operating Officer for Produc tion Supply Chain Management and Purchasing Andreas Schick explains how supply chains and production processes have to recalibrate them selves to become more flexible resilient and sus tainable A key element in Schaeffler s view is the process of switching to green in other words carbon neutral steel that we ve initiated Our ex tensive Sustainability Report starting on page 38 describes what else is necessary to switch supply chains to green from raw material production through to the consumer In the process of decou pling global growth from fossil resources hydrogen plays a key role That s precisely what motivates Schaeffler to drive hydrogen technologies as a pio neer starting on page 48 I don t know if you ve already noticed that this issue of tomorrow has two parts On the back cover a special section published on the occasion of our Schaeffler Kolloquium welcomes you The host of our mobility product show is our Automotive Tech nologies CEO Matthias Zink who promises nothing less than a festival of innovations Our Kolloqui um is focused on reduction as well or more pre cisely the reduction of CO2 or put another way the decarbonization of mobility In our special sec tion our Chief Technology Officer Uwe Wagner and the President of our E Mobility Division Dr Jochen Schröder explain what sustainable concepts and innovative mobility solutions Schaeffler offers in that area In spite of how much we like reduction I hope this issue shows that there s one thing we re not going to reduce the variety of topics that makes our magazine tomorrow a powerful and exciting read Again welcome to our new issue focused on reduction in the spirit of less is more Klaus Rosenfeld Chief Executive Officer 3 E D I T ORI A L

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