Innovation Tour with the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs at Hannover Messe 2025

Industrial Vision Meets Politics – Kickoff of the Official Innovation Tour

As an accredited media representative, Ulrich Buckenlei accompanied Federal Minister Dr. Robert Habeck on the official tour through Hannover Messe 2025. The visit to the partner country Canada’s pavilion set the tone right at the beginning: the focus was on strategic alliances for green energy, AI-driven production, and geopolitically significant partnerships – highlighted by the symbolic presentation of a jersey to the Minister.

• Canada as a Catalyst: Focus on hydrogen, recycling, AI, and transatlantic cooperation.
• Political Symbolism: The jersey presented to Dr. Habeck as a gesture of solidarity.
• Media Response: International press coverage on Europe’s strategic direction.

Visit to Partner Country Canada

^{Image: © Ulrich Buckenlei | Canada highlights clean energy, AI, and industrial innovation.}

Circular Energy Systems at Solar Materials

The stop at Solar Materials impressively showcased how retired solar modules can be reintegrated into the cycle. The company has developed an industrially scalable solution that automatically disassembles solar panels and recovers valuable materials – a crucial building block for Europe’s energy transition.

• Industrial Scalability: Automated disassembly of panels for mass recycling.
• Resource Conservation: Recovery of silicon, glass, and metals with high purity.
• Political Praise: Dr. Habeck called the concept a “blueprint for sustainable industries.”

Solar Materials Recycling

^{Image: © Ulrich Buckenlei | Industrial-scale circular economy on the rise.}

Robotics & Industrial AI at Schunk

The tour continued with AI-controlled grippers, adaptive sensors, and automation components at Schunk. This demonstrated how machines learn to analyze and execute tasks independently using AI – a central topic of the emerging Industrial Metaverse.

• Autonomous Systems: Gripping technology meets learning algorithms.
• Realtime Adaptation: Sensors dynamically respond to workpiece changes.
• Industrial Metaverse: Fusion of physical manufacturing with digital learning environments.

Adaptive Robotics at Schunk

^{Image: © Ulrich Buckenlei | Intelligent grippers as part of the Industrial Metaverse.}

Phoenix Contact and the Power Grid of the Future

At Phoenix Contact’s booth, the focus was on grid intelligence and the concept of an “All Electric Society.” Networked sensors, decentralized energy grids, and AI-based control systems demonstrated how infrastructure for a carbon-neutral future can be reimagined.

• Grid Intelligence: Real-time data for autonomous energy grid control.
• All Electric Society: Vision of a fully electrified world.
• Systems Thinking: Interaction between hardware, software, and AI.

Power Grid in Transition

^{Image: © Ulrich Buckenlei | Phoenix Contact presents the backbone of the energy transition.}

Realtime Insights & Data Sovereignty at ifm

At ifm electronic, data-driven efficiency took center stage: predictive maintenance, edge AI, and networked sensors are making factories more resilient – laying the foundation for sovereign industrial ecosystems.

• Edge Intelligence: Data processing directly at the machine.
• Predictive Maintenance: Failure prevention through early analysis.
• Data Sovereignty: Companies retain control over their processes.

Factory Data Live

^{Image: © Ulrich Buckenlei | Sensors, data, and AI for resilient industrial processes.}

Siemens & the Future of Industrial Engineering

To conclude, Siemens showcased in Hall 9 how digital twins, real-time simulations, and AI engineering work together to seamlessly connect development, production, and operations. Reality and simulation merge here – the heart of the Industrial Metaverse.

• Digital Twin: Precise real-time mapping of complex systems.
• Realtime Simulation: Evaluate and adapt decisions within seconds.
• AI Engineering: Data-driven development as the future standard.

Industry in the Digital Mirror

^{Image: © Ulrich Buckenlei | Siemens rethinks engineering – data-based, precise, collaborative.}

Video: Highlights of the Official Innovation Tour

This video presents selected impressions from the press tour with Federal Minister Dr. Robert Habeck – from AI-driven robotics to sustainable energy solutions, digital twins, and real-time simulations.

Video Recap: Innovation Tour at Hannover Messe 2025

^{Video: © Ulrich Buckenlei | Edited media impressions – produced for Visoric.}

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