Michael Ziesemer, President of the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI), speaks at an opening ceremony in Hannover. (picture alliance/ dpa)
Michael Ziesemer, president of the Central Association of the Electrical Engineering and Electronics Industry (ZVEI), has called for a further training offensive to deal with digitalization. Speaking at a round table discussion in Genthin near Magdeburg on Wednesday Ziesemer said that the companies in the electrical and electronic industry, for example, must essentially manage the change with the workforces they have. There is also a lack of specialists, for example, much-sought-after software developers and engineers.
The most important topic for successful digital change remains the nationwide provision of broadband and access to the new 5G mobile communications standard for industry. It is crucial that companies are able to buy local frequencies in a timely manner in order to build up a 5G network locally.
According to the ZVEI, the German electrical and electronic industry employs around 900,000 people. The German government had missed its self-imposed target of all households and companies being able to use transmission rates of 50 megabits per second by the end of 2018. Instead, a gigabit network that is 20 times faster is to be available everywhere in the next few years.
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