_con-pearl and CARLA CARGO win first place in the “Cargo bike of the Year 2023” award. Our portfolio company designed the appropriate, innovative construction for the cargo bike - so-called lightweight boxes on wheels. The cargo bike is sustainable in two ways. On the one hand, con-pearl uses recycled plastic from its own manufacture in production. On the other hand, the Cargo bike represents a green last-mile solution for city logistics.

_H+E has started a project to merge its locations. The current four locations will become three in the future in order to simplify processes and save structural costs. The implementation should be completed in the first quarter of 2024.

_Planatol is initiating the environmentally friendly renovation of the hall roof at the Herford location. Public funding was used for the energy investment which subsidized the project.

_HY-LINE: Another step on the way to ONE HY-LINE has been achieved - the company merger and renaming to HY-LINE Technology GmbH. The companies HY-LINE Computer Components Vertriebs GmbH, HY LINE Power Components Vertriebs GmbH and HY-LINE Communication Products Vertriebs GmbH now operate under this name. The merger enables HY-LINE, as a solution provider with a focus on design-in distribution and system development, to respond even more flexibly to customer requests.

_Inheco: The decline in demand at Inheco, which has been noticeable since mid-April, required a stringent adjustment to the cost structure. The measures that Blue Cap is implementing together with the management include a significant reduction in personnel, the reduction of material costs and an improvement in working capital by reducing inventories.

_nokra: With a laser sensor system, nokra significantly simplifies the production of electrical steel at thyssenkrupp Steel's Bochum plant. The nokra's optical inline measurement replaces the previously manual offline measurement of the edge waves and enables the data to be recorded over the entire length even while the belt is running.