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DIALOGUE: Interview with Jürgen Schlote, CEO of Schlote Group
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Clear Targets, Clear Vision and Clear Strategy

Interview with Jürgen Schlote, CEO of Schlote Group

BT 201910 DIALOGUE 01In 2013, SCHLOTE GROUP opened their first production site outside Europe in Tianjin, a modern and innovative production site for transmission components.
 

Schlote Automotive Parts (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (SCT) was built in a time span of only 2 years and currently employs 300 people. They produce transmission housings using completely automated machining lines to assure optimal quality standards with a corresponding process capability for their customers.
 

SCT has several important and key strategic partners, such as BMW, ZF AG and Volkswagen, and on 3rd of September, 2019, was successfully held the opening ceremony of Phase II & R&D Centre, aiming to expand their business from Tianjin to the rest of Asian markets. Schlote group CEO Mr Schlote, CTO Mr Schulz, and SCT GM Mr Gao Jian Gang, along with all the staff, extended warm welcome to all the distinguished guests to witness the historical moment.
 

Business Tianjin Magazine was honoured to interview Mr Jürgen Schlote, CEO of Schlote Group, on the topic of Schlote Group’s development strategy in China.
 

2013年,施洛特集团在天津开设生产基地,这是集团在欧洲以外地区开设的首个生产基地,现代化,创新的变速器零部件生产基地。
 

施洛特汽车零部件(天津)有限公司(以下简称SCT)成立仅5年时间,目前拥有300名员工。使用全自动加工线生产变速箱壳体,以确保质量并为客户提供全方位的服务。
 

SCT拥有宝马等众多战略合作伙伴,并于2019年9月3日成功举行二期工厂和研发中心开业典礼,旨在将其业务从天津扩展到亚洲其他地区。
 

《津卫商务》双语杂志就施洛特集团中国发展战略对施洛特集团CEO Jürgen Schlote先生进行专题采访。

BT 201910 DIALOGUE 02Your more than 40-year career in Schlote Group is quite remarkable, and speaks of how you truly are a global business leader. How did you get started?

My parents founded the company 50 years ago, in 1969. I started in Schlote in 1989, because it was a family company and I tried to help in the workshop. At that time, Schlote had only 30 employees and a turnover of 1.5 million euro (12 million RMB). Today, we are a team of 1600 employees with a turnover of 250 million euro (2 billion RMB). In China we have 300 employees.

BT 201910 DIALOGUE 03Establishment of Schlote Automotive Parts (Tianjin) in 2014 was a significant milestone towards globalization of Schlote Group. What are your strategic plans for the future of the company?

Our vision is to be a leader in innovative technology and develop our products in the commercial cars and e-mobility. Currently e-mobility has a low market share, but we expect to grow fast, and our aim is to be a key player in both segments as automotive parts supplier, and provide very high precision parts.
 

2014年成立SCT是施洛特集团全球化的重要里程碑。您对公司未来的战略计划是什么?

我们的愿景是成为创新技术的领导者,并着力发展我们商用车和电动汽车产品。当前,我们的电动汽车市场份额较低,但我们希望能快速增长,我们的目标是成为这两个领域的主要参与者,并提供超高精度零件。

BT 201910 DIALOGUE 04What products is Schlote manufacturing at this moment in Tianjin?

We produce gear housing for automatic transmission for ZF Group, and these parts are supplied later to local car manufacturers, such as Great Wall. We also supply products to BMW together with Handtmann. The biggest project we have now is the double clutch transmission parts to deliver to Volkswagen.
 

Overall, we produce in this plant around 1.2 million transmission housings per year, and supply to the automotive industry more than 2.4 million auto parts per year.
 

SCT生产的产品主要是什么?

我们为采埃孚集团生产齿轮箱,这些零件将供应给本地汽车制造商,例如长城汽车。我们还与汉德曼一起共同服务宝马。我们现在最大的项目是大众的双离合变速器零件的交付。
 

总之我们每年生产约120万个变速箱,每年为汽车行业供应超过240万个汽车零部件。

BT 201910 DIALOGUE 05What competitive advantages does your company have to create a R&D Centre outside of Europe? How are you planning to fully utilize such important unit for the long term sustainable development?

The biggest advantage is to develop our projects much faster as we are nearest to our customers. Our T&D Centre has to be close to our customers and to satisfy quickly their needs. Not only with our Chinese clients, but also our international clients located here. China is extremely fast, and our decisions should be very fast, as well not to miss opportunities. The key to success here is to be faster than our competitors.
 

What do you consider as the hardest challenge you’ve had to face in your current role and how were you able to overcome it? Because, I guess, you are CEO of Schlote since 2011?

I could say to develop the company in a model of permanent transformation is the hardest challenge. It is necessary for me as CEO to bring the company into a flow of implementing all the industrial development changes that we have every day.
 

In other hand, it's necessary to have clear targets, a clear vision and a clear strategy to overcome all the challenges that appear in our way.

BT 201910 DIALOGUE 06What global trends do you see in the next five years that are of interest to Schlote Group?

A very big trend in the following 5 years will be e-mobility. When you want to work in this market you have to acknowledge the trends.
 

The main factors we have in Schlote Group to succeed are flexibility, digitalization and industry automation 4.0. We also have to work much and be a technology leader to compete in China.
 

您认为施洛特集团未来五年将主要关注哪些全球趋势?

电动汽车将是未来5年最大的趋势。在这个市场提供服务时,您必须了解趋势。

施洛特集团取得成功的主要因素是灵活,数字化和工业自动化4.0。为了在中国的竞争中脱颖而出,我们还必须努力成为技术领导者。

BT 201910 DIALOGUE 07And the main global trends that you see are in the EV?

The biggest change will be electrical vehicles, electro mobility. It will change the automotive industry during the next 5-10 years, but I expect that, at the end, we will have a mix of mobility.
 

Even the biggest trend is e-mobility, we are close to our customers and we are ready to provide them the products that they need for e-vehicles.
 

您认为全球主要趋势会是电动汽车吗?

电动汽车将是最突出的变化,电动汽车将在未来5到10年内改变汽车行业,我希望最终我们能拥有多样的出行方式。最大的趋势将是电动汽车,我们将继续与客户密切合作,时刻准备为客户提供电动汽车所需的产品。

BT 201910 DIALOGUE 09What top advice can you give to aspiring young professionals who want to follow in your footsteps?

My advice is to be open and learn every day. Every time look for better solutions. It is necessary to have a good technical base and to do what you do with passion. You must like what you do. If you don't like, you can't make anything good.
 

It is necessary for young people to make a career, to have several positions or roles in the same company or maybe in several companies, but it is necessary to have a very good knowledge of how the whole company works.

BT 201910 DIALOGUE 10How do you maintain a balance between your personal life and your very busy professional life?

I like to spend my free time with family. I have three children and my oldest daughter got a baby this year, so I am a grandpa since few months ago, and I like to spend time with them. I also like hiking and skiing.

BT 201910 DIALOGUE 11SCHLOTE Automotive Parts (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
139, Jingsi Road
Tianjin Airport Economic Area (TAEA)
300308 Tianjin, China
Phone: +86 (22) 5900 1888
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