The conflict between China and the United States is dividing the global economy

Berlin, Beijing Concern for Oliver Hermes must be noted. CEO Wilo invited suppliers and customers as guests to the pump manufacturer’s management conference. Instead of a friendly chat, a serious discussion broke out between the managers in the factory hall, which had been converted into a meeting room, on a topic that at first glance seemed too far from Willow’s headquarters in Dortmund: the separation of the economic zones of the United States and China and its consequences for Europe.

In his lecture, Hermes threw a map of the world on the wall, filling each region with the symbols of the industrial standards applied there. “We note that regulations are still mixed,” Hermes said.

Wilo is a company with a turnover of 1.5 billion euros and about 8000 employees. A solid medium-sized company that sells its products around the world. One of the hidden heroes that make the German economy strong.