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Nordic countries and Spain and Portugal are set to see the highest growth in M&A activity in 2023
Strong focus on small- and mid-cap segments
Primary investments (68%) and taking public companies private (55%) are the focus of PE activity
Munich, April 2023: Europe's private equity industry is initially rather cautious about the current year’s development. Almost 60% of
Munich, March 2023: The winners of the Microsoft Intelligent Manufacturing Award (MIMA) 2023 have been announced. Microsoft Germany and the management consultancy Roland Berger have selected them with a jury of leading experts from business and science. The award-winning companies are presenting their pioneering projects and solutions for the manufacturing industry on the website www.MIMAwinners20
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Rise in travel activity owing to catch-up demand in the USA and Europe; significant drop in China due to Covid restrictions
Growing environmental concerns limit people's willingness to travel long distance
Consumers are planning 28% less business travel and 19% less private travel
Munich, February 2023: Demand for long-haul travel has bounced back markedly over the past ye
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Applications for predictive maintenance and vision-based quality inspection have reached very high levels of maturity
Cross-functional smart manufacturing teams bundle digital competencies
Clearly defined and fully integrated IT/OT target landscape and cloud-based Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platforms make it easier to scale Industry 4.0 across the production network
Berlin/Davos/Munich, 25 January 2023 – Roland Berger, global management consulting firm, and Creative Dock, Europe’s and MENA's largest independent corporate venture builder, hosted the second joint event for almost 80 C-suite executives from Europe and MENA at the margins of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2023. The event’s key topics were: How executives can collaboratively navigate th
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Q-commerce promises delivery within 30 minutes of placing an order online
Market potential in grocery retail amounts to around 2% of the total market – equivalent to some EUR 13 billion in the period to 2030
Pharmaceuticals forecast to see the biggest growth opportunities
Munich, December 2022: Consumer interest in the fast delivery of everyday goods through q-commerce serv
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Inflation, chip shortages and rising material and energy costs represent a significant setback for the industry
Electronics (9.4 percent average EBIT margin) and aftermarket (10.5 percent) are the most profitable segments – traditional and small suppliers hit hardest by margin pressure
Interest rate rises on the back of inflation make refinancing more expensive and thus throttl
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Share of electric vehicle sales in ADR countries rises to 13.2 percent
Singapore tops ADR ranking for the first time
Increasing demand for car-as-a-service models and mobility solutions
Munich, November 2022: Electric vehicle sales continue to rise, despite challenging economic times with increasing inflation and energy prices. According to Roland Berger’s latest “Automoti
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Up to 30% lower demand in consumer electronics results in revenue decline for semiconductor manufacturers in 2022 and 2023
Supply bottleneck for analog chips and microcontrollers set to last several years
At the same time, advanced-node chips are subject to overcapacity and oversupply
Munich, November 2022: After the start of the pandemic, demand for microchips was sent skyr
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Munich, November 2022: Women are significantly underrepresented in German and French start-ups, especially in technical industries. This applies to both founders and employees, as a study from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in collaboration with the Roland Berger Foundation for European Management now shows. In companies founded by all-female teams, the proportion o
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Munich, November 2022: In the coming years, the global battery market will be shaped primarily by the factors of sustainability, the availability of raw materials, the growing number of electric cars, and the desire for ever more powerful batteries. Because demand is unbroken, manufacturers are constantly expanding their capacities. By 2030, global production could reach six
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Profit margins for MedTech companies fell by 6.8% on average in the first half of 2022
North American companies with strongest performance
Six structural challenges are key to future success
Munich, November 2022: In recent years, the MedTech industry treated investors to high returns and outperformed other industries by a long way. However, the industry is now starting to