{"id":88035,"date":"2026-04-29T11:51:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/blog\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:00:26","slug":"opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening of the HUB NORD at LEAD 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"88035\" class=\"elementor elementor-88035 elementor-87565\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f642553 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f642553\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ba6704\" data-id=\"5ba6704\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fe099f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fe099f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u2026 and why small and medium-sized industrial companies can only succeed in digitalisation together <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-504a5e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"504a5e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-06243ea\" data-id=\"06243ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4040f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4040f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\">On April 23, 2026, the industrial SME sector came together at <\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\">LEAD 2026, hosted by the initiative<\/span><\/span> <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW258280031 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/nextlevelmittelstand.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW258280031 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Next Level Mittelstand<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\"> at the <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW258280031 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW258280031 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\"> Bremen<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW258280031 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\"> Specialists<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\">\u00a0and executives<\/span> rom medium-sized companies, startups, and partners from industry, consulting, and technology discussed the digital transformation of the SME sector.<span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\">\u00a0As the host, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW258280031 BCX8\">encoway<\/span> officially opened the new <\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\">HUB NORD<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258280031 BCX8\">together with Next Level Mittelstand during the event \u2013 establishing it as a new place for collaboration and digital transformation in northern Germany.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee6f383 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee6f383\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad8d6c5\" data-id=\"ad8d6c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b52d7dc elementor-skin-slideshow elementor-arrows-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-media-carousel\" data-id=\"b52d7dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;skin&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:1000,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;show_arrows&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;space_between&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"media-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slider\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-1\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-1-2.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-2\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-2.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-3\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-3.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-4\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-4.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-5\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-5.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-6\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-6.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-7\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-7.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-8\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-8.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-9\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-9.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-10\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-10.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-11\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-11.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-12\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-12.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-13\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-13.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-14\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-14.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-15\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-15.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-19\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-19.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-20\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-20.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-18\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-18.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-19\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-19-1.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-20\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-20-1.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Previous\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-main-swiper swiper elementor-thumbnails-swiper swiper\" role=\"region region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel carousel\" aria-label=\"Slider Slider\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-1\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-1-2.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-2\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-2.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-3\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-3.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-4\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-4.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-5\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-5.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-6\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-6.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-7\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-7.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-8\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-8.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-9\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-9.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-10\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-10.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-11\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-11.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-12\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-12.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-13\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-13.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-14\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-14.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-15\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-15.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-19\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-19.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-20\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-20.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-18\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-18.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-19\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-19-1.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-carousel-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Bildergalerie LEAD 2026-20\" style=\"background-image: url(&#039;https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bildergalerie-LEAD-2026-20-1.jpg&#039;)\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c559f96 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c559f96\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a74e4cd\" data-id=\"a74e4cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd138e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6fd138e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a854ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a854ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is holding back digitalisation in the SME sector?<\/span><\/b><\/h3><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The pressure on industrial mid-sized companies is increasing: growing product complexity, international competition, price pressure, and ever-shorter innovation cycles define everyday business. In theory, a wide range of digital technologies is already available that could be used to make processes more efficient and strengthen the resilience of SMEs.<br \/><br \/><br \/>In practice, however, the expected impact of automation, data-driven services, or AI often fails to materialise. The reason is rarely a lack of suitable technologies or tools \u2013 but rather the challenge of implementing them successfully. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2dd4d4b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2dd4d4b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3311faa\" data-id=\"3311faa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe63e98 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"fe63e98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tDigital initiatives often do not fail because of the idea itself, but because they are not sustainably embedded in organisations, processes, and day-to-day work. This is precisely where the Next Level Mittelstand initiative positions itself as an implementation-driven community. \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Martin Schimmel, Director Next Level Mittelstand  <\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96f3a76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96f3a76\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be7e5cb\" data-id=\"be7e5cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f50007 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0f50007\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e656233 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e656233\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9442723\" data-id=\"9442723\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-829ad2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"829ad2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Next Level Mittelstand: from exchange to implementation<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/h3><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The initiative <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nextlevelmittelstand.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Next Level Mittelstand<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> sees itself as an answer to the gap between knowledge and action in the digital transformation of SMEs. Founded in 2024 on the initiative of Henrik Schunk, Chairman of SCHUNK SE &amp; Co. KG and now Managing Director of Next Level Mittelstand GmbH, NLM aims to connect companies regionally in order to advance digitalisation together \u2013 true to the motto: \u201cFrom SMEs for SMEs.\u201d <\/span> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-881b492 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"881b492\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83c0333\" data-id=\"83c0333\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b50db8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3b50db8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df4bd1e elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"df4bd1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tBy 2030, Germany\u2019s SME sector must become a digital champion.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Henrik Schunk, Chairman SCHUNK SE &amp; Co. KG and Managing Director Next Level Mittelstand GmbH <\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e0848b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e0848b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c659d38\" data-id=\"c659d38\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e61cdf3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e61cdf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A clear need for action in the digitalisation of complex products<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/h3><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a live poll conducted at LEAD 2026, more than half of the participants named the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">communication of complex products <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as one of their <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">biggest IT challenges<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This assessment is also reflected in the results of our encoway study on B2B sales of highly configurable products. Based on <\/span>150 responses from the market, <span data-contrast=\"none\">the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/downloads\/study-b2b-sales-2030\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">study<\/span> <\/a><\/span>shows how manufacturers of complex, variant-rich products are adapting to the digital age.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d27181 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d27181\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4303aa\" data-id=\"b4303aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba4f29f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ba4f29f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae69fa2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae69fa2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dfa54ed\" data-id=\"dfa54ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3300c92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3300c92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A hub for the North \u2013 and why Bremen is the right place<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/h3><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">LEAD is one of several networking and information events organised by Next Level Mittelstand, bringing together community members with technology providers, experts, and other interested parties. In Bremen, however, the event went beyond discussion: with the opening of  <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">HUB NORD<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a concrete new step was taken.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Until now, Next Level Mittelstand lacked a regional base in northern Germany<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 despite the fact that many industrial companies in the region face similar transformation challenges.<br><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d46da30 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d46da30\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d999acb\" data-id=\"d999acb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c637dd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c637dd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW23050025 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23050025 BCX8\">The<\/span> <\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW23050025 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW23050025 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23050025 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY Bremen<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW23050025 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"> offers ideal conditions for this. As a place of transfer between business, academia, and technology, the DHI embodies exactly the spirit that Next Level Mittelstand stands for: sharing knowledge, learning together, and rapidly <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23050025 BCX8\">testing solutions. As an <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW23050025 BCX8\">NLM\u00a0<\/span><\/span>member and active part of the DHI, encoway played a key role in shaping this connection and bringing LEAD 2026 to the North.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e3931b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e3931b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f15c5c\" data-id=\"4f15c5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed812ae elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"ed812ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tWe cannot cope with every market change on our own. The DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY is encoway\u2019s \u2018concrete\u2019 learning about how companies can successfully drive joint innovation and build resilience together. \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Christoph Ranze, Managing Director encoway GmbH <\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ac7681 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ac7681\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a92084\" data-id=\"7a92084\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb111ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fb111ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9b54f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9b54f8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2ba439\" data-id=\"e2ba439\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c308c96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c308c96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW2131879 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2131879 BCX8\">With <\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW2131879 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2131879 BCX8\">HUB NORD<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW2131879 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"> a nucleus for exchange among peers is emerging \u2013 a meeting place for companies, startups, and academia,<span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2131879 BCX8\"> <\/span>and a space where digital capabilities can be developed more quickly.<\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW2131879 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1aef52b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1aef52b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fb8f81\" data-id=\"4fb8f81\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0950d71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0950d71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEAD-26-Opening-HUB-NORD-Tuerschilduebergabe-1024x413.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-87646\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEAD-26-Opening-HUB-NORD-Tuerschilduebergabe-1024x413.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEAD-26-Opening-HUB-NORD-Tuerschilduebergabe-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEAD-26-Opening-HUB-NORD-Tuerschilduebergabe-768x310.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/LEAD-26-Opening-HUB-NORD-Tuerschilduebergabe.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" loading=\"eager\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">(From left to right: Christoph Ranze (encoway GmbH), Henrik Schunk (SCHUNK SE &amp; Co. KG), Frank Bittner (DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY Bremen), Martin Schimmel (Next Level Mittelstand GmbH), and Christoph Ha\u00df (Possehl Digital) during the ceremonial handover of the new HUB NORD door sign) \u00a9 DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY Bremen<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3bd22d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3bd22d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8090292\" data-id=\"8090292\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1720df5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1720df5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-661efb3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"661efb3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68efbcb\" data-id=\"68efbcb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aff8447 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aff8447\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dialogue at eye level instead of one-way lectures<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/h3><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What made LEAD special as an event was the dialogue at eye level \u2013 something that is often lacking in traditional conference formats. The NLM community places great value on open exchange and the sharing of real-world experiences. This atmosphere was clearly felt by participants at LEAD 2026:  <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d77745 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d77745\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d229afa\" data-id=\"d229afa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a391687 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"a391687\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tToday, no learnings were held back. Challenges were discussed openly and in a solution-oriented way: \u2018This is how we tackle our issues \u2013 how do you do it?'\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Jannik Eggermann, Kampmann GmbH &amp; Co. KG <\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca7f3cf\" data-id=\"ca7f3cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-923b103 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"923b103\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tCompared to other, heavily input-driven formats, I felt that participants at LEAD were much more eager to engage in real conversations. I had discussions today that I could only have had here at LEAD. \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Mathis Stolz, nexwise <\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57a90cf\" data-id=\"57a90cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dabb63 elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"3dabb63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tThe atmosphere here is clearly one of give and take. It\u2019s not about briefly getting to know each other \u2013 it\u2019s really about having open and honest conversations on equal footing. \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Christoph Ha\u00df, \nPossehl Digital  <\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c00222c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c00222c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ff4de53\" data-id=\"ff4de53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f15d211 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f15d211\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-227d584 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"227d584\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb32197\" data-id=\"cb32197\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f81baa\" data-id=\"8f81baa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f646b69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"f646b69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eroefffnung_Hub-Nord_NLM_V3_Final_Claim.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2876e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2876e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW203059733 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203059733 BCX8\">\u00a9 <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY Bremen<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-599473e\" data-id=\"599473e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a629214 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a629214\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a4846c\" data-id=\"4a4846c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58e3c0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"58e3c0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9733009 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9733009\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6f7459\" data-id=\"e6f7459\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-148457c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"148457c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keynotes, workshops, and open innovation with real-world relevance<\/span><\/b><\/h3><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The program of LEAD 2026 followed the NLM philosophy of practical implementation. The technological tools are available \u2013 what matters now is how companies apply and scale them effectively.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">High-profile keynote speeches in the morning addressed topics such as industrial digitalisation from the perspective of global technology leaders, digital transformation within corporate groups, and the successful integration of generative AI into everyday business.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78b4f5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78b4f5f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b30d0d2\" data-id=\"b30d0d2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4d054c elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"f4d054c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tWe need AI just to stay in business.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Heiko Butz, Head of AI Strategy at BUHLMANN Group and Keynote-Speaker at LEAD 2026<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44fd5ae\" data-id=\"44fd5ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cfe218 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cfe218\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Heiko-Butz-Keynote-Speaker-LEAD-2026-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-87673\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Heiko-Butz-Keynote-Speaker-LEAD-2026-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Heiko-Butz-Keynote-Speaker-LEAD-2026-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Heiko-Butz-Keynote-Speaker-LEAD-2026-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Heiko-Butz-Keynote-Speaker-LEAD-2026.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" loading=\"eager\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82dfecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82dfecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW203059733 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203059733 BCX8\">\u00a9 encoway<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5dc387a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5dc387a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc666fa\" data-id=\"bc666fa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-953227d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"953227d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e56bbb1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e56bbb1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db300f1\" data-id=\"db300f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b28bf7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b28bf7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252266515 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252266515 BCX8\">In the afternoon, the focus shifted even more toward hands-on exchange. Workshops, interactive sessions, and the <\/span><\/span><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252266515 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252266515 BCX8\">Open Innovation Show<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW252266515 BCX8\" lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW252266515 BCX8\"> showcased concrete use cases \u2013 ranging from innovation processes and AI in sales to new approaches in software development.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"EOP SCXW252266515 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6a525c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6a525c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc11de5\" data-id=\"dc11de5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6e6be4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6e6be4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">HUB NORD is gaining momentum <\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/h3><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With the opening of HUB NORD, the exchange is far from over \u2013 quite the opposite. The new location will support companies in tackling digital challenges together, offering access to expertise, peer-to-peer formats, and space for co-innovation.  <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-943febf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"943febf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1ab747\" data-id=\"b1ab747\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af27cfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af27cfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Next Level Mittelstand invites companies to become part of this implementation-driven community \u2013 to learn from one another and actively shape digital transformation.<\/span><\/b><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Join in and take your company to the next digital level together with like-minded peers!<br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can find more information on NLM membership <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nextlevelmittelstand.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Click <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalhubindustry.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for upcoming events at the DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0db774 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b0db774\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8d0cf0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8d0cf0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dbcf10\" data-id=\"6dbcf10\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0904d11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0904d11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Image credits:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Header image: \u00a9 DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY Bremen<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 23, 2026, northern Germany\u2019s SME sector came together at LEAD 2026, hosted by the Next Level Mittelstand initiative at the DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY Bremen. Experts and executives from medium-sized companies, startups, as well as partners from industry, consulting, and technology discussed the digital transformation of SMEs. As the host, encoway officially opened the new HUB NORD together with Next Level Mittelstand during the event \u2013 establishing it as a place for collaboration and digital transformation in northern Germany.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":87574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"download-filter":[],"news-filter":[137],"class_list":["post-88035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","news-filter-neuigkeiten-bei-encoway"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Opening of the HUB NORD at LEAD 2026 | encoway<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opening of the HUB NORD at LEAD 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On April 23, 2026, northern Germany\u2019s SME sector came together at LEAD 2026, hosted by the Next Level Mittelstand initiative at the DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY Bremen. Experts and executives from medium-sized companies, startups, as well as partners from industry, consulting, and technology discussed the digital transformation of SMEs. As the host, encoway officially opened the new HUB NORD together with Next Level Mittelstand during the event \u2013 establishing it as a place for collaboration and digital transformation in northern Germany.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"encoway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-29T09:51:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-04T10:00:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-04-24_Opening_Nord-Hub_LEAD-26-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"541\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carolin Paar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carolin Paar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c85791e0a705671d6b7a9e5d6dbb52e4\"},\"headline\":\"Opening of the HUB NORD at LEAD 2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-29T09:51:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-04T10:00:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1085,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026-04-24_Opening_Nord-Hub_LEAD-26-2.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"Opening of the HUB NORD at LEAD 2026 | encoway\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026-04-24_Opening_Nord-Hub_LEAD-26-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-29T09:51:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-04T10:00:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026-04-24_Opening_Nord-Hub_LEAD-26-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026-04-24_Opening_Nord-Hub_LEAD-26-2.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":541},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/news\\\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Homepage\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/.\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Opening of the HUB NORD at LEAD 2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"encoway\",\"description\":\"CPQ, Full Service Anbieter, Variantenmanagement\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"encoway GmbH\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/encoway-logo-RGB-klein.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/encoway-logo-RGB-klein.png\",\"width\":468,\"height\":166,\"caption\":\"encoway GmbH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.encoway.de\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c85791e0a705671d6b7a9e5d6dbb52e4\",\"name\":\"Carolin Paar\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Opening of the HUB NORD at LEAD 2026 | encoway","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Opening of the HUB NORD at LEAD 2026","og_description":"On April 23, 2026, northern Germany\u2019s SME sector came together at LEAD 2026, hosted by the Next Level Mittelstand initiative at the DIGITAL HUB INDUSTRY Bremen. Experts and executives from medium-sized companies, startups, as well as partners from industry, consulting, and technology discussed the digital transformation of SMEs. As the host, encoway officially opened the new HUB NORD together with Next Level Mittelstand during the event \u2013 establishing it as a place for collaboration and digital transformation in northern Germany.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/","og_site_name":"encoway","article_published_time":"2026-04-29T09:51:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-04T10:00:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":541,"url":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-04-24_Opening_Nord-Hub_LEAD-26-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Carolin Paar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/"},"author":{"name":"Carolin Paar","@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/c85791e0a705671d6b7a9e5d6dbb52e4"},"headline":"Opening of the HUB NORD at LEAD 2026","datePublished":"2026-04-29T09:51:34+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-04T10:00:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/"},"wordCount":1085,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-04-24_Opening_Nord-Hub_LEAD-26-2.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/","url":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/","name":"Opening of the HUB NORD at LEAD 2026 | encoway","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-04-24_Opening_Nord-Hub_LEAD-26-2.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-29T09:51:34+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-04T10:00:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-04-24_Opening_Nord-Hub_LEAD-26-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-04-24_Opening_Nord-Hub_LEAD-26-2.jpg","width":1500,"height":541},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/news\/opening-of-the-hub-nord-at-lead-2026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Homepage","item":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/.\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Opening of the HUB NORD at LEAD 2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/","name":"encoway","description":"CPQ, Full Service Anbieter, Variantenmanagement","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/#organization","name":"encoway GmbH","url":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/encoway-logo-RGB-klein.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/encoway-logo-RGB-klein.png","width":468,"height":166,"caption":"encoway GmbH"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/c85791e0a705671d6b7a9e5d6dbb52e4","name":"Carolin Paar"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88035"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88071,"href":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88035\/revisions\/88071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88035"},{"taxonomy":"download-filter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/download-filter?post=88035"},{"taxonomy":"news-filter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encoway.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-filter?post=88035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}