SAP-Solution: China

The USA continues to have by far the largest share of the global IT market. Business with IT is also growing particularly dynamically in China, albeit still at a low level.

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As a result of company acquisitions at the globally oriented machine and plant manufacturer J. Wagner, an inorganically grown IT landscape consisting of SAP and non-SAP solutions has emerged. To support further growth and improve transparency, Wagner has decided to introduce SAP step by step in all companies of the group.

Lenovo and SAP have entered into an agreement under which Lenovo will provide an enterprise cloud solution developed exclusively for customers of a Hana platform license in China.

Fraunhofer IAO has analyzed Chinese patent activities for Industry 4.0. China has applied for important patents and will get sovereignty over production data in the future.

Non-European production sites and markets are becoming increasingly important. China occupies a central place alongside Brazil, Russia and India. Many German companies also produce in China and sell their products locally and in other Asian markets.