Pioneering WATER AI for You
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Wilo is shaping the future of water management with a clear focus on innovation, responsibility, and long-term value creation. With our Group Strategy “Pioneering WATER AI for You”, we combine our expertise in water technology with the capabilities of artificial intelligence.
We are guided by our vision of contributing to positive development for people and the environment through our solutions. Our mission is to develop solutions as a pioneer of smart water technology for key challenges in water management and to create measurable impact in defined areas of action.
Our strategy integrates corporate sustainability, technological innovation, and lived responsibility in a consistent approach. It is based on our three impact areas: Creating, Caring, Connecting. This is how we approach the WATER AI era.
WATER AI describes the systematic connection between water technology and artificial intelligence. We combine our business activities with the capabilities of artificial intelligence in order to further develop processes, systems, and decisions in a targeted way. AI can be an important building block in supporting specific sustainability goals, for example through data-based optimization of processes and resource use.
An integrated Group Strategy
With “Pioneering WATER AI for You”, we bring together two central strategic approaches in one Group Strategy: Wilo’s sustainability strategy and AI strategy.
The structure continues to be based on the established impact areas Creating, Caring, and Connecting, complemented by the perspective of WATER AI. Our functional and regional strategies are derived from Wilo’s Group Strategy.
Artificial intelligence is understood as an important factor in the data-based development of processes, systems, and decisions, and in supporting the implementation of strategic goals.
Our impact areas
Our impact areas – the central fields of action within our Group Strategy – define the framework for our business activities. They describe the areas in which we seek to make a contribution and how we align our activities.
Creating
With water technology that we consistently develop to be safer and increasingly AI-embedded, we contribute to:
shaping urban living spaces.
securing energy infrastructure.
facilitating access to clean water.
improving food security.
strengthening healthcare.
enabling the Digital & AI era.
Caring
As a responsible company, we are committed to:
reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.
cutting down on resource consumption and upholding human rights throughout our supply chains.
strengthening a values-based corporate culture.
encouraging diversity in our workforce.
promoting the health of our employees.
embracing human-centric AI.
Connecting
Through strong partnerships, we work on:
facilitating qualifications and further training for people.
shaping the regulatory frameworks.
collaboration across borders.
embracing strong AI partnerships.
Our AI activities are guided by three pillars
WATER AI is an integral part of our Group Strategy and describes the connection between water technology and artificial intelligence.
We embed AI.
Wilo integrates artificial intelligence directly into products, systems, and services. Intelligent control systems and real-time monitoring are designed to help optimize energy and water consumption in the digital and AI era.
We enable AI.
Wilo develops intelligent water technology for the AI value chain: from raw material extraction to high-tech fabs and hyperscale data centers. With selected solutions, Wilo supports the development and operation of high-performance water and cooling infrastructures for data centers.
We embrace AI.
Wilo uses AI across the company – from research and development to manufacturing, logistics, and customer service. AI helps accelerate development cycles, optimize planning, and support employees and customers in their daily work. In this way, processes can be streamlined.
Our ambition
We continuously develop our solutions and processes with the aim of meeting long-term economic, technological, and social requirements. Responsible use of water and the goal of improving people’s quality of life are central to this approach. A conscious approach to water, together with our ambition to make a tangible contribution through our solutions to supply, efficiency, and quality of life, remains at the core of our actions.