On September 20, 2023, the inaugural Zibo Talent Festival was grandly opened. In the afternoon of the same day, the press conference for the Zibo Smart Manufacturing Talent Bank was held at the Sino-German Smart Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base. This event was hosted by the Zibo Municipal Education Bureau, Zibo Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, and Zibo Daily, with Shandong University of Technology and Rhein Koester as the organizers.

Recently, the Shandong University of Science and Technology and Rhein Koester Joint Internship and Training Program for Excellent Engineer Development in the field of Sino-German Intelligent Manufacturing was held at the demonstration base for the integration of industry and education. The training, which lasted for six weeks, involved nearly 50 students majoring in Mechanical Manufacturing and Automation from the 2020 cohort of Shandong University of Science and Technology.

On the morning of 18th September 2023, more than 60 teachers and students from the third and fourth years of Qingdao Huanghai University, majoring in Intelligent Manufacturing, came to Rhein Koester Qingdao for a study tour.

Recently, the Zibo Municipal Association for Science and Technology announced the list of “2023-2025 Zibo Science Popularization Education Bases.” The Sino-German Smart Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base, operated and constructed by Rhein Koester, has been recognized as a Zibo Science Popularization Education Base.

On the morning of September 13, 2023, more than 60 students and teachers from the Intelligent Manufacturing program at the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Qingdao University of Science and Technology visited and toured Rhein Koester (Qingdao). They were warmly received and provided with explanations by Ms. Guan Xuejuan, the Business Manager of Rhein Koester (Qingdao), and Ms. Ren Xuying, a trainer from the Ministry of Education.

On September 7th, the three-day “4th Shandong High-End, Intelligent, and Green Technology Transformation Expo” was held at the Rizhao International Exhibition Center. This Expo, themed “Advancing Technological Transformation and Empowering Industrial Economy,” aims to diligently implement the work directives from the provincial party committee and government on deepening the “Ten Thousand Technological Transformations, Ten Thousand Enterprises Transformation” initiative. It selects Shandong’s leading digital transformation achievements and intelligent manufacturing products to build a new exchange platform for technological transformation supply and demand, catering to diverse audience needs.

On the morning of September 8th, the 2023 Annual Professional Title Review Training Conference was successfully held at the Sino-German Smart Manufacturing Industry-Education Integration Demonstration Base in the Zibo High-tech Zone Human Resources and Social Security Center. Over 200 companies participated in the event.

On the morning of September 8, 2023, the “Excellent Engineer” Innovation Skills Training Program at China University of Petroleum (East China) successfully concluded. Leaders from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), including Professor Ma Wenzhong, the head of the department, and Associate Professor Dong Lei, as well as Ms. Liu Hong, Vice General Manager of Rhein Koester, attended the graduation ceremony.