Dear Readers,

first, I would like to briefly introduce myself as the new editor-in-chief of adhesion. My name is Holger Seybold and I have been working as an editor for 23 years, including more than 10 years in the industrial B2B environment in various technology sectors. I have been on board at Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden (Germany) for almost 4 years.

As editor-in-chief, I am also responsible for the sister magazine IST - International Surface Technology and their German-language editions, additional maschinenbau. I also lead the ‘Materials + Environment' editorial team with further journals of the environmental sector.

Don't worry, your specialist magazine adhesion will remain essentially as it is. However, by intensifying the exchange within our specialist editorial teams, I would like to increase synergies in the future and give you the famous opportunity to think outside the box. Because the current challenges facing the industry run like a common thread through all areas of technology. All aspects of digitalization can be found as well as sustainability strategies in terms of the circular economy.

The cover story in this issue focuses on solutions for bonding the rotor blades of wind turbines, which are a major component of our global energy supply strategy for the future. After all, only with renewable energies can we achieve the phase-out of fossil energy sources, which, as we all know, are not infinitely available.

I wish you an exciting read.

Yours

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Holger Seybold

Editor-in-Chief