Economy, security, healthcare: Dortmund’s Lord Mayor in dialogue with Wilo CEO

Oliver Hermes welcomes Alexander Kalouti at the Wilopark

Dortmund. The Lord Mayor of the City of Dortmund has visited the Wilopark. Oliver Hermes, President & Global CEO of the Wilo Group, welcomed Alexander Kalouti – elected as the city’s leader in September 2025 – for a tour of Wilo’s corporate headquarters and an in‑depth exchange. Topics discussed included the development of Dortmund as a business hub, security in the city’s public spaces, and healthcare provision in Dortmund.

“As one of Dortmund’s largest employers, we see it as our corporate responsibility to maintain a relationship of trust and partnership with the city’s leadership,” says Oliver Hermes. “We are firmly convinced that an exchange between the political sphere and the business community on an equal footing makes the city better in the long term – both economically and socially. This includes continually identifying and openly discussing opportunities as well as current challenges.”

“The Wilopark is an impressive example of how industrial strength, sustainable innovation and social responsibility can be interwoven. Wilo is an important driving force for Dortmund – as an employer, a global company and a partner for the future of our city, where healthy and steady economic growth is indispensable. And the Health Cube is a model for how healthcare can be rethought and opened up to the entire urban community,” said Lord Mayor Alexander Kalouti during his visit to Wilo.

A tour of the Wilopark took Alexander Kalouti and Oliver Hermes from the market partner meeting centre, the Networking Cube, through the intelligent Smart Factory and the hydrogen plant H2POWERPLANT to what is, for now, the last stand‑alone construction project at Wilo’s corporate headquarters: the Health Cube. This innovative health centre, which will benefit both Wilo’s approximately 10,000 employees worldwide and the citizens of Dortmund, will open on 1 April.