Category: Cross Section

Researchers quantify the ecotoxicological impact of pharmaceuticals in real time
Demographic change in industrial nations is fueling stronger demand for pharmaceuticals. We are already seeing major volumes of substances with pharmacological effects entering the waste water system and sewage treatment …

An interview with Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister of Economic Affairs, Labor, and Housing
Big data, digital solutions, and networking are all terms that reflect a trend toward what many Germans now call Industry 4.0. What they don’t express is …

Steinbeis experts provide support on the analysis of an automotive client’s level of maturity
An interesting assignment for the team at the Steinbeis Consulting Center for Knowledge Management in Augsburg: A carmaker asked the consultants for support with the introduction …

A review of the Steinbeis Engineering Day 2017
Organized by the Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute (FSTI) in collaboration with the German regional team of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), this year’s Steinbeis Engineering Day was an invitation to take part in …

Steinbeis experts develop process for purifying and activating basalt fibers
Melt basalt and it creates a material consisting of several minerals called basalt fiber. These minerals are primarily of natural volcanic origin, or in technical terms: They are geogenic. Unlike …

SHB student designs innovation process for multi-departmental platform projects
Innovation, technological progress, and fostering new ideas based on existing competences – key factors that motivated HOERBIGER Holding AG (Zug, Switzerland) to adopt a new approach in its corporate business development …

Steinbeis Consulting Center produces study on the Chinese biomedical market
The Chinese medical supply market is dictated by an imbalance between the regions of the country along the Pacific coast, which have gained in prosperity, and the provinces in the …

Steinbeis experts develop tool kit-based PLM teaching module PLM-Tactile
Digitalization in combination with Industry 4.0 (cyber-physical systems and the Internet of Things) will decide the destiny of German industry. A successful transformation within a company requires the horizontal integration (also …

Steinbeis experts develop a framework to evaluate the robustness of electronic control unit software
The transition to fully autonomous vehicles, which would automatically assume total responsibility of the driving maneuvers automatically performed, is a major challenge for the automotive industry, …

Steinbeis Consultant provides support with the setting up of e-scooter sales structures
What’s the quickest and most inexpensive way to travel a mile to work? This question resulted in the development of the business model for eScooter-fun.com. For Alexander Heinzelmann, …

Steinbeis experts provide inventor with a helping hand entering the healthcare market
Dr. Michael Fürst, medical expert from the Upper Swabian city of Bad Wurzach, had been filing away at an innovative product with major market potential for a long …

Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum runs a support center for the Vanguard Initiative in Baden-Wuerttemberg
The Vanguard initiative involves around 30 European regions, which have formed an alliance to “lead by example” and boost innovation and industrial growth in the EU. The core topics …

Steinbeis experts conduct research into the use of Product Service Systems as part of the Use PSS network
Digitalization is accelerating at an unprecedented pace. Everything regarding digital transformation revolves around the customer, whose expectations regarding products and the companies …