A step-by-step approach to success
Despite the need for digital solutions, far too many digitalization projects are still foundering. What is the reason for this and how can it be prevented? Steinbeis consultant Tobias Fischer has analyzed the causes of …
Category: Transfer 2024
Implementing digitalization projects in SMEs
Staying on track with the DTXN
Steinbeis experts support implementation of digital transformation projects.
Implementing the digital transformation may no longer be a new challenge for businesses, but a systematic, evidence-based methodology that has been tried and tested can help to tackle it. Having recognized this, …
Leading the way
Regulations needn’t hold you back – with a bit of entrepreneurial creativity they can even inspire value-added solutions.
In every market segment and at every national and international level, routine business activities are dictated by laws, standards and regulations. However, …
Modern transportation driven by artificial intelligence
The Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute builds a collaborative data space with Düsseldorf Airport
Imagine arriving at your business meeting just a few minutes after getting off the plane. The SkyTrain takes you to and from the train station, straight from gate …
It’s all about the data
The Heilbronner MDM Round Table is an open industry consortium that addresses the strategic importance of data for digitalization
Technology and data are the driving forces behind digitalization. New technologies make it possible to convert analog variables into digital data …
Adding value for businesses with the metaverse
A systematic approach to help companies get started
Technological innovations play a vital role in an increasingly digital world. The metaverse is one such innovation – a convergent virtual reality that brings people from all over the world together and …
Smart digital systems improve sustainability and efficiency
ComoNeoPREDICT and STASA QC Optimize reduce production costs and enhance quality
Like many other sectors, the plastics industry is currently experiencing significant cost pressures. Many production facilities are struggling to cope with rising raw material, energy and labor costs. And …
Regiobiomatch: Delicious, sustainably grown food
The Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute is developing a digital matching service that makes it easier for organic products produced in the region to also be consumed there.
Environmental awareness and sustainability occupy an increasingly important place on the policy agenda. As …
Welcome to the latest issue of TRANSFER.
Impact may seem like a rather redundant topic for the Steinbeis TRANSFER magazine. But outside of the Steinbeis world at least, there are good reasons to think about the impacts of science and indeed to insist on the importance of …
Two years, one economic zone and no limits – EGON gathers momentum
The Steinbeis experts in Villingen-Schwenningen are coordinating an economic development project for three municipalities in the black forest
The Steinbeis Transfer Center Economy, Foundation, Commune in Villingen-Schwenningen has been directing and managing the multi-community economic development project “EGON” for over …
Female founders – the critical role of women
Steinbeis coach Verena Geisel provides support to women starting their own business.
Women’s role in the German startup scene has changed dramatically in recent years. Today, female founders are a driving force in many innovative industries and important contributors to …
Next-level transfer: Skills and corporate development
The first Steinbeis Dialog@Adlershof discusses innovations in talent management and professional development
A new format for a new venue. In July, the recently opened Steinbeis House in Berlin’s Adlershof neighborhood hosted the Steinbeis Dialog@Adlershof, where experts discussed one of the …
Professor em. Dr. Hans Jobst Pleitner
Steinbeis was saddened to learn of the passing of Hans Jobst Pleitner, who died in St. Gallen in July at the age of 89. With his lifelong devotion to academia, transfer and society, Pleitner was an inspiration for generations of …
More than just happy coincidence
CASEIA study investigates serendipity in innovations from research institutions and businesses and makes recommendations for the future
How do EU innovation programs affect the socio-economic impacts of European research institutions? This complex question was addressed by the CASEIA (Comparative Analysis …
Dedicated builder of bridges awarded german order of merit
Professor Dr.-Ing. Norbert Höptner receives german president’s decoration
The former Chancellor of Pforzheim University, Professor Dr.-Ing. Norbert Höptner, who served as Commissioner for Europe for the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Baden-Württemberg and director of the Steinbeis Europa Zentrum between …
Keeping a handle on building maintenance costs with PABI©
Steinbeis experts develop maintenance cost forecasting and staffing tool
The maintenance of buildings and their technical equipment is one of a property owner’s most important tasks. But maintenance managers often have trouble convincing decision-makers who are not experts in this …
The need for agility in the development of digital processes
Steinbeis experts share methods and processes for developing digital product and business model innovations with an SME
Development teams play a vital role in the digital age. They are expected to solve complex problems with vague and rapidly changing requirements …
“A fun beginner’s guide to hydrogen for all ages”
Bianca Brinner and her father Andreas are bringing out a hidden picture book explaining how hydrogen is produced and used
Also known as wimmelbooks, there’s a hidden picture book for almost any everyday situation. These children’s books depict richly detailed …
From staff editor to self-employment
Steinbeis helps founder start successful communications consultancy
The consulting market is growing. But that doesn’t mean that every business offering consulting services will be welcomed with open arms. Christian Gleichauf decided to venture into the world of self-employment when he …
Welcome to the latest edition of TRANSFER
New material developments and innovations in the field of materials research are central to a variety of global megatrends, as well as the challenges these pose in terms of medical technology, sustainability, resource and energy conservation, and climate change. Materials …
Two Sides of the Same Coin – Damage Analysis and Product Development
Steinbeis experts look at the material and product sector from an interdisciplinary perspective
To gain a comprehensive understanding of damage and its effects, damage should not be viewed in isolation. Instead, it must be understood in the context of its …
FlexCore – Flexible, Resource-Saving and Cost-Effective
Steinbeis experts help develop additive manufacturing technology for complex precast concrete elements
Producing precast concrete elements often involves the use of multiple-component formwork. This is due to the geometry of elements, and it can often lead to problems during demolding …
Laser Technology – Effective, Efficient, and Environmentally Friendly
An interview with Professor Dr.-Ing. Roland Wahl, Steinbeis Entrepreneur at the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Laser Processing and Innovative Manufacturing Technology
Precise edges, exact cuts, no chips, no material wear – just some of the advantages offered by laser technology. …
Real Impact Means Improvements in Everyday Life – as Well as Industry
An interview with Professor Dr. Britta Nestler and Dr.-Ing. Michael Selzer, Steinbeis Entrepreneurs at the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Material Simulation and Process Optimization
Whether it’s medicine, power engineering, or construction – no industry can move forward without materials. This …
AI and the Solar Thermal Systems of the Future
Steinbeis experts develop algorithms for controlling heat generation systems
saM_soL – a new name coined by Samson, a Frankfurt-based provider of control systems, who joined forces with Solites, the Steinbeis Innovation Center for Solar and Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems, to …
A clear focus on future viability
An interview with Dr.-Ing. Stephan Issler and Professor Dr.-Ing. Peter Häfele, Steinbeis entrepreneurs at the BWF Steinbeis Transfer Center for Component Strength and Safety, Materials Engineering and Joining Technology at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
Components should not only be …
Research Funding – Rise and Shine!
Steinbeis Consultant Helmut Haimerl supports startups on the path to funding capital
German startups face a growing number of financial challenges and find it more and more difficult to raise venture capital. Last year, investments in hopeful enterprises amounted to …
Efficient Processes and Resource Efficiency – a Goal, an Opportunity, and a Challenge
An interview with Steinbeis expert Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Kaufeld
The emergence of new materials is impacting many areas. On the one hand they influence the actual products they go into, but on the other, they also require new ways (of …
Innovative, Accurate, Efficient
Steinbeis experts help develop a new method for cross-linking liquid silicone rubber in the injection molding process
First developed in the 1970s, liquid silicone rubber (LSR) has become increasingly important as a material in recent years. There are number of …
Light is Right
An interview with Professor Dr.-Ing. Lothar Kallien, Steinbeis Entrepreneur at Technology Foundry Aalen – GTA, a Steinbeis Transfer Center
Innovations in die casting – an area Professor Dr.-Ing. Lothar Kallien knows a great deal about. As a professor at Aalen …
ALD Processes – Highly Homogeneous and Decorative Coatings
An example of successful transfer of knowledge and technology
On some metals, it is possible to add transparent, colorful-looking coatings due to interference effects of added layers. However, electrical field effects occur along edges or in narrow recesses during production …
Following the Heat Treatment of Aluminum Alloys in Real Time
Steinbeis experts and a team from Mubea conduct investigations into innovative automotive components
A family-run business, Mubea is a global market leader in the development and manufacture of complex components used in the automotive and aviation industries. The focus in …