A look back (and forward) at winners and their projects
The Steinbeis Foundation Transfer Award – the Löhn Award was initiated and first bestowed by the Steinbeis Foundation in September 2004 in acknowledgement of the outstanding achievements of Prof. Dr. …
DeepTech4Good: Start-ups Coming to the Fore
Steinbeis 2i remains important partner of European Union accelerator program
It’s all in a name. Deep tech start-up is the new term for a start-up founded on the basis of a breakthrough technology or science. The start-up’s product or service …
A Standardized Formula for Success
Steinbeis experts scoop the 2019 DIN-Connect award
Is standardization the same thing as simplification? Certainly not. This is something a funding program called DIN-Connect aims to demonstrate by honoring innovative projects offering standardization potential. The winners of the 2019 award …
Finding Defects Acoustically
A Steinbeis test measurement system can detect welding defects using acoustic emission analysis
Welding is applied as a production technique in many areas of industry. The advantages offered by the method are often tarnished, however, by one major disadvantage: Quality …
It’s All Happening in Magstadt – The First Magstadt Startup Day Pulls in Business Founders
Steinbeis consultants help a local authority reach out to startups by supporting launch of new concept
It’s not often people suddenly flock to a small community like Magstadt, which lies in the outskirts of Böblingen in Baden-Wuerttemberg. But in November, …
Successful Succession in the Making!
After 30 years, Günter Willmerding is closing down his Steinbeis Center after successfully handing the baton to Jakob Häckh
The move to the new Steinbeis premises in Langenau (in the district of Alb-Danube) marks a successful transition to the next …
Dear Readers,
35 years of Steinbeis. I’m delighted that my baby is now an adult and the fundamental values are still in place. Of course, this is also due to the people who have taken on these values and “live” them. I’d …
Nano-Topics, Macro-Significance
Work gets underway at the new Nanoanalytics Center at the NMI in Reutlingen
Nanotechnology, and with it analytics, is not only becoming increasingly important to the semiconductor industry, nanoanalytics now play a central role in many fields of life science …
“Transfer has to interpret and understand research findings and know the needs of companies”
A TRANSFER interview with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Johann Löhn, Steinbeis founder and honorary trustee of the foundation
When a man born and bred in the north of Germany uproots and moves to the deepest corner of the Black …
“The award motivated us”
Each project leads to the next: stories behind the winners of the Steinbeis Foundation Transfer Award
The project drew to a close, then it won the Steinbeis Foundation Transfer Award – the Löhn Award – and then? What happened next? …
“Cost-effectiveness plays an important role for solutions in this area”
An interview with Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gerhard Linß and Steffen Lübbecke, managing directors of Steinbeis Qualitätssicherung und Bildverarbeitung (SQB) GmbH
Three projects, three times winners of the Steinbeis Foundation Transfer Award. Steinbeis experts Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gerhard Linß and Steffen …
DATA2LINE® becomes DATA2LINE® GEO
STASA team overhauls analysis of magnetic field data
Somewhere in the world, one person is killed by a mine or unexploded bomb every 30 minutes. STASA (Steinbeis Angewandte Systemanalyse GmbH) has been working in close partnership with Institut Dr. Foerster …
“We feel most comfortable in the field of heat management”
An interview with Professor Dr.-Ing. Andreas Griesinger, director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Heat Management in Electronics
Heat management involves applications in many areas, as Professor Dr.-Ing. Andreas Griesinger explains in an interview with TRANSFER. A winner of the …
Award-winning project in 2018: Real-time control of passenger car powertrain for realistic vehicle testing
Short development cycles thanks to new test bench control systems
Vehicle powertrains are subject to a variety of demands, typically requiring major time and financial investments in order to meet expectations regarding driving performance, emissions, durability, and fuel consumption. To …
“In the media sector, one technical revolution follows hot on the heels of the other”
An interview with Professor Dr. Michael Bauer, director of the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Technical Communication – Paracam
In 2012, new systems came along that allow orthopedic surgeons and trauma specialists to observe ceramic implants going through virtual motions using …
Award-winning project in 2018: A diagnostics platform for communication systems used in automation technology
Successful joint venture promotes communication beyond the walls of the company
As industrial production becomes progressively networked, it is relying more and more heavily on modern communication systems. To simplify error detection and the analysis of industrial communication systems, the …
“The importance of testing instruments is rising rapidly”
An interview with Dr. Daniel Ulmer, managing director of Steinbeis Interagierende Systeme GmbH
Innovative testing platforms for modern driver assistance systems: Dr. Daniel Ulmer spoke to TRANSFER magazine about the requirements these solutions have to address, the importance of sustainability …
The Only Constant Is Change…
An award-winning team from Pforzheim looks back – and forward
The experts at the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Production and Organization developed a new welding technique in collaboration with Stadtmüller GmbH. Based on laser technology, the solution makes it possible …
This Is the Network Calling!
A look back at the 2018 Steinbeis Day
The platform provided by Steinbeis makes us a reliable partner for company startups, business projects, and people who want to apply their expertise to the overlapping areas of science and academia on …
Three Awards, Two Anniversaries, One Bedrock of the Organization
A look back at the 2018 Steinbeis Night
Two numbers stood out at this year’s Steinbeis Night at the Stuttgart Liederhalle Arts and Convention Center. It was the 15th time that the Steinbeis Foundation Transfer Award – the Löhn Award …
“The challenge lies in the complexity of different expectations and goals”
An interview with Hartmut Welck and Matthieu Grosjean, experts in international innovation management at Steinbeis 2i GmbH (S2i)
Innovation and internationalization – two areas of focus for the experts at Steinbeis 2i GmbH, which works in close collaboration with the …
Saving Energy Through Environmental Communication
Steinbeis experts coordinate initiative looking at the energy efficiency of care homes
Senior care homes do not put much thought into energy issues. Understandably so – they have plenty of other topics demanding the attention of care workers, in all …
It All Depends on the Quality of Management
Steinbeis seminar provides insights into management psychology – a key success factor for companies
The Gallup Institute regularly conducts a worldwide study to gauge how motivated and loyal skilled workers feel about individual companies. The outcome: Up to 80% of …
Music Running Through Your Veins – and Your App
Steinbeis coach supports startup in the world of advertising music
Press rewind – back to a master’s degree course at Baden-Wuerttemberg Pop Academy, where Markus Schwarzer, Jakob Höflich, and Joshua Weikert first met. The three friends quickly realize that they …
It Doesn’t Always Have to Be Amazon
Steinbeis mentors provide coaching support to young business founders linking up online searches with on-site shopping
Where can I find those running shoes, that school bag made from recycled plastic bottles, or that delicious wine from Spain? It’s so easy …
Turning the Spotlight on Rolling Bearings
Steinbeis experts compare optical confocal and white light measurement technology with tactile roughness measurement
The Steinbeis experts working at the Steinbeis Transfer Center in Herzogenaurach are specialists in the field of bearings. For some time now, they have been looking …
A Different Approach to Mobile Robotics
Team of students at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) in Ravensburg develops fully automated seating robot
According to a study conducted by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), technology can currently already perform more than 70% of the activities …
Straight from University into Management
An interview with Nicoline Janssen, alumna of Steinbeis University Berlin
In her main job, she is a specialist in labor law at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart. But Nicoline Janssen is also a mother, a volunteer lifeguard for the …
A Vision of Future Generations
A network revolving around a Steinbeis company organizes a high school and university trip to the Vision trade show in Stuttgart
It’s never too early to foster the next generation of specialists – as six members of a technology alliance …
Translating Wear and Tear into Sound Using Acoustic Fingerprints
Steinbeis experts work with the University of Stuttgart to develop a new kind of algorithm for monitoring milling processes
The competitiveness of manufacturing facilities and companies in high-salary countries like Germany depends on the cost-effectiveness and performance of production machines. …
The Self-Renewing Enterprise: The Potential Success Offered by Corporate Succession
Steinbeis creativity workshop develops criteria for successful self-renewal processes
Two Steinbeis consultants, Martin Ritter and Günther Luber, have dedicated their expertise to the field of salvaging companies. At a creativity workshop held at the last Steinbeis Day they showed how …
Well Done – With Room for Improvement
Experts conduct research into digitalization levels of companies in the Black Forest district of Baar-Heuberg (SBH)
Are businesses in the Black Forest district of Baar-Heuberg (SBH) prepared for future challenges, and in which areas do they still need to take …
Medical Technology in an Era of Digital Solutions
Network initiates forum for creating successful SME business models through participative technology development
In a democracy, technical know-how, action, and decision-making should not be reserved for a handful of experts. They should be accessible to a broad section of the …
Innovation That Bonds
Steinbeis experts work with a plant manufacturer on the development of individually produced tanks
Container and equipment requirements necessitate increasingly precise and adaptable production options, especially in the fields of food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals. A particular problem faced …
Leadership, Education, Personality: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Call for papers from the School of International Business and Entrepreneurship (SIBE)
The world is undergoing sweeping change – transcending society, the state, politics, the media, culture, and business. It’s times like this that leaders are needed who know how …
Photonic FabLabs – The Next Digital Technology Revolution
Steinbeis acts as partner in an EU project called PHABLABS 4.0
Light is one of those diverse areas of technology that excite people, probably because there are very few areas that photonics cannot be applied to. From energy transmission to …