The focus of our Steinbeis Transfer magazine in 2024 will lie in REAL IMPACT for both our ECONOMY and SOCIETY. In this issue, we focus on the fascinating field of MATERIALS and their CONSTITUENTS. These are the very starting point …
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 …
“The entrepreneurial genes of an SME are anchored in our DNA”
An interview with Dr. Cyrus Bark, Managing Director of Mittelstandswerk
Securing external funding as a small or medium-sized company is easier said than done, something Dr. Cyrus Bark knows from his own, somewhat painful experience in the past. With more …
Company Acquisitions – Why ESG Factors Are Central to Success and Corporate Value
Steinbeis M&A Partners and the Steinbeis Augsburg Business School, a Steinbeis Consulting Center, join forces in strategic initiatives
In a world marked by rapid change, the important role played by mergers and acquisitions (M&As) has extended to different areas. Gone …
Spotting Poor Technique and Improving Athletic Performance
An interview with Professor Dr. Jürgen Edelmann-Nusser, Steinbeis Entrepreneur at the Steinbeis Research Center for Technologies, Performance Diagnostics and Health Management in Sport
Sports biomechanics enables precise movement analysis and optimisation of an athlete's technique with the aim of improving …
The Exciting Interplay between Conflict and Innovation
An interview with Dr. Wolfram Dreier, Steinbeis Entrepreneur at the Steinbeis Transfer Center for Conflict Resolution
Wolfram Dreier has been working within the Steinbeis Network for almost 30 years, and for two decades he has overseen the Steinbeis Transfer Center …
It’s All About the Combination – Welding and Forming in One
Steinbeis experts develop process technology for the automated arc welding and forming of high-strength steel structural components
Electric vehicle trends, and increasingly stringent requirements regarding the reduction of pollutants and carbon emitted by industrial products, are spawning a growing number …
ESG Ratings for SMEs – Smart, Fast, and Affordable
Steinbeis consultant helps SMEs maintain their strategic focus on sustainability
ESG ratings are used to assess how the business models of companies account for sustainability. To do this, risk evaluations are carried out and performance is measured on the basis …
On the Path to Becoming a Climate-Neutral City
A team of Steinbeis experts moderates a public participation program dealing with the development of a climate protection concept in Schorndorf
A climate change mitigation concept encompassing 92 measures, discussed for no less than 15 hours over the course of …
Promoting Innovation Ecosystems
Steinbeis experts support SMEs from Baden-Wuerttemberg in implementing the EU’s Digital and Innovation Strategy
The integration of regional companies into European innovation systems and thus the utilisation of the expertise available in Europe is an important component of innovation promotion …
Industrial Image Processing and Top-Tier System Integration
Steinbeis experts translate project know-how into practical solutions
Precision and efficiency are of tremendous importance to industry in modern times, as a result of which an increasingly vital role is played by industrial image processing. Steinbeis Qualitätssicherung und Bildverarbeitung (SQB) …
A Startup Takes to the Stage: Innovative Staff Retention and Company Cultures that Touch the Emotions
Steinbeis consultant supports startup project with creative approach to strengthen corporate culture
Steinbeis consultant Doris Deichselberger from the Steinbeis Consulting Center for Change Management and Business Coaching has been supporting a creative startup project. Arts company Norbert Eilts – Wortkino …
Harmonizing People and Technology through “Innovationskunst”
Introducing innovations from a holistic standpoint
Innovations improve our quality of living and accelerate advancement. But whether they succeed depends on successful interaction between a number of stakeholders within the innovation system. The most important players in such a system …
Innovation Systems
An INNOVATION SYSTEM represents the totality of all subcomponents and plays an indispensable role in successful innovation. But what are the key elements of a successful innovation system, and what role do MITTELSTAND enterprises – the SMEs that form the …
Steinbeis Day 2023 | Network. Event. Campus.
A review and impressions of the day
In keeping with tradition, the Steinbeis network met up once again on September 29, 2023 for a Steinbeis networking event. Going by the name Network. Event. Campus., the meet-up was an opportunity for …
“It’s about doing things right”
An interview with Steinbeis Entrepreneur Wolfgang Müller
Innovation systems, innovation management, innovation financing – topics Steinbeis expert Wolfgang Müller knows everything about. For more than 30 years, he has been helping companies implement innovation projects. In an interview with TRANSFER …
MindTags: Always Headed in the Right Direction
A problem for some becomes an innovative solution for all
MindTags Group has been tackling an everyday problem for blind people – finding their bearings and gathering information in buildings. In part, this issue has a direct impact on actual …
When Geopolitics Gains the Upper Hand
Not only do innovations have to be good – they also have to overcome geopolitical hurdles
Innovations are relatively easy to recognize because they make things fundamentally better, faster, or easier. But where do “things new” come from? How do …
“We see sustainable action as a corporate and socio-ecological responsibility for the future”
An interview with Dr. Philipp Liedl, Steinbeis Entrepreneur at the Steinbeis Consulting Center Technological Transformation
Accelerated innovation cycles, the rapidly decreasing half-life of expert knowledge, and multiple crises pose a variety of new challenges to innovation systems. How can all …
Acquiring and Passing on Knowledge
Steinbeis experts focus on the development of competences
The Steinbeis Transfer Institute competence institute unisono specializes in developing the skills of people and organizations. The many certification courses it offers allow experts to pass on know-how not only in the …
Achieving Regional Progress Together – Cooperative Innovation Ecosystems
A response to disruptive developments and complex challenges in the SME sector
In times of turmoil, there is an opportunity for SMEs organized into cooperatives to respond to complex challenges by finding solutions together, especially by harnessing the power and …
Transform – and Innovate
An exploration of the interplay between emerging technologies, education, and innovation at SMEs
In his youth, Professor Fritz J. Neff, Steinbeis expert and author of this edition’s Steinbeis Swipe column, enjoyed watching bakers, butchers, carpenters, clockmakers, and glassblowers manufacture their …