Expert Topic Startup-Machine

Startup-Machine

Uniting Machine Engineering and Startups

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Startups transform trending topics into new technologies and products that will be of importance in the future of mechanical engineering. Startups employ novel work practices which mechanical engineers should be aware of.

Conversely, mechanical engineering represents a huge user industry for startups. With VDMA Startup-Machine, we have created a platform that brings both of these parties together - matchmaking which is relevant to the mechanical engineering industry. We invite you to join us!

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From May 15-19, 2023, the Woodworking Machinery Association and Startup Machine organized the LIGNA.FutureSquare at LIGNA 2023, creating a place full of inspiration and innovation.

Start-ups for the future of the wood and furniture industry

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Innovation Tour 2023 to the Startup Nation Israel

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Technology on the road

Reducing costs in technical service with Augmented Reality Remote Assistance in glass production – Oculavis, the young start-up demonstrated how this is possible at the VDMA booth at glasstec.

Fusion Bionic introduced bio-inspired glass surfaces

How can lasers create multifunctional surfaces? Startup Fusion Bionic answered this question with a live demonstration at the VDMA booth.

Automated gripping with a gecko effect

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Scientific VISION Days 2022

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Benefiting from the network - tackling AI projects together

More and more companies in mechanical and plant engineering are turning to artificial intelligence. Cooperation partners such as universities, IT service providers or start-ups are playing an increasingly important role.

In a nutshell

In a nutshell

Auf den Punkt Zitat - Expert Topic Startup-Machine

"I am proud that with our VDMA Startup Machine we are making a significant contribution to understanding mechanical engineering and the startup world as an innovation system and realizing integration."

Hartmut Rauen, Deputy Executive Director of VDMA

Auf den Punkt Zahl Expert Topic Startup-Machine

44

Percent of SMEs

are already working with startups.

Source: VDMA

Auf den Punkt Zusammenfassung Startup Beispiel

Summary
Using AI to find startups for the mechanical engineering sector
  • Only 23 percent of SMEs working with startups fund their own scouting
  • VDMA Startup-Machine thereby supports members in their search for partners and in the screening of startup trends
  • The Startup Radar provides an overview of the global startup scene for the mechanical engineering sector (3000+ startups)

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Weitere VDMA Leistungen

Weitere VDMA Leistungen
Startup-Scouting
Tracking down and highlighting startup trends and contacts for the international mechanical engineering industry - that is the mission behind our startup scouting services.
Networking and Matchmaking
As a platform for mechanical engineering and startups, we bring both parties together: We create spaces to meet, establish networks and initiate partnerships.
Member Coaching
Startup methods and collaboration - in a close exchange with mechanical engineering companies and startups, we develop and communicate methods and strategies.

More expert and focus topics

More expert and focus topics
Future Business
Trendscouting - Foresight - Startups: We are tracking the future of mechanical engineering. Well structured and across all sectors within VDMA, in the almost infinite variety of complex topics for the next 10-15 years. Our goal: to identify trends and disruptions relevant to machine makers at an early stage and make them usable, to point out new business opportunities and to build networks.
Culture of innovation
Increasing the ability to innovate in times of digitalization and "VUCA" has been in the spotlight of companies in our industry for several years. Especially following a crisis, it is crucial to be ready and prepared with the right business models as well as suitable systems and structures, and to break away from old habits. The culture of innovation is an important basis and prerequisite for all efforts. If you want hard successes, you should start soft.
Corporate Foresight
Corporate Foresight means conducting futurology from a corporate perspective in order to „manage“ the future. It is a vision-building process which complements classical innovation management and prepares for all kinds of change – achieving resilience no matter what kind of trend or forecast will become real.
Innovation and transfer networks
Research, innovation and transfer networks allow us to reach a broad range of companies with offers suited for practical application. Key success factors include networking and maintaining a dialog with the parties involved, consolidating a wide range of competencies and quickly transferring research results to companies in the mechanical and plant engineering sector.
Industrial collective research
Industrial Collective Research (IGF) serves as a unique innovation platform for small and medium-sized enterprises. Being a thematically open and industry-driven program, IGF represents an important building block in pre-competitive research for the mechanical and plant engineering sector.
Research Funding
In order to support long-term and future-oriented research and development, innovative projects are granted financial backing. In addition to collaborative and joint research, companies may also benefit from tax-based research funding.
Artificial Intelligence
Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence and machine learning. At VDMA, there are already many organizational units that are examining the topic more closely. Here, you can gain some insight into all the activities that the VDMA is conducting on the topic of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
OPC UA
As an open interface standard, OPC UA is a central prerequisite for the successful introduction of Industrie 4.0 in production. OPC UA ensures the interoperability of machines and systems, which can be linked and redesigned as required via Plug & Work - platform-independent and cross-manufacturer.
Cybersecurity
When it comes to security at the VDMA, everything revolves around protecting machines and systems in production, manufacturing or intralogistics from attacks and disruptions. The aim of these organizational and technical protective measures is to develop cyber-resilient machines and systems and trustworthy services while reliably maintaining their permanent operation.
Platform economy
The mechanical engineering industry is successfully advancing the digital transformation. So far, this has primarily concerned manufacturing, but in the future it will also involve new business models. Digital platforms and the associated platform economy are going to play an ever more prominent role, and value creation in the mechanical engineering industry is increasingly taking place via digital services.
Production
In manufacturing and assembly outstanding machines and plants become reality. This is where information and material flow together, not always according to plan. However it is important to meet the high demands in terms of quality, time and costs every day.
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