Sharing knowledge and bringing ideas to life
Co-innovation:
Services for effective knowledge exchange
We bring together expertise, technologies, and people—for collaborative innovations that are ready for the market.
WHY Co-Innovation?
Co-innovation opens up new horizons!
When companies, partners, and customers combine their strengths, tangible solutions emerge that would not be possible on their own and that have the potential to transform markets and industries.
Nowadays, modern innovation challenges can only be overcome by working together. This is exactly where our co-innovation methodology comes in: it combines expertise, creates space for open knowledge exchange, and brings technologies to where they are needed.
With our co-innovation services, we create the right formats, structures, and networks to turn initial ideas into tangible results—quickly, efficiently, and with real added value for everyone involved.
Strong partnerships, powerful solutions
6 compelling reasons for co-innovation
Synergy effects through partner combination
Combining the expertise of different partners leads to mutual enrichment, resulting in innovative solutions that benefit everyone involved.
Accelerated innovation processes
Access to a broad network and efficient moderation of innovation processes by experts accelerate the development of ideas into market-ready products and services.
Cost efficiency
Co-innovation enables resources to be used more efficiently and costs to be shared, making the innovation process more cost-effective than independent developments.
Enhanced market knowledge and customer orientation
Collaboration with various partners, including end users, increases understanding of market needs and customer expectations, leading to more targeted and successful innovations.
Access to new technologies and expertise
Partners in the network often contribute specialized knowledge and technologies that may not be available to individual companies, which strengthens the technological basis and innovative power.
Risk reduction and quick adaptability
Co-innovation spreads the risks across several shoulders and enables flexible adaptation to changing market conditions and technologies.
We connect players and technologies for the future
For us, co-innovation means combining the expertise of our partners in such a way that everyone benefits as a result. As a Challenge Owner, you benefit in particular from supplementing skills that are lacking in the company with our cooperation partners, learning from best practices from other industries and thus realizing innovation projects more quickly.
Challenge Harvesting
Identify internal and external challenges with innovation potential
Workshop
1-2 days
Thin[gk]athon
Exploring and developing technical approaches in exchange with other companies
Prototypes
2-3 days
Digital Product Factory
Development and testing of an initial 80% solution together with other companies
Pilot application
3 months
Digital Product Implementation
Integration of the result from the DIGITAL PRODUCT FACTORY into existing infrastructure
Productintegration
6+ months
Inno:Lab
The inno:lab is our space for development, application, testing and encounters.
Within the Manufacturing-X Initiative we created an Explore & Learn environment for secure data exchange along value chains.
Developing innovations together
How companies benefit from open innovation
The Smart Systems Hub's co-innovation services open up new avenues for successful open innovation. As an established innovation hub for Industry 4.0, we create space for open innovation where companies, start-ups, and research institutions can work together on digital solutions. Our formats – from Thin[gk]athon to hub:disrupt – specifically promote co-innovation and enable practical results with real added value. You gain access to state-of-the-art technologies, interdisciplinary expertise, and a strong partner network. This quickly leads to viable use cases – secure, scalable, and forward-looking.
Your benefits at a glance
Broad partner and expert network
Access to over 700 partners for exchange and co-innovation
Methodical innovation process
Structured implementation from analysis to scaling
Encouraging creative processes
Creating physical and metaphorical spaces for innovation
Extensive technical infrastructure
Rapid prototype development and low-risk technology tests
knowledge transfer and cooperation
Education, building trust and close cooperation with partners
Fast and flexible project implementation
Adaptability to specific needs and rapid implementation
The Smart Systems Hub offers a regional network of innovative companies from various sectors. These include leading companies in the chip industry, software companies and companies in vehicle, machine and special machine construction. This mix of industries and the exchange between them gives us the opportunity to drive forward our solutions along the value chain in the areas of digital twin and smart building with innovative and practical ideas.
BjörnSchuster
Authorized officer, Head of Business Development
N+P Informationssysteme
Finding a solution for your automation project in just 3 months
Orientation in the technology jungle
Fast access to solutions for sensors, technologies, hardware, data transmission, cloud architecture
MVP after three months
Individual integration into your operating environment and a basis for decision-making by your technical experts
Test before invest
Recognize technical feasibility of processes and systems and showstoppers at an early stage and avoid bad investments
Building up expertise in your own team
Access to tech experts, software developers and young professionals and evaluation of various solution approaches
Our strategic Partners
Key partners cover the core technology components of software, hardware and connectivity. In addition, there are collaborations with research, the public sector, start-ups and users.
MichaelKaiser
CEO
MarkusReisch
Director
Let's get to know each other
Every relationship starts with getting to know each other. This is particularly important to us, because we don't want to shape the future for you, but together with you.
