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13 – 17 April 2015 Hannover • Germany
Messe News February 2015
TU9: leading researchers help build the future
Germany’s 9 top technical universities showcase their latest innovations
in eMobility, Industry 4.0, medical technology and IT security
Easy on the environment and easy on the
eye. That’s DELIVER (photo), the electric
delivery van developed by RWTH Aachen
University Institute of Automotive Engineering (ika) and its European partners. “The
futuristic van is designed as an inner-city
delivery vehicle. The aim behind it is to help
reduce pollution in our cities by 40 percent,”
explains Venio Piero Quinque, Executive Secretary of Germany’s TU9 technical university
alliance. DELIVER sports an array of high-tech
wizardry to boost energy efficiency and
range, including a fully electric motor and a
high-voltage battery comprising 80 prismatic
lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide
(Li-NMC) cells. With a gross vehicle weight
rating of 2,200 kg, a payload capacity of
700 kg, a minimum range of 100 km and a
top speed of 100 km/h, DELIVER is ideal as
an inner-city delivery van or as a light
commercial vehicle for use by urban utility
companies.
The trusty little electric van will be there for
all to see and admire at the VDI pavilion
(Stand C40) in Hall 2 at HANNOVER MESSE
2015. As in 2014, the TU9 alliance is a partner
at the pavilion. The alliance comprises RWTH
Aachen University, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Leibniz University Hannover,
University of Stuttgart, and the technical
universities of Berlin, Brunswick, Darmstadt,
Dresden and Munich. Its stand at the VDI
pavilion is themed “TU9 – Technical Universities as Drivers of Innovation.”
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Stunning exhibits testify to the power of nine
such a way that the solution as a whole remains secure even if one of the firewalls is
compromised. The solution is implemented
via a special hardware module that allows
for the parallel connection of firewalls. The
security of the KIT solution has been proven
formally using a model based on the “universal composabilty” framework. Visitors to
Hall 2 will be able see it in action in a simulator at the T9 stand.
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“The TU9 universities are integral to Germany’s
world-renowned high-tech research capability,” says Quinque. “They conduct world-class
basic and applied research and have made a
number of groundbreaking contributions in
the vitally important fields of Industry 4.0,
medical technology, electric mobility and IT
security.”
The purpose of the TU9 alliance’s exhibits is
to showcase the strengths of its nine members. The Locomotion Laboratory at TU
Darmstadt, for instance, designs and realizes
test platforms to simulate and analyze natural locomotion. Its PAKO (Powered Ankle
Knee Orthoprosthesis – photo) exhibit is a
prototype of an orthoprosthetic that encloses the subject’s healthy lower leg,
thereby replacing its action and enabling the
researchers to study ways of making the gait
more efficient. A motor performs the function of the calf muscles, and springs do the
job of the tendons and ligaments. The device
features numerous sensors that enable the
researchers to test a range of scenarios – including use in robotic systems.
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute of Theoretical Informatics, on the
other hand, is interested in IT security and
has developed a secure firewall solution. For
added security, firewalls are commonly connected in series, but this only provides protection against simple security breaches. The
KIT solution combines several firewalls in
Other projects on show at the stand are
themed around smart factories, the Internet
of Things and automation. The TU9 alliance
will also have input into two events staged
at the VDI Lounge. First, there’s a presentation on Industry 4.0, which will be given on
Monday 13 April (3-4 p.m.) by Professor Hans
Jürgen Prömel, President of both TU9 and TU
Darmstadt, and leading representatives of
VDI partners TÜV and AUDI AG. Then, on
Tuesday 14 April (3-4 p.m.), TU9 Vice President and Stuttgart University President Professor Wolfram Ressel will partner with a
PhD student from the Stuttgart University
Graduate School of Advanced Manufacturing Engineering and a representative of
AUDI AG to give a presentation on research
cooperation between universities and industry and opportunities for doctoral work at industrial companies.
“A pleasing upward trend in STEM education”
Interview with Professor Johanna Wanka, the German Minister of Education and Research
Professor Johanna Wanka,
Federal Minister of Education
and Research
Minister, as the official patron of the Research
& Technology show and the Tec2You initiative,
what is your assessment of the STEM
pipeline in Germany?
“Germany has weathered the recent economic crises well and is in a strong position.
And that’s because we have so many welleducated people, particularly in the fields of
science, technology, engineering and math.
But we cannot maintain this high level of
performance unless we continue to
strengthen our STEM education offering and
get our young people interested in STEM careers. We have a number of programs to facilitate this, such as the “Little Scientists” initiative. And already we’re seeing a pleasing
upward trend, with 190,000 young people
enrolling for STEM subjects at our universities in 2012, compared with 125,000 in 2006.
The trend for women in STEM subjects is
also positive, with 32,000 women gaining
degrees in STEM disciplines in 2011, as compared with just 19,900 in 2005.”
An amendment to Germany’s constitutional
legislation in late 2014 has opened the way
for the federal government to provide direct,
long-term, strategic funding to universities.
What are your aims in this regard?
“The amendment will help us to enhance
Germany’s international status as a center of
science and research. I personally was very
pleased to see the law change go through. It
enables us to take a completely fresh look at
the many cooperative ventures that already
exist between federal and state government
in the university sector. We can now proceed
strategically and determine what is important for science as a whole over the long
term. For example, we can take a completely
different approach to the future of our country’s Universities Excellence Initiative.”
You have put forward the idea of creating a
central Internet institute that would be
based at one or more German universities.
Why do we need such an institute?
“The Internet has become a vitally important
part of our society, but its development
raises a growing number of questions. Research can help us answer these questions in
a well-considered manner. That is why the
proposed institute is expressly mentioned in
the coalition agreement between our country’s governing parties. Such an institute will
be able to address these issues in all their
complexity, for the questions are not merely
technical, but have ethical, legal and social
dimensions as well. The recent constitutional change opens the way for the establishment of this institute.”
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Night of
Innovations:
Welcome to
the Show!
Environmental technology:
where science follows nature
German Foundation for the Environment presents
solutions for energy efficiency and resource conservation
Foosball duels with robots, magic
tricks with memory metal and fashion
shows featuring high-tech fibers –
it’s all par for the course at the Night
of Innovations, a feast of inspiring
shows and original live presentations
hosted by Hall 2 exhibitors on the
evening of the first day of Research
& Technology.
Held at the tech transfer forum in
Hall 2 on 13 April, this important
evening networking event kicks off
at 5 p.m. with a joint opening address
by Germany’s Federal Minister of
Education and Research and various
other dignitaries.
This will be followed by a discussion
on Germany’s 2015 Year of Science
program, which is dedicated to “The
City of the Future.” Then it’s time for
music, snacks and beverages as
delegates from government, industry
and research mingle, network and
relax. Traditionally, the general look
and feel of the event is themed
around the HANNOVER MESSE
Partner Country, which this year is
India. So it’s sure to be a lively,
colorful affair!
“We’re unlikely to succeed in our transition
to a sustainable energy system without
major advances in energy and resource efficiency,” says Dr. Heinrich Bottermann, Secretary-General of the German Foundation for
the Environment (DBU). One of the main
aims of the DBU’s financial assistance programs is to realize what it sees as significant
untapped potential for savings, particularly
in industry and commerce. Bottermann regards the ability to conserve energy and resources and use them efficiently as a “core
competency of any society that is committed
to the future.” In terms of the benefits of resource efficiency, he points to reduced pollution, greater global competitiveness and
more skilled jobs.
The DBU group pavilion in Hall 2 at Research
& Technology 2015 will profile six projects
that testify to the great economic benefits of
resource and energy efficiency.
Lower cooling energy consumption
One such project is a joint venture in which
Grunewald GmbH & Co. KG and Westphalia
University of Applied Sciences significantly
enhanced the efficiency of a process used to
produce textile molded parts (e.g. carpets
used in car interiors). The cooling channels
integrated into Grunewald’s forming tools
used to be of a meander (zigzag) shape,
which hampered uniform heat dissipation,
resulting in high cooling energy consumption. The company now uses a bionic process
(photo) to optimize the geometry and dimensioning of the cooling channels, thereby
reducing cooling times and conserving cooling energy. The solution is modeled on blood
vessels and xylem vessels in leaves – fractal
structures that form a ramified channel network capable of distributing fluids evenly
and with maximum efficiency. Grunewald is
confident the solution will slash its cooling
energy costs and anticipates the technology
could also have applications in such areas as
injection molding and organosheet composites.
Another exhibit at the DBU stand centers
around an innovative recycling process developed by H&S Anlagentechnik GmbH that
recovers a polyol from flexible polyurethane
foam residues. The polyol can then be reused in flexible foam production. The technology promises significant increases in material and resource efficiency. If used
throughout Germany, the DBU believes it
could reduce conventional polyol production
by over 10,000 tonnes annually. The other
benefit, according to the DBU, is that the
costs of producing recycled polyol are between 25 and 30 percent lower than the
market price of conventional base polyether
polyols.
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Energy excellence in Germany’s far west
Solar power for mobiles, unconventional biogas raw materials, visible
graphene layers – Amazing ideas from North Rhine-Westphalia
“North Rhine-Westphalia is home to worldbeating industries and is the most densely
populated science and research landscape in
Europe,” said the western German state’s
Science Minister, Svenja Schulze. “Science
and research are vital to creating innovative
products and services that people need,” she
added, highlighting the importance of rapid
technology transfer. Her ministry recently
launched a special university-to-startup
initiative (HochschulStart-up.NRW) to
streamline this transfer process. The state
invests about 6.7 billion euros in teaching
and research annually and has amassed
considerable expertise in energy technologies. “Pioneering energy research has the
potential to unearth answers to the big challenges facing society today,” Schulze said.
The North Rhine-Westphalia group pavilion
at Research & Technology will present several shining examples of this. The pavilion is
themed “NRW – State of Innovation.”
One of the most spectacular of the exhibits
presented by the pavilion’s seven exhibitors
is an automated thermal-imaging drone for
detecting faults in PV arrays. Developed by
the Bielefeld Institute for Applied Materials
Research (BifAM), it is an octocopter fitted
with a thermal imaging camera (photo).
“The objective is to use the drone to automatically inspect photovoltaic arrays for
faults, such as defective cells, internal
connection errors and disconnected photovoltaic modules,” explained BifAM CEO Dr.
Tatjana Heckel, noting that the drone could
potentially inspect as many as 1,300 modules
in the space of a single one-hour flight.
Off-grid, emissionless and efficient – mobile
charging stations for anywhere
Düsseldorf-based startup SunCrafter is also
in the solar energy business. It sets up solar
charging stations at trade shows and music
festivals. The stations can charge 500 smartphones and other mobile devices simultaneously, meaning they can handle up to 2,500
charging cycles per day. SunCrafter says its
solution is “totally off-grid, silent and ecofriendly.” It doesn’t require mains power, it
has charging cables for all commonly used
device types and, thanks to powerful batteries, can still provide power when the skies
are grey.
The Aachen University of Applied Sciences
NOWUM-Energy Institute will be using the
NRW pavilion to present organic industrial
waste as an unconventional yet valuable raw
material for biogas production. “The primary
focus of biogas production needs to shift
away from renewable materials like maize
and grasses and towards industrial waste,
which currently tends to wind up in landfills,”
explains the Institute’s Markus Dahmen.
Such an approach would enable industrial
companies to reduce their fossil fuel consumption, re-use their waste and become
more competitive.
Two-dimensional carbon structures
Graphene is a layer of graphite just one atom
thick – and yet Siegen University’s Graphenebased Nanotechnology Group (GNG) plans to
display it in visible form at the NRW pavilion.
“We’ll be showing the exhibits on glass
substrates because this produces a very low
refractive index,” explains GNG researcher
Dr. Andreas Bablich. “If the glass has the right
density, you can actually see the 2D graphene
layer. That’s not the case on other surfaces.”
The GNG will also be exhibiting a circuit in
which a high-density current is transmitted
via a graphene layer.
Another NRW pavilion exhibitor, the
University of Münster’s battery research
center MEET (Münster Electrochemical Energy
Technology), is engaged in projects with
large corporations and SMEs in the automobile and automotive subcontracting industries. “We also undertake servicing, analysis
and testing work for SMEs,” explains MEET
Director Dr. Gerhard Hörpel. Among much
else, the MEET labs perform aging tests and
post-mortem analyses of lithium-ion cells,
tests to determine the electrical, mechanical
and thermal safety of cells, and analyses of
battery materials.
Meanwhile, another exhibit at the NRW
pavilion is only indirectly about energy. The
business innovation network InnoZent OWL
will be presenting TOPO.lx, a laser-based
roadside motor vehicle classification system
developed by traffic specialists RTB GmbH &
Co. KG with support from the German government’s SME Central Innovation Program
(ZIM). TOPO.lx can detect and classify vehicles from the side and behind, is suitable for
multi-lane roads, and can even detect obscured vehicles. The Danish Road Directorate
is already trialing TOPO.lx on roads just north
of Copenhagen as part of a pilot project.
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The innovative heart of Europe
Wallonia’s world-class research community
will be at HANNOVER 2015 on the look-out
for cooperation partners in key areas, such as
nanotechnology, environmental technology,
simulation and intelligent composites.
The most recent Federation of German
Industries “Innovation Indicator” survey of
the international innovation landscape ranks
Belgium fourth – behind Switzerland, Singapore and Finland, but ahead of Sweden and
Germany. Wallonia has a major role in this
success story, as Mathieu Quintyn, Scientific
Liaison Officer Germany at the Belgian government agency WBI, explains: “Wallonia has
been catching up economically with the rest
of Belgium and other industrial nations over
the past ten years.” The French-speaking region is benefiting, he says, not just from its
proximity to the British, German and French
markets, but also from its own infrastructure,
which comprises some 130 business parks
and receives extensive government support.
Since 2006, Wallonia’s R&D spend has grown
faster than that of Flanders and other progressive regions of Europe. Wallonia has two
government plans (“Marshall Plans”) in place
to foster competitiveness and in 2013 was
named the first “European Creative District”
by the EU Commission.
In April this year, AWEX, the Wallonia Export
& Investment Agency, is running a pavilion in
Hall 2 for key players in Wallonia’s R&D boom,
including universities, companies, development agencies and tech-transfer institutes.
Among them will be MecaTech, the Walloon
competitiveness cluster for mechanical engineering, which comprises 235 industrial and
academic entities (photos: MecaTech’s
WINGTR project). Other exhibitors include
the materials research center MateriaNova,
the Belgian Ceramic Research Centre (BCRC),
the University of Namur, which has a strong
nanotechnology focus, and ADISIF, an association of university research institutes. The
Cenaero research center will also be there,
profiling its numerical simulation and modeling services. The contract research organization Certech will be presenting process intensification solutions for the chemicals industry
plus a range of environmental technology
services. And the aerospace company SONACA
will be looking for “creative startups” to
expand its offering.
“Wallonia is catching up”
Mathieu Quintyn,
scientific liaison officer,
Wallonie-Bruxelles International
Mr. Quintyn, R&D plays an important part in
Walloon economic development. Can you
describe the region’s economic development
strategy?
“Over the last decade, the economy of Wallonia has been catching up with the rest of Belgium and other more advanced EU regions.
The process of shifting the focus of Wallonia’s
economic activity towards key growth sectors
is underpinned by a mix of regional innovation policies enshrined in Marshall Plan 20062009 and Marshall Plan 2.Green (2010-2014).
A university study conducted in 2005 identified a set of key sectors in which the Wallonia
region has high innovative potential. In each
of those sectors we then developed “Compet-
itiveness Poles” – broad-based partnerships
between enterprises, research organizations
and training bodies. Specifically, the poles are:
life science and health, the agri-food industry,
the aeronautics and space industry, mechanical engineering, transport and logistics, and
environmental technologies.”
What has been the impact of
the Competitiveness Poles policy so far?
“117 R&D projects have been submitted, and
these have led to 104 international collaboration agreements, 202 patent applications,
57 patent awards, and 13 patent licenses
sold. We are seeing an improvement in skills
in certain sectors and growth in scientific
and technological expertise. The 113 projects
managed by the Walloon Export Agency
(AWEX) and sector experts within the framework of the Competitiveness Poles policy
have attracted 660 million euros in foreign
investment. A strong Walloon R&D environ-
ment has emerged – with 300 public and
private R&D units and over 11,000 researchers, nine university centers and more
than 70 spin-offs currently in operation.”
Does the Walloon R&D and economic
strategy include Industry 4.0?
“Yes. We are currently preparing a 2.5-billioneuro economic development plan for the
2015-2022 period that will be known as Marshall Plan 4.0 –a direct reference to Industry
4.0. The purpose of the plan will be to
strengthen the digital and IT capabilities of
our industries. In doing so, it will pursue
three main objectives: reducing the costs of
energy and raw materials, stimulating digital innovation, and fostering the uptake of
digital technologies in all industries. Against
this background, HANNOVER MESSE is an excellent opportunity for Walloon research and
innovation stakeholders to demonstrate
their know-how.”
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Baden-Württemberg – where the
future is in the making
Group pavilion features leading-edge mobility,
medical and lightweight-design technology
“Active Research Environment for the Next
Generation of Automobiles” (ARENA2036 for
short) is the name of a collaborative research
program run by a group of organizations
from industry and science in Germany’s
South-West. Its objectives are to develop
sustainable manufacturing and mobility
concepts. The F 125 research vehicle (photo)
depicts the likely future of private motorized
transport and shows that zero-emission
mobility is already possible – even at the
luxury end of the automobile market.
Sustainable mobility is just one of the
keynote themes of the Baden-Württemberg
pavilion in Hall 2 (Stand A18). Eight universities and research institutes will use the
pavilion to demonstrate the latest advances
in material, process, medical and energy
technology. The group pavilion underscores
the German state of Baden-Württemberg’s
reputation as one of Europe’s leading centers of innovation and testifies to the benefits of a close working relationship between
science and industry.
The University of Stuttgart’s display will
show how new design and production
processes enable material-saving construction. Visitors to its stand will be able to see a
carbon-fiber-reinforced lightweight structure that was designed using CAD and CAE
tools and whose constituent hollow-core
fiber-composite parts were produced using a
new robotic wrapping process. This approach
opens up completely new design possibilities
for architects.
Self-repairing anti-rust coating stops
corrosion in its tracks
The self-repairing anti-corrosion coating
developed by the chemistry department of
Ulm University is likely to attract a great deal
of interest, given that metal corrosion causes
billions of euros worth of damage worldwide
each year. Visitors to the university’s display
will be able to see first-hand how extremely
effective hydrophobic polyoxometalate-based
ionic liquids (POM-ILs) are at protecting
metals against corrosion caused by oxidation
and acid attack. One key benefit is the POMIL coating’s ability to respond to mechanical
damage by self-repairing in under a minute,
thereby completely restoring the protective
layer.
The ALF65E unmanned helicopter was developed by the Institute for Unmanned Aerial
Systems (IUAS) in Offenburg, Germany, and
is already being used for a wide variety of
purposes, including inspections of buildings
and structures, such as Freiburg Cathedral.
The helicopter, which will be on show at the
IUAS stand, is ideal for inspection or survey
assignments that can’t be performed by
professional climbers or manned helicopters
for risk or cost reasons.
Themed displays
provide highlights
in Hall 2
Flying a kite to generate electricity? It
may sound fanciful, but it’s a proven
concept. “Our airborne wind energy
converters can produce clean energy
more cost effectively than any other
technology on the market,” says Enerkite CEO Dr. Alexander Bormann.
He’d like to see the technology in
widespread use among farmers,
SMEs and small communities, and
believes it is also an ideal sustainable
electricity solution for remote regions
and areas affected by disasters. The
kites (photo) are among the stars at
the Energy Research display area. The
Helmholtz Berlin Center for Materials
and Energy (HZB) will also be there
with its thin-film solar cell prototypes.
Pioneering technologies will also be
on display at four other themed display areas at Research & Technology.
At the Bionics display, Airbus and others will be presenting bionic solutions for functional surfaces, robotics
and microsystems technology. Then
there’s WON – World of Nano, the
home of nanotechnology at the fair,
and the Textile Solutions display area,
with its amazing lineup of intelligent
textiles.
There will also be excitement aplenty
at the Adaptronics display area.
Among the highlights will be “touchsensitive sensors with haptic feedback” developed by the Fraunhofer
Institute for Silicate Research (Fraunhofer ISC). Also on display will be an
anti-vibration system for power tools
developed by The Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability (Fraunhofer LBF) and
C. & E. Fein GmbH. Visitors will be
able to test out the vibration-free
FEIN MultiMaster 350 Q.
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EliSE and the young upstarts
“tech transfer Start-ups & New Technologies” group pavilion is the ideal
platform for high-tech newcomers
Most businesses have small beginnings. This
is certainly true of ELiSE GmbH, a recent spinoff of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) –
and more ways than one. The company’s core
business is based around a new process
called Evolutionary Light Structure Engineering (ELiSE) that was developed at the AWI.
ELiSE is a bionic lightweight-design process
that takes the principles underlying lightweight structures found in planktonic organisms and applies them to commercial products. What sets ELiSE apart from other design
processes is its ability to draw on a vast number of different natural structures that have
been “pre-optimized” in the course of millions of years of evolution and generate not
just one, but multiple distinct design solutions. “The ELiSE process has already proven
its worth in numerous industrial design projects,” said AWI Group Leader Daniel Siegel.
“Our key target industries are the automotive manufacturing, aerospace, mechanical
engineering, medical technology and consumer goods industries.”
At HANNOVER MESSE, ELiSE GmbH will be
presenting its “ELiSE AM” design process
(photo), which it specifically developed for
3D-printed structural components. The platform the company has chosen for its showcase is the “tech transfer Start-ups & New
Technologies” group pavilion. “The pavilion is
intended not only for startups but also for
projects that have yet to be spun off and
young companies that have progressed beyond the startup stage,” explained Jörg Röthlingshöfer, who is Managing Director of Munich-based PR agency factum and one of the
initiators of the group pavilion. factum’s mission is to help high-tech newcomers that are
not already part of an existing R&D network
to have a presence at HANNOVER MESSE. The
rest of the group pavilion will be occupied by
the R&D networks futureSAX, Fraunhofer
Venture, Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, LeibnizGemeinschaft and Vienna University of Technology.
All up, around 40 startups will be participating at the pavilion. Apart from meeting with
potential clients and building their networks,
they will also give a series of individual presentations on their own experiences and
share valuable tips and information with
other budding entrepreneurs. Among the
pavilion’s highlights will be a demonstration
by Munich-based baimos technologies gmbh
of its “BlueID – Secure mobile keys” system,
which enables users to open and start cars
via smartphone app. The technology is already being used by the Shared E-Fleet R&D
consortium.
“This year, we decided to showcase startups
more prominently than ever before. As the
world’s leading trade fair for industrial tech-
nology, HANNOVER MESSE is able to significantly boost the international profile of these
innovative young companies and hence increase their chances of finding cooperation
partners. At the same time, investors from all
around the world will have the opportunity
to see first-hand a wealth of exciting new
technology ideas,” said Marc Siemering,
Deutsche Messe’s Senior Vice President responsible for HANNOVER MESSE.
Innovative startups are also playing an
increasingly important role at the other
HANNOVER MESSE fairs. factum’s Rebecca
Klöber on the rising interest among startups
in having a trade show presence: “Trade fairs
are ideal for building networks and raising an
idea’s profile among customers and investors. Most startups these days know that
even the very best technology or product will
never be successful if people don’t know
about it.”
Product database searches now also yield R&D projects
Small change, big effect. In 2013,
HANNOVER MESSE integrated its R&D
offering into its online product search
function for the first time. “The effect
was massive,” says Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology (KIT) head of marketing
Dr. Thomas Windmann. “Keyword
searches now pull up R&D projects as well
as finished products.” For example, among
the results generated by a search for
“semi-conductor technology” is “Transregio
123 – Planar Optronic Systems,” an
interdisciplinary collaborative research
center at Leibniz University Hannover.
The research center is working to develop
polymer films that are covered in sensors,
eliminating the need for electronic components. The search results also indicate
whether the organization concerned is
looking for external capital providers,
R&D partners or sales partners.
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“Make in India” – India’s Prime Minister,
Narendra Modi, to open HANNOVER MESSE
As this year’s HANNOVER MESSE Partner
Country, India will focus its efforts on finding
new markets for its key industries and on
promoting itself as a manufacturing location. To underscore the importance of India’s
Partner Country status, the Indian Prime
Minister, Narendra Modi, will travel to Germany to open HANNOVER MESSE together
with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The
motto for this year’s Partner Country showcase, “Make in India,” ties in with a major
campaign that was personally initiated by
Modi and that aims to reposition India in the
global value chain and promote the country
as a strategic manufacturing base.
India will also be presenting its industrial potential at a number of high-caliber conferences at HANNOVER MESSE, starting with
the Business Summit on the first day of the
fair. India’s central pavilion in Hall 6 will provide an overview of India’s industrial and
economic objectives and of its various group
pavilions at the fair.
For non-Indian exhibitors at HANNOVER
MESSE, India’s plans to modernize its manufacturing industries represent a major opportunity. “Most of the Indian companies
coming here have firm capital investment
plans,” said Marc Siemering, Deutsche
Messe’s Senior Vice President responsible for
HANNOVER MESSE. “India remains one of
the world’s fastest-growing economies and
therefore has a lot to offer as a market,”
added Andreas Lapp, the Board Chairman
of Lapp Holding AG.
The participating Indian companies seek
access to new markets around the globe
India’s group pavilion at the Research &
Technology show aims to facilitate new
international R&D partnerships. “We are
particularly interested in building long-term
relationships,” explains the Indian Ambassador to Germany, Dr. Vijay Gokhale.
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Map of the Exhibition Grounds
Industrial Automation
Halls 8, 9, 11, 14 – 17
Your contacts:
Motion, Drive & Automation
Halls 14–17, 19–25
Bernhard Spitzenberg
Project Manager
[email protected]
Tel.: +49 511 89-31319
Energy
Halls 11 – 13, 27, FG
Wind
Hall 27
MobiliTec
Hall 27, FG
Digital Factory
Halls 7, 8
Lightweight
Construction /
Solutions Area
ComVac
Hall 26
Additive
Manufacturing
Plaza
Industrial Supply
Halls 4 – 6
SurfaceTechnology
Hall 3
Research & Technology
Hall 2
Environmental Technologies
& Resource Efficiency
Global Business & Markets
(Hall 6)
Tec2You
(Pavilion 11)
Eingang
Entrance
Tagungsbereich Halle 2
Conference Area, Hall 2
job and career
(Hall 17)
Robotation Academy
(Pavilion 36)
Informations-Centrum
Information Center
Presse-Centrum
Press Center
Convention Center
Freigelände
Open-air site
Haus der Nationen
House of Nations
Annika Schnur
[email protected]
Tel: +49 511 89-31137
Imprint
Published by Deutsche Messe
Messegelände, 30521 Hannover, Germany
Arno Reich (responsible)
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Texts: Rainer Dettmar, format07
Translation: Down Under Translation, New Zealand
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