We are the innovation
12 institutes, one goal: decoding research for industry and turning it into innovations.
A strong alliance for progress
Innovationsallianz Baden-Württemberg (innBW) is an alliance of 12 application-oriented research institutes that is unique in Germany.
Together, the 12 research institutions of innBW offer a unique range of services across the entire development process from the idea to market entry. In doing so, they orient their work to the future growth fields along which the federal state government aligns its technology policy.
With more than 5,500 company projects per year and over 650 public research projects in the future-oriented fields of health and care, sustainable mobility, energy and environmental technology, and information and communication, innBW is a beacon of innovation and technology transfer. As a link between science and industry, innBW brings both sides together and ensures the transfer of findings from basic research into industrial practice.
Together with companies, innBW develops market-ready products, processes and services and fulfills its role as a thought leader so that the federal state can maintain its top position as a European technology region. The innBW network of 12 independent research institutes is more than the sum of its members.
innBW in numbers (2023)
Employees 1,691
Turnover 233 million EUR, thereof 85,4 million EUR industry
5,669 projects and R&D orders from industry, of which 50% from SMEs
687 publicly funded collaborative projects with companies; 1,985 companies as R&D partners in collaborative projects
The 12 institutes
The innBW is a beacon of innovation. Technologies for a better tomorrow in decisive future fields emanate from these 12 institutes:
Values
This is how we see ourselves, this is how our partners see us.
„Our strength? Commonality in diversity.“
Dr. Andreas Zielonka, fem
„Under the motto "Research in Motion", we see ourselves as a bridge between science in the field of automotive engineering and the automotive industry. For this reason, membership in the Innovationsallianz Baden-Württemberg paves the way for us to carry out cooperative projects in this field, which covers an increasing number of specialist disciplines.“
Prof. Dr.-Ing Hans-Christian Reuss, FKFS
„The textile industry must network intensively with its new target groups, learn to understand the needs of its customers and develop products collaboratively with them.“
Prof. Dr. Stefan Mecheels, Hohenstein
„Thanks to our holistic approach, we can provide comprehensive advice from the idea to the tested prototype or even small series production. We have all the processes and the entire know-how of the process chain in-house.“
Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Zimmermann
„We are extremely sustainably oriented and pursue goals intensively over a long period of time.“
Prof. Dr. Roland Zengerle, Hahn-Schickard
„Good solutions impress through their technical and creative elegance.“
Alexander Hack, ILM
„Customer proximity is the optimal starting point for joint projects. Our customers know they can trust us and keep coming back to us.“
Prof. Dr. Joachim Burghartz, IMS-Chips
„Most patent applications come from Baden-Württemberg, the land of inventors and thinkers. A lot of research, a lot of SMEs - everything is coherent there.“
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Götz T. Gresser, DITF
„In the long run, only quality will prevail.“
Prof. Dr. Michael R. Buchmeiser, DITF
„We make companies fit for their way into the future.“
Prof. Dr. Meike Tilebein, DITF
„The institutes play an important role in attracting business and creating jobs in high-tech industries.“
Prof. Dr. Hugo Hämmerle
„The range of services offered by the innBW provides companies with all the elements they need for a successful innovation course - from idea generation to technology transfer.“
Prof. Dr. Katja Schenke-Layland, NMI
"Being both an excellent research location and an innovative business state is what makes Baden-Württemberg strong. That is why the expansion of technology transfer between research and science and, in particular, SMEs is a focus of the federal state government's work. This is where the innBW plays a decisive role. With their research activities, innBW's institutes make a significant contribution to strengthening the innovative capacity of Baden-Württemberg's economy."
Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, Member of the State Parliament, Minister for Economic Affairs, Labor and Tourism of the State of Baden-Württemberg
„Our technology transfer accelerates innovation for the lead markets of the future.“
Prof. Dr. Frithjof Staiß, ZSW
Opinion monitor
»We at 2E mechatronic have been working successfully with several innBW institutes for years, taking advantage of their technological infrastructure. The federal state of Baden-Württemberg has created a unique instrument to support medium-sized companies in the state with this Innovationsallianz.«
Uwe Remer
Managing Partner 2E mechatronic GmbH & Co. KG, Kirchheim unter Teck
»The Innovationsallianz Baden-Württemberg is an important technology partner for us in the development and production of extremely challenging optical components. Together we realize innovative ideas for the semiconductor industry«
Dr. Andreas Dorsel
Member of the Management Board of Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Oberkochen
»With the development of technical textiles for a wide range of industries and applications, the textile industry makes an important contribution to the innovative capacity of the state. The institutes of the innBW are important partners for a structured innovation process in this regard.«
Christoph Larsén Mattes
Managing Director Mattes & Ammann GmbH & Co. KG, Meßstetten
»For increasingly complex products, technology networks are a necessary aid for innovative companies. With its broad range of technologies, the Innovationsallianz BW represents one of the best examples of such networks that I know of.«
Dr. Harald Stallforth
Former Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen
