Maschinenraum cooperates with the Technical University of Darmstadt

Darmstadt/Berlin

Technical University of Darmstadt (TU), one of the leading technical universities in Germany, is becoming a cooperation partner of the transformation ecosystem Maschinenraum. Together with the alliance of about 65 family-owned companies as well as university partners and other innovators, the university is working with immediate effect to connect science and business in Germany even better.

TU Darmstadt was founded in 1877 and thus looks back on a long history. It is one of the leading technical universities in Germany and also has a strong international network. With its findings, it is helping to shape global transformations - from the energy transition to Industry 4.0 and artificial intelligence. A total of around 25,000 students study at the university. 

For TU Darmstadt, collaborations are an important part of forward-looking work. For example, it also maintains partnerships with the Rhine-Main universities – the Goethe University in Frankfurt and the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz – and together with them continues to develop the Frankfurt-Rhine-Main metropolitan region as a globally attractive scientific area.

Medium-sized company perspective for science

The partnership with Maschinenraum is part of the TU Darmstadt's current "xchange for innovation" strategy for the future. With it, the university is pursuing a science-based, responsible and partner-centric exchange of ideas, knowledge, insights and technologies, both within TU Darmstadt and with the scientific community, as well as with external partners such as Maschinenraum.

"xchange expands traditional knowledge transfer to include a multi-directional exchange at eye level," explains Professor Thomas Walther, Vice President for Innovation and International Affairs at TU Darmstadt. "With Maschinenraum, TU Darmstadt has found an ideal partner to be able to implement its xchange strategy more intensively with medium-sized companies." 

Dr. Patrick Honecker, Chief Communication Officer at TU Darmstadt, adds, "The global dynamic changes require flexible instruments of knowledge exchange. This is where two speedboats come together with Maschinenraum and TU Darmstadt."

For Tobias Rappers, Managing Director of Maschinenraum, the collaboration has several advantages: "We are very pleased that TU Darmstadt can identify with our values to this extent and is pursuing such an appropriate strategy. Our members will be able to offer valuable insights to the university and at the same time learn a lot from it. University partnerships are also important for us because they train the skilled workers of tomorrow: As part of the cooperation with TU Darmstadt, SMEs can introduce themselves to young professionals and show attractive career paths."

About Maschinenraum:

Maschinenraum, a shared innovation ecosystem from SMEs for SMEs, unites German SMEs and family businesses to boldly shape the future. Already, more than 65 family-owned companies - including Viessmann, Fiege Logistik, Dussmann Service and Paracelsus Kliniken - have joined the Maschinenraum to jointly drive the digital and sustainable transformation of SMEs.

About Darmstadt University of Technology:

The TU Darmstadt is one of the leading technical universities in Germany and stands for excellent and relevant science. Global transformations - from the from the energy turnaround to Industry 4.0 and artificial intelligence - TU Darmstadt is shaping through outstanding findings and forward-looking study programs. With its outstanding findings and forward-looking study programs.

TU Darmstadt bundles its top-level research in three fields: Energy and Environment, Information and Intelligence, Matter and Materials. Its problem-centered interdisciplinarity and the productive exchange with society, economy and politics generate advances for a worldwide sustainable development. Since its foundation in 1877, the TU Darmstadt has been one of the most international universities in Germany; as a European university of technology, it is building a transeuropean a trans-European campus in the Unite! alliance. With its partners at the Rhine-Main universities - the Goethe University Frankfurt and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz - it is further developing the Frankfurt-Rhine-Main metropolitan region as a globally attractive scientific area.