“If I had asked people what they needed, they would have said ‘better horses’”.

Luckily, Ford didn’t ask. Instead, he realized his ideas and simply acted. Today, the introduction of mass production, which he influenced massively with his developments, is called the second industrial revolution.

We, too, think differently. We, too, think new. We define ourselves as a leading competence and transfer center for the demonstration and development of innovative automation technology. In our work, we concentrate on the application of modern information and communication technologies.

We pursue the goal of defining, exploring and shaping the intelligent factory of the future – together with our partners. Our Smart Factory is modular, digitalized, lean and application-oriented. Every day, in our work, we strive to realize this vision – in research and practice.

We derive our research road map from this vision. At the same time, our vision allows us to define topics, on which we work together with our partners in our Working Groups.

What is your vision of the factory of the future? Contact us and let us work on it in joint collaboration!