Business Opportunities

AT&S is looking for highly integrated in-vehicle communication modules that showcase integration concepts of existing and upcoming communication standards like 5G (NR, mmWave) and IEEE 802.11. The challenge focuses on hardware integration concepts for which performance and size matters. Although today’s communication standards are operating with bandwidths of up to 5GHz, future products will require higher data-rates of up to 60GHz and even beyond.

Bayer is looking for startups that offer support in specifying and setting-up VR-based training for higher-efficiency production.

Technologies that may be applied in manufacturing processes. They should increase quality and productivity, reduce costs, and increase flexibility and control. Solutions for improving our engineering tools, simulation, testing and new ways of controlling our computers.

Technologies and solutions that can help to optimize, simplify and drastically reduce logistic costs, while making them more operational, or simplifying collaboration with suppliers and customers, both inside our plants, and externally across the world.

Technology companies engaged in developing innovative, safe and high-performance vehicles for the future of transportation. Technologies that are responding to the new challenges in engineering and production in terms of passive safety, structural design, flexible use-cases, etc.

InnoCells is seeking new business models, ideas and projects in line with Banc Sabadell group’s strategic areas, such as: payments, funding, housing, financial controlling, security, retirement and mobility.

Celsa is looking for the following the following deep tech solution:

• Robots that can improve process efficiency and safety conditions for people.
• Cyber control systems: image, sound, light spectrum analysis for product control or process automation.
• Smart portable devices that improve the human-machine interface and process efficiency and safety.
• IoT devices for improving process tracking.
• Big Data and Artificial Intelligence.
• Install a dashboard system by interconnecting several plants to control production parameters.
• Define an automated labelling system for steel products.
• Enable intelligent surveillance in plants.
• Implement preventive maintenance solutions.
• Ease traceability transfer to each part of the sections at every stage

Henkel is looking for the following deep tech solution:

• AdvancedMaterials & Technologies: 3DPrinting: Materials and processes that stretch the envelope of additive manufacturing – from functional prototypes to large scale construction materials and general manufactured parts.
• Advanced and flexible electronic materials—from (medical) sensors and printed heaters to
• RFID antenna and flexible circuitry.
• Batteries: Electrochemical cells (in particular thin-film and high capacity), their active and passive thermal management, and mechanical protection.
• Insulating or active heat management components with focus on electronics, insulation in construction and coatings for a range of industries.
• New materials for construction and furniture.
• Smart coatings that bring additional functionality to a surface—from protective through medical, anti-microbial & anti-fingerprint to non-fluorinated super-hydrophobic coatings.
• Smart Packaging: low-cost printed electronics packaging applications— #RFID #NFC chips – – – – printedsensors.
• Sustainbale Solutions, building on natural, environmentally-friendly, health/wellbeing & safe concept.
• FMCG: new surfactants, enzymes, polymers, chelants, antimicrobial actives/preservatives, bleaching agents, perfumes, with new performance benefits for Beauty Care as well as Laundry & Home Care.
• Multi-category e-commerce platforms/shops.
• Smart home, connected beauty, smart retail/POS, personal assistants, and printed electronics packaging applications.

JCDecaux is looking for startups with a TRL6 to identify locations suited for Small Cells rollout based on actual network coverage and performance.

Mediapro is looking for new business proposals linked to content creation and distribution, focused on B2C and B2B2C models. Main verticals of interest: entertainment, sports/esports, education, smart cities, smart cars and smart homes

Naos wants to get innovative ideas for monitoring pregnancy, babies’ initial years: data, follow up, etc. Or, to bring new services to mothers (or mothers to be) and babies: these could be soft services (contents, gaming, etc.) or more technological services.

Nissan is looking to establish a connected Workforce within the program: TELL ME, GUIDE ME, HELP ME all the employees inside the factory. Smart Work in a Smart Factory.
They will provide to the selected startups a POC at Nissan facilities, they will also provide technical support to evaluate the technology.

Orange is looking for innovative ways to further assert the power of networks in gaming, sport, events and tourism. This is addressed for the local population as well as committed Sport/eSport fans and players. Orange is also seeking projects that focus on streaming modes, VR, AR and new ways of communication with the public or TV audience. On a city level, our goal is to maximize sports infrastructure usage and to encourage the public to do sport regularly.

SAP is seeking solutions for manufacturing as well as asset management operations without human intervention.

Suez is looking for application of new digital technologies to increase efficiency of operations, to reduce failure risks, to improve workers’ safety and to launch new services, all in the water sector.

Trumpf is looking for startups which to make VC investments or to initiate strategic collaboration projects with TRUMPF. We focus on start-ups that wish to be involved in shaping the industry of the future in the following areas:

• Industry 40
• training
• managementtools
• Photonics
• LaserTechnology
• ManufacturingTechnology
• Sensors&Automation
• Connectivity&Compute
• IndustrialSoftwareSystems
• IOT
• CyberSecurity

Varta is looking for innovative partners in the battery technology business in order to create new solutions for the next generation of wearable devices. We are searching for small- and medium-sized companies as well as start-ups and technology partners with concepts or technologies for the reduction of battery size and increasing efficiency for wearable and hearable applications.

Siemens is looking for a developer and manufacturer of a shaft for a small positioner which will replace the currently used shaft that is made of stainless steel. The new shaft should have nearly the same features as the stainless steel shaft and the optics and surface should also resemble the high-quality appearance of the stainless steel shafts. Furthermore, the characteristics of stainless steel and the cylindricity / concentricity of the shaft must be guaranteed. Replacement material could be advanced plastic materials like e.g. plastic granulate filled with steel fibres.

The shaft will be employed in the field of rough areas (gas, oil, salt etc). If it meets the technical specifications the new shaft could already be on the market or it may have to be developed according to the company’s requirements. Both variants would be possible but the company needs some samples as soon as possible, so it would depend on the stage of development.

Primarily, the company is looking for a partner with expertise in the possible replacement materials who would also manufacture the parts. The envisaged partnership would be a commercial agreement with technical assistance or a manufacturing agreement.

Siemens is looking for a developer and manufacturer of laser diodes which will be employed in the field of laser spectroscopy. If they meet the technical specifications the laser diodes could already be on the market or they may have to be developed according to the company’s requirements. Both variants would be possible but they need some samples as soon as possible, so it would depend on the stage of development.

Primarily the company is looking for a partner from industry with excellent expertise in laser

diodes who would also manufacture the parts. The envisaged partnership would be a commercial agreement with technical assistance or a manufacturing agreement.