Innovation Driver Mechanical Engineering

Start-up Transfer.NRW
The Start-up Transfer.NRW funding competition supports people from science and research who are interested in setting up a company.

Mechanical engineering – an industrial driver
Mechanical engineering and production technology are dynamic industries with a high degree of innovation. As a cross-sector industry and technology leader in many fields, they integrate the latest findings into plants and products. They supply almost all sectors of the economy with the necessary production technologies and act as drivers for innovation.

NRW – a strong location
With its outstanding location factors, North Rhine-Westphalia offers those opportunities that are necessary for the development and creation of innovative products, processes, business models and services.

Industry of innovations
As the largest industrial employer and enabler for numerous other sectors, mechanical and plant engineering is already a cross-sector driver of innovation in North Rhine-Westphalia. Industry and science are closely networked and work together in a practical manner – a key to the success of NRW as a location for innovation.

Launch of the “NRW – Economy in Transition” competition
For the fifth time, the NRW Ministry of Economic Affairs is the patron of the “NRW Economy in Transition” competition. Applications are open until June 30, 2022.
News Innovation Driver Mechanical Engineering

Award of the NRW Innovation Prize 2023
The NRW 2023 Innovation Award is presented to courageous, creative individuals whose wealth of ideas, personal commitment and willingness to take risks make a significant contribution to NRW’s innovative strength.

PFAS regulation endangers industrial processes
The EU’s planned blanket ban on around 10,000 PFAS substances would have a negative impact throughout the mechanical and plant engineering sector. The substances must be viewed in a differentiated manner.

Call for funding for ecological innovations
Driving transformation across the board: Innovation Program for Business Models and Pioneering Solutions (IGP) launches new funding call for ecological innovations.