MAN: Alliance between {industry}, universities and start-ups

MAN Truck & Bus and TUM Enterprise Labs have entered right into a strategic partnership. This was formally introduced on the “Final European Begin-up Occasion” as a part of IAA Mobility at Munich’s Marienplatz. The purpose of the cooperation is to additional develop innovation within the area of mobility by way of focused collaboration between the industrial automobile producer and the Technical College of Munich on the one hand and deep tech start-ups on the opposite.

The partnership can be meant to assist strengthen Munich’s place as a number one location for innovation and know-how. The effectiveness of cooperation between {industry} and analysis is demonstrated by current or accomplished analysis collaborations involving MAN and TUM – for instance, the “ATLAS-L4” undertaking on autonomous vans or the “NEFTON” charging infrastructure undertaking for heavy industrial autos.

This partnership offers MAN Truck & Bus strategic entry to Europe’s largest deep tech start-up ecosystem. The corporate goals to make use of this to establish technological developments at an early stage and combine them into its personal services. The collaboration with start-ups can be meant to drive ahead course of improvements within the fields of AI and robotics by way of new impetus and agile working strategies, speed up cultural change inside the firm and thus keep MAN’s attractiveness as an employer for younger expertise sooner or later. “We have now excessive hopes for this partnership. Networking between industrial firms, start-ups and universities is essential to remaining aggressive within the worldwide innovation area. We have now now set the course and are wanting ahead to the upcoming joint initiatives with TUM Enterprise Labs with nice confidence and curiosity,” explains Dr Frederik Zohm, Government Board Member for Analysis and Improvement at MAN Truck & Bus.

Managing Director of TUM Enterprise Labs, Dr Philipp Gerbert, additionally emphasised throughout the occasion: “As considered one of Europe’s main industrial automobile producers, MAN is a perfect associate for our start-up groups. They’ll develop their community and study from a longtime and extremely profitable firm.”

TUM Enterprise Labs

TUM Enterprise Labs is a joint initiative of TUM and UnternehmerTUM, Europe’s main centre for start-ups and innovation. It promotes start-ups with a globally aggressive assist programme. Particularly centered on vital know-how fields of the long run, they create dynamic ecosystems of start-ups, science, buyers and skilled firms. There are at the moment twelve TUM Enterprise Labs for various topic areas.