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Future Business

Think tank for the mechanical and plant engineering industry

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Trendscouting - Foresight - Startups: We are tracking the future of mechanical engineering. Well structured and across all sectors within VDMA, in the almost infinite variety of complex topics for the next 10-15 years. Our goal: to identify trends and disruptions relevant to machine makers at an early stage and make them usable, to point out new business opportunities and to build networks.

Our strength: Close cooperation with over 30 VDMA divisions, and with partners from foresight and startup scenes.

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Trend scouting

New trends: Special edition VDMA Future Business Trend Radar 2024

Strategic compass for the future: The special edition of the trend radar contains around 40 new topics that will play a decisive role in the future of mechanical and plant engineering.

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"Success starts when smart preparation is paired with just the right moment, and that's precisely what trend scouting combined with foresight supports."

                    Dr.-Ing. Heinrich Schäperkötter; Head of Innovation Strategy, Innovation Management, Research Promotion; Schaeffler AG
                

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From bionics to soft robots: After digitalization, will the "next big wave" in mechanical engineering come from the field of biology? In its broad scope, the subject remains very difficult to assess at the present time.

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Auf den Punkt Zusammenfassung Future Business

Summary

Trendscouting - We provide beacons that guide you through the seemingly endless ocean of trends.
Corporate Foresight - Thinking in Alternative Futures strengthens the resilience of your company
Startup-Machine - Learning from each other: We bring mechanical engineers and startups together

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Tue. 20.05.25 Tue. 20.05.25

Competence Center Future Business

Discover startups with the Startup Radar Dashboard

Discover startup contacts and trends worldwide?! The new digital startup search platform for mechanical engineering makes it possible. By participating in the web seminar, you will receive an introduction to the possibilities of the new dashboard as well as your personal access so that you can use the tool to search for startups yourself.

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Tue. 24.06.25 Tue. 24.06.25

Competence Center Future Business

Discover startups with the Startup Radar Dashboard

Discover startup contacts and trends worldwide?! The new digital startup search platform for mechanical engineering makes it possible. By participating in the web seminar, you will receive an introduction to the possibilities of the new dashboard as well as your personal access so that you can use the tool to search for startups yourself.

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Research, Innovation & Technology Working Group

Expert Group Corporate Foresight

Open futurist expert group for sharing experiences on foresight as a corporate strategy and vision-building process: new methods, best practices, lowering of entry barriers.

Head of VDMA Competence Center Future Business

Maiser, Eric Dr.

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eric.maiser@vdma.org

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Trends and disruptions relevant for mechanical engineering compiled in our online tool. Use longlist, trend cards and radar graphic for research, presentation and individualization according to your needs.

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Complex topics, well-structured, easy to use: Scenario deep dives convey orientation knowledge to the point, key factors and recommendations for action, presented in top-class summits.

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Future management is a core topic in mechanical and plant engineering. In the Corporate Foresight expert group, we lower entry barriers, offer networking and help, from new methods to best practices.

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Startup-Machine

Startups transform trending topics into new technologies and products that will be of importance in the future of mechanical engineering. Startups employ novel work practices which mechanical engineers should be aware of.

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Corporate Foresight

Corporate Foresight means conducting futurology from a corporate perspective in order to „manage“ the future. It is a vision-building process which complements classical innovation management and prepares for all kinds of change – achieving resilience no matter what kind of trend or forecast will become real.

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Technology Roadmaps & Studies

The goal is in sight - but the path is unclear and difficult, and every decision bears risks. The case is the same for all companies seeking to tap into new technologies or markets. Now, sherpas with experience and advice are needed: Our studies serve as guideposts, roadmaps present a vision of the industry's future, serve as investment guidelines and promote pre-competitive collaboration.

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Innovation and transfer networks

Research, innovation and transfer networks allow us to reach a broad range of companies with offers suited for practical application. Key success factors include networking and maintaining a dialog with the parties involved, consolidating a wide range of competencies and quickly transferring research results to companies in the mechanical and plant engineering sector.

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Research Funding

In order to support long-term and future-oriented research and development, innovative projects are granted financial backing. In addition to collaborative and joint research, companies may also benefit from tax-based research funding.

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