NRW promotes 23 innovative projects for the future of industry!

NRW promotes 23 innovative projects for the future of industry!

Bochum, Deutschland - North Rhine-Westphalia has launched the Innovation Competition Industry.NRW in order to promote future-oriented technologies. In the third round of the competition, 23 promising projects were selected for financing, with the funding from NRW and the EU a total of around 34.9 million euros. The competition aims to further expand the industrial location of North Rhine-Westphalia and support innovative solutions. According to news.rub.de competition comprises close cooperation with various ministries, including the Ministry of Economics, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy as well as the Ministry of Culture and Science.

Among the selected projects are three promising initiatives of start-ups from the Ruhr University Bochum: House of Plasma, Deeplify and Xemx. These projects focus on artificial intelligence, plasma technology and the production of green hydrogen, which they classified in the category of funded future technologies.

The funded projects in detail

One of the selected projects is ** Ultrasonaic **, which sought real-time recognition of material errors in welds. This project works with Deeplify GmbH and other partners to use artificial intelligence for error recognition. Another exciting project is ** Nappa **, which deals with sustainable catalyst materials for green hydrogen production. State -of -the -art methods such as microwave plasma are used here. The ** Digi4Plas ** initiative is also the focus, which strives for digital optimizations in plasma laying processes and uses the latest technologies and measurement techniques.

The competition is particularly aimed at small and medium -sized companies (SMEs), universities and research institutions. The prerequisite for participation is the implementation of the project in cooperation with a at least one partner from North Rhine-Westphalia or the European Union, which promotes networking and the transfer of knowledge in the region, as in.nrw reports.

funding criteria and goals

The efforts to innovate in North Rhine-Westphalia are part of a larger strategy that takes into account both ecological and economic aspects. Economic Minister Mona Neubaur emphasizes change into a climate -neutral industry and emphasizes the decisive role of companies in this transformation process. Environment Minister Oliver Krischer underlines the importance of the connection between ecology and business. These measures are in line with the regional innovation strategy 2021-2027, which aims to quickly bring technological developments into practice. According to Economy.NRW for similar initiatives available for a total of around 1.9 billion euros from the EFR/JTF program.