Completed Projects

As one of the largest regional energy supply companies in Germany, the Avacon Group brings energy exactly where millions of people need it. Fast, reliable, efficient and environmentally friendly. We are a partner for regional energy solutions in the areas of electricity, gas, water, heating, cooling, mobility and lighting. Our intelligent energy grids connect people from the North Sea coast to southern Hessen, from the Dutch border to Saxony-Anhalt with energy. The Group also plans, builds and operates modern, high-performance fibre optic networks. With around 3,000 employees and trainees, the Avacon Group is one of the largest employers and trainers in the region. We have an open and appreciative corporate culture with regard to ALL facets of diversity.

In order to successfully master the energy transition, the energy sector must take innovative paths, but also make existing processes more efficient. To achieve this, it is necessary to automate and digitalise them as far as possible.

In order for this to succeed optimally, tools must be used that enable operational specialists to create their own solutions such as apps, including subsequent automation of the process. These tools are known as citizen development tools or no-code/low-code solutions.

A training concept is to be developed for this in the project, which will ensure that digital skills for the tools used in the company are developed in a decentralised manner in the specialist departments. In a second step, a concept for a Citizen Development Community is also to be created in order to bring the decentralised shapers of the energy transition into dialogue with each other so that they can learn from each other and actively share solutions, exchange experiences and knowledge, jointly identify questions and problems and thus continuously develop further.

Drees & Sommer is a leading European consulting, planning and project management company in the construction and property sector. For over 50 years, they have been supporting private and public clients and investors in all matters relating to real estate and infrastructure – both analogue and digital. With over 5,100 employees at 59 locations worldwide, they offer forward-looking advice and solutions for successful buildings, high-yield portfolios, efficient infrastructure and liveable cities. Their approach, "the blue way", combines economy and ecology to ensure added value over the entire property life cycle.

The construction industry is currently undergoing a transformation towards greater efficiency, sustainability and innovation through Lean Construction Management (LCM). Drees & Sommer is training employees and customers in LCM using simulations that visualise construction processes. This reduces waste in construction projects and maximises customer value.

As part of Projects with Companies, the students are developing a new simulation for railway infrastructure projects for training purposes. This offers an interactive learning experience for 5-15 participants and teaches the basic principles of LCM in approximately 2 hours. The project includes the creation of a training concept, the design of the simulation, the production of the components and the writing of instructions for implementation.

We enable a world in which everyone works more efficiently and lives better through automation. We are voraus. voraus robotik offers a manufacturer-independent, modular and expandable universal operating system for robots (voraus.core). Thanks to the no-code programming interface and integrated development environment (voraus.pioneer), manufacturers, integrators and end users can quickly and cost-effectively realise individual solutions for all robots and applications. The robotics ecosystem – simple, fast and highly customisable.

Although artificial intelligence (AI) already offers many possibilities and the publication of ChatGPT has had a broad impact, AI has had little influence on industrial automation to date. However, AI offers many approaches to make even challenging applications easy to programme. In this project work, a collaborative industrial robot is therefore to be made operable via ChatGPT. A camera is to capture the environment and recognise the objects to be gripped. The user should be able to select an object via text input and communicate an interaction to the robot. The robot then grasps the object and places it in the position selected by the user. From an economic point of view, the aim is to analyse the resulting applications in the industrial sector and what a market launch might look like.

ZF is a globally active technology group headquartered in Friedrichshafen that develops and supplies systems for the mobility of passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology. With more than 3,000 employees, the ZF site in Hanover (formerly WABCO) is the leading supplier of brake control systems and other technologies for improving the safety, efficiency and connectivity of commercial vehicles. The location covers the entire product life cycle from development and testing (with its own test track near Hanover) to distribution and after-sales service. As one of ZF CVS's largest product development locations, Hanover is home to many product and technology innovations.

In addition to classic (electro-)hydraulic or electromechanically operated steering systems with a fixed mechanical connection from the steering wheel to the steering actuator on the wheel, ZF has also successfully developed steer-by-wire systems for the passenger car market to market maturity. A technology transfer to the market for heavy commercial vehicles seems conceivable. Steer-by-wire systems are characterised by the sole electrical signal transmission of the desired steering movement from the steering wheel to the wheel actuators. This enables, among other things, the freely selectable adjustment and design of the resulting steering feel via a servomotor in the steering wheel. In the project, these degrees of freedom are to be investigated to determine which different steering feel and steering functions are conceivable and to what extent and in which driving situations and manoeuvres these bring benefits to the customer/driver. Based on this, it will be investigated how these benefits can be mapped in monetisation strategies, i.e. to what extent and through which channels the customer (fleet) or even the driver directly (user) is willing to pay for these benefits.

Clarios is the global market leader in advanced energy storage solutions for low-voltage mobility. We work closely with our customers to meet the growing demand for smarter applications on a global scale. Our 16,000 employees develop, manufacture and distribute advanced battery technologies for almost every type of vehicle. The European headquarters are located in Hanover, where, in addition to the production of batteries for the automotive industry for a wide range of technologies, the European development centre is also located.

Apart from the actual manufacture of our products, quality control plays an important role at Clarios. In our current project, we are facing the challenge of optimising our testing processes. Our goal at Clarios is to replace manual inspection processes with innovative, automated approaches. Specifically, this involves the inspection of individual components such as our plugs. In this project, we want to develop concepts that will enable us to increase the efficiency of our quality control. This includes feasibility studies and cost analyses.

We are looking for technically minded individuals who are keen to take on challenges in the STEM field. This is an exciting opportunity to develop innovative solutions that will take the quality of our products to the next level while making our work processes more efficient. If you are passionate about technology, then this could be the perfect role for you.

M&M Software supports companies in the digital transformation of their organisation, products and business models. M&M derives strategies from its customers' requirements and develops customised software solutions for the digital world. The broad range of services includes full services or software sub-components and is characterised by iterative and agile approaches. M&M Software and its global teams work closely with partners from research, science and business. The company is based in Hanover Garbsen.

In software development, we have been experiencing for many years that projects are becoming increasingly complex and many customers are no longer able to fully describe the actual overall solution. As a result, agile processes have become established that meet these challenges and gradually approach an optimal solution. The central question of the project is whether the methodological framework of software development can also be used to create digitalisation strategies in manufacturing companies. To this end, it is necessary to describe the current challenges that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) actually face. The aim is to develop concepts that support a practical digitalisation strategy and enable companies to develop strategies independently as well as regularly supplement or adapt them.

The VHV Group, based in Hanover-List, is an established group of insurance and pension specialists. With the brands "VHV Versicherungen" and "Hannoversche", we are a competent and future-orientated partner for policyholders and brokers. Our business segments are property and casualty insurance as well as life insurance. As Germany's leading construction insurer, we count 70,000 companies from this sector alone among our customers, and in commercial motor insurance we have once again been voted Broker Favourite several times this year. For our success, we rely on the strengths of our approximately 4,000 employees, modern structures, efficient cost management and customer-orientated products. In addition, we have been driving forward the internationalisation of the VHV Group for several years and are already represented in four other countries.

The market for commercial motor insurance is moving faster than ever before – influenced by external factors such as pandemics and inflation as well as ever faster changing offers and prices from competitors. It is therefore essential for an insurer to keep a close eye on the pulse of the market and always be informed about all economic trends, customer needs and market movements. The aim of the project is to develop an automated market radar for VHV's commercial motor insurance. The first step is to analyse from an economic perspective which external key information is decisive for VHV's success in commercial motor insurance. Based on this information, a web crawler is to be developed in the second phase, which regularly searches the Internet and specific websites for relevant news and files it in an organised manner. The tool will enable analysts in product management and pricing at VHV to make faster and smarter decisions.

Vision Lasertechnik GmbH has been developing, producing and selling laser systems and automation systems for medicine and industry for over 30 years. With a value-added chain entirely in Germany and production based near Hanover and in Chemnitz, the "Made in Germany" product is exported to over 20 countries around the world. With its own branches in Shanghai, Tokyo, Taipei and Seoul as well as many co-operating service partners, Vision Lasertechnik GmbH offers worldwide service. In Hanover, Vision Lasertechnik GmbH has its headquarters in Barsinghausen.

Vision Lasertechnik GmbH has a "robotics" division in addition to its laser welding/laser marking systems. The aim of the planned project is to establish a connection between laser welding systems and modern robotics in a new system concept. The planned project focuses on manual workstations, which are mainly used for manual welding processes, such as repairs, material joining or removal processes. In addition to the technical feasibility analysis, the relevance of the automation of previously manual processes in relation to the shortage of skilled labour, demographic changes and competitiveness should be discussed. From a business perspective, the marketability of such a product should also be analysed as part of an initial market analysis.

• Actemium Cegelec GmbH
• AVENTICS GmbH
• Benecke-Kaliko AG
• BSN Medical GmbH
• Continental AG
• ContiTech Antriebssysteme GmbH
• DB Netz AG
• DB Netze Station & Service AG
• deister electronic GmbH
• Dühlmeyer Konstruktion Werkzeug- und Formenbau GmbH (Sodecia)
• DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH
• enercity Netzgesellschaft mbH
• E.ON Energie Kundenservice GmbH
• Factory Consultants GmbH
• Faurecia Automotive GmbH
• FERCHAU Engineering GmbH
• Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen GmbH
• Forbo Siegling GmbH
• GREAN GmbH
• Gundlach GmbH & Co. KG Bauunternehmen
• Hacon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
• Hanno Werk GmbH & Co. KG
• Hannover Fabrik e. V.
• Heise Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG
• Hesch GmbH
• Hüttenes Albertus GmbH
• ibk IngenieurConsult GmbH
• ILFA Feinstleitertechnik GmbH
• Inwerken AG
• Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover gGmbH
• Johnson Controls
• KEYMILE GmbH
• Köttermann GmbH & Co. KG
• Komatsu Germany GmbH
• Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH
• LPKF Laser & Electronics AG
• Lyreco Deutschland GmbH
• MEDITE Medical GmbH
• Nexans Deutschland GmbH
• PKF Laser & Electronics AG
• Region Hannover – Team "Infrastruktur ÖPNV"
• RICOH DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
• Robert Bosch GmbH
• SENNHEISER electronic GmbH & Co KG
• tecRacer GmbH & Co. KG
• TenneT TSO GmbH
• TVN GROUP HOLDING GmbH & Co. KG
• VHV Allgemeine Versicherung AG
• Viscom AG
• Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge
• WABCO GmbH
• WAGNER Group GmbH
• Willenbrock Fördertechnik GmbH
• Windwärts Energie GmbH
• ZIEGRA Eismaschinen GmbH