BMBF recommends InnovationLab GmbH as ambassador for Germany as a location for innovation

• InnovationLab GmbH and the Forum Organic Electronics Leading-Edge Cluster win the BMBF call for proposals for the "Internationalization of Leading-Edge Clusters, Future Projects and Comparable Networks", which is endowed with up to 4 million euros.
• The Forum Organic Electronics Leading-Edge Cluster will represent Germany as a location for innovation abroad through InnovationLab GmbH.
• German key technology to be further developed in cooperation with world-leading innovation regions

Heidelberg, July 8, 2016 - InnovationLab GmbH wins the BMBF call for proposals for the "Internationalization of Leading-Edge Clusters, Future Projects and Comparable Networks" with the Forum Organic Electronics Leading-Edge Cluster, which is endowed with up to 4 million euros.

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) nominated 11 clusters and networks, including the BMBF's Forum Organic Electronics Leading-Edge Cluster, represented by InnovationLab GmbH as the management company. With its measure for the "Internationalization of Leading-Edge Clusters, Future Projects and Comparable Networks", the BMBF is focusing on strategic networking with international partners as the cornerstone for future, successful innovations. Germany is to be strengthened as an innovation region and represented in the global network and consolidated in the long term through the internationalization measures.

The project of the leading-edge cluster Forum Organic Electronics (FOE) led by Innovationlab GmbH has convinced with its future-oriented strategies. Within the framework of this measure, the further development of Wireless Sensor Nodes (sensors and their communication nodes) is being advanced, bringing together technologies from Germany, Korea and the USA. Wireless sensor nodes offer a relevant cornerstone for the future application areas of Industry 4.0, Internet of Things (IoT), wearables and health monitoring. The advantage of these new sensors is the resource-saving and cost-effective production of lightweight, thin and mechanically flexible systems. "Together with international first-class partners, the field of printed and flexible electronics can be further developed in a targeted and faster way to advance more complex systems that are relevant for commercialization," says Dr. Martin Raditsch, managing director of InnovationLab GmbH.

The BMBF funding measure paves the way for globally successful spin-offs that benefit from the strengthening of private-public partnerships. Furthermore, its funding thus also enables small and medium-sized companies to establish and expand these collaborations with international partners.