Research alliance for the digitalization of maintenance, servicing and repair in the Lausitz region

WIR!-Bündnis „Digitale Reparaturfabrik“

Cottbus · BerlinNew on Amplifa

BMBF WIR! programAdmission to the funding program

Consortium/JVLegal form

2Locations (Cottbus, Berlin)

About the Alliance

The WIR! alliance “Digitale Reparaturfabrik” (Digital Repair Factory) is an association of stakeholders from science, industry and society with the aim of networking and profiling the innovation field of digitalization of maintenance, servicing and repair (WI+R) across industries in the project region of Lausitz/Brandenburg. The alliance is funded under the BMBF program “WIR! – Wandel durch Innovation in der Region” (Change through Innovation in the Region) and aims to actively shape regional structural transformation on the basis of technological, business and social innovations. In joint R&D projects, digitalized WI+R plants, products, services and training programs are to be developed that lead to the creation of new business areas as well as to spin-offs and the establishment of new companies. The alliance is supported by BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg and the Gesellschaft zur Förderung angewandter Informatik e.V.; coordination lies with Prof. Dr. Christiane Hipp (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg). It has no manufacturing operations of its own; it is a research and innovation alliance.

Site: Cottbus
Processes: Research and development (R&D projects) for the digitalization of maintenance, servicing and repair, Development of digitalized plants, products, services and training programs, Cross-industry networking and regional development/structural change, Support for spin-offs and the establishment of new companies
Materials: Digitalization of maintenance, servicing and repair, Industry 4.0
Founded: 2019
Industries: Maintenance, servicing and repair (WI+R), Digitalization, Industry 4.0, Science and research, Regional and structural development

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Research and development (R&D projects WI+R)
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Development of digitalized plants, products, services and
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Cross-industry networking and regional development
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Support for spin-offs and business relocations

Research and Innovation Topics

WI+R

Digitalization of maintenance, servicing and repair

Central innovation field of the alliance for networking previously separate industries.

I4.0

Industry 4.0

Technological framework for the development of digitalized plants and services.

Locations

Cottbus

Coordination office (c/o BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1)

Berlin

c/o Gesellschaft zur Förderung angewandter Informatik e.V., Volmerstraße 3

Inside the production

Symbolic image: Digital manufacturing technology

Industries

Maintenance, servicing and repair (WI+R)DigitalizationIndustry 4.0Science and researchRegional and structural development

Additional services

Research and development (R&D projects) for the digitalization of maintenance, servicing and repairDevelopment of digitalized plants, products, services and training programsCross-industry networking and regional development/structural changeSupport for spin-offs and the establishment of new companies

Reference customers

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF, funding under the WIR! program)

History

2019
Admission to the BMBF program WIR! – Wandel durch Innovation in der Region (second funding round; year not explicitly documented)
2021
Publication of the WIR! brochure on the website (August 2021)
2022
Feature in Lausitz Magazin – Spring 2022 (p. 20)