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New founders for Saarland: 46 talents showcase their business ideas at the Entrepreneurship Saar Demo Day
12.06.2025 - On Wednesday, June 18, the Saar Entrepreneurship Program's Demo Day kicks off at 15 p.m. in Hall 4 in Saarbrücken. At the closing event of the four-week project, 46 participants will present their innovative business ideas to a distinguished jury.
From research to practice: Three concrete solutions at the Hannover Messe 2025
11.03.2025 - Digitalization creates added value – across industries, practically, and with direct benefits for business and society. The August Wilhelm Scheer Institute is taking its research to the streets and demonstrating at Hannover Messe 2025 how digital innovations are shaping the industry of tomorrow. At three booths, the institute, together with partners, will demonstrate how pioneering technologies are driving companies forward – using concrete application examples: from sustainable returns management and mobile working environments to networked factories of the future.
New founders for Saarland: 46 talents showcase their business ideas at the Entrepreneurship Saar Demo Day
12.06.2025 - On Wednesday, June 18, the Saar Entrepreneurship Program's Demo Day kicks off at 15 p.m. in Hall 4 in Saarbrücken. At the closing event of the four-week project, 46 participants will present their innovative business ideas to a distinguished jury.
From research to practice: Three concrete solutions at the Hannover Messe 2025
11.03.2025 - Digitalization creates added value – across industries, practically, and with direct benefits for business and society. The August Wilhelm Scheer Institute is taking its research to the streets and demonstrating at Hannover Messe 2025 how digital innovations are shaping the industry of tomorrow. At three booths, the institute, together with partners, will demonstrate how pioneering technologies are driving companies forward – using concrete application examples: from sustainable returns management and mobile working environments to networked factories of the future.
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The green future is being forged in Saarland – Further training in the steel sector
23.01.2025 - The kick-off event for the "GreenSteelSkills" project will begin at 04:2025 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16, 00, at the Dillinger Hüttenwerke guest house. The project sets new standards in the qualification of specialists for green steel production and is supported by leading experts from research, industry, and continuing education.
50 talents are ready: Final of the “Entrepreneurial Spirit Saar” program 2024
05.12.2025 - On Friday, December 6, the Halle4 in Saarbrücken the venue for the next generation of entrepreneurial personalities. From 15:30 p.m., around 50 selected talents will present their entrepreneurial ideas. The participants from all over Germany end on this day although the five-week program with a Pitch before a top-class jury, are but at the same time ready, as founder to get started.
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The visionary who even Helmut Kohl listened to
Frankfurter Allgemeine
25.05.2025 - August-Wilhelm Scheer has founded numerous companies, written important books, and is considered the father of the Digital Ministry. When he looks to the future, he is filled with concern.
Digital product passport in the textile industry
Saarland Broadcasting
May 22.05.2025, 16, approx. from minute 20:XNUMX – Sensible and climate-friendly heat planning in municipalities, cooperation and trust in training in the skilled trades, transparency for consumers and help for people on the street, these are our topics this week in “We in Saarland – The Magazine”.
The August-Wilhelm Scheer Institute is contributing to the research project KIreDe and the Digital Product Passport.
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When AI understands the customer
t3n digital edition
15.05.2025 - Recognize wishes and problems better, react faster: Artificial intelligence can take customer interactions to a new level
Raising standards. Large online retailers are leading the way – and opportunities are opening up for smaller companies, too.
AWSi Showcases Office-on-Wheel at HM2025
Smart & Manufacturing Enterprises
01.05.2025, page 97 – At Hannover Messe 2025 (HM2025) in Germany, the August-Wilhelm Scheer Institute (AWSi) – a non-profit research institute dedicated to digital transformation and innovation – presented groundbreaking innovations at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), green technologies, and digital transformation. Among the highlights was a unique Indo-German collaboration involving AI-powered insect farming in Hyderabad, which promises to enhance India's role in the global insect export market.
Watching AI counts and monitors breeding insects
taz
14.04.2025 - Watching AI counts and monitors farmed insects: Not yet a flying AI – but a promising step towards sustainable protein supply: With the project InsectAI develops that Center for Digital GreenTech at the August Wilhelm Scheer Institute an AI-based solution for intelligent insect breeding.
Saar exhibitors at Hannover Messe look to the future with mixed feelings
Saarbruecker newspaper
03.04.2025 - Saar exhibitors at the Hannover Messe look to the future with mixed feelings: Saarland companies are presenting innovative products at the Hannover Messe. Among them is a mobile conference office. Why artificial intelligence is a mega-topic, but not its enormous power consumption. Tobias Greff from the August Wilhelm Scheer Institute in Saarbrücken and Rolf Hendrik Hartge from Überherrn are showcasing their mobile office at the Saarland joint booth in Hanover.
Several Saar companies exhibit at Hannover Messe
Saarland Broadcasting
31.03.2025 - Several Saarland companies are exhibiting at the Hannover Messe: From today until Friday, many companies will once again be presenting at the Hannover Messe. Exhibitors from Saarland are also participating in the world's largest industrial trade fair. This year's focus is on artificial intelligence.
Digital process passport to identify energy saving potential in industry
INGENIEUR.de
31.03.2025 - Digital process passport to identify energy saving potential in industry: The August Wilhelm Scheer Institute aims to increase energy efficiency through digitalization in industrial processes. The core element is a so-called digital process passport.
These 13 companies from Saarland will be presenting themselves at the Hannover Messe
Saarbruecker newspaper
27.03.2025 - These 13 companies from Saarland will be presenting themselves at the Hannover Messe: The Hannover Messe is one of the most important international industrial trade fairs. Several companies from Saarland will also be there to showcase what the region has to offer in terms of digital transformation.
Creating added value with energy data - status quo and challenges
OEM & Supplier
27.03.2025 - The energy optimization of processes is becoming increasingly important for companies due to rising CO2 prices and the volatility of renewable energies.
With primary energy demand remaining constant, companies are faced with continuously rising energy costs. In addition, regulatory requirements for companies of all sizes are growing, which relate to the obligation to provide evidence
non-financial aspects along the entire supply chain.
GreenSteelSkills project for digital training opportunities
Saarland Broadcasting
May 04.02.2025, 26, approx. from minute 47:XNUMX – The Project GreenSteelSkills has officially begun. The aim is to develop the necessary skills for the production of green steel and to provide targeted support to skilled workers in Saarland on this path.
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