The Innovation Center for Industry 4.0 (i40.de) from Regensburg and Werkbank32 in Mittweida have entered into a strategic partnership to expand digital skills in SMEs and support promising start-ups. Werkbank32, a project of Volksbank Mittweida and its subsidiary Teleskopeffekt GmbH to strengthen innovative capacity, builds bridges from the analogue to the digital age, promotes innovative capacity and provides insights into digitalization topics such as blockchain, process automation, practical artificial intelligence and creative prototyping. The Innovation Centre for Industry 4.0 has trained over 100,000 employees from various companies in 14 countries with e-learning and learning programmes involving new technologies on digitalization and advises companies on the implementation of digitalization projects.
"We are delighted to be a partner of this highly innovative supra-regional project in Germany to promote innovation in the field of digitalization. Through our daily work in companies around the world, we have seen that Germany has a pioneering role when it comes to digitalization. We need creative and, above all, practical projects like Werkbank32 that create a rapid transfer of knowledge in order to maintain and expand this pioneering role," says Philipp Ramin from the Innovation Center for Industry 4.0 in Regensburg.
"With Werkbank32, we want to provide practical insights into pioneering projects and thus set an exclamation mark for the future of SMEs! Partners such as the Innovation Centre for Industry 4.0 from Regensburg are indispensable for this, as they not only provide training on these topics in companies worldwide, but can also provide unique insights into future models through their co-responsible project management in various national and international studies on digitalization, AI and work," says Leonhard Zintl, Board Member of Volksbank Mittweida.
"The partnership between Werkbank32 and the Innovation Center for Industry 4.0 brings us closer to our goal of bringing together companies, future thinkers and influencers in a local, national and international context. Only with strong, practical partners can we provide meaningful support to banks and companies on their way to initiating and implementing digital projects. And this is the only way to shape the future together in a meaningful and profitable way," says Dr. Benjamin Zeitler, Managing Director of Teleskopeffekt.
As part of the new strategic partnership, there will be exciting and future-oriented joint events on topics such as the learning journey and VR technology.
About the Innovation Center for Industry 4.0
Digital Competence as a Service: The Innovation Centre for Industry 4.0 in Regensburg offers companies comprehensive and individual qualification solutions in the field of digitalization and Industry 4.0. From systematic training programmes and individual hands-on workshops to complete digital online learning systems. The Innovation Center for Industry 4.0 is an interdisciplinary and international team of experts for the development and expansion of skills in the digital age, coming from the fields of IT, human resources, mechanical engineering, business administration, psychology and social sciences. This structure allows a holistic view of digitalization. The focus is not only on technology, but also on questions of organization, processes, the business model, strategy, corporate culture and leadership. With locations in Germany, Italy, the Baltic States, Sweden and Singapore, the Innovation Centre for Industry 4.0 looks at digitalization from an international perspective and offers learning programmes and elearnings for digital skills development worldwide.
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About Werkbank32
Werkbank32 is an innovation center in Mittweida that strengthens digitalization and innovation expertise for SMEs and supports start-ups in the market entry phase. Werkbank32 provides space for innovation and creative prototyping and offers an ideal environment for start-ups through experienced mentors and a diverse network, which also provides established companies with impetus and innovative concepts. Werkbank32 also supports SMEs with digitalization and provides inspiration, empowerment and business model development to ensure the sustainable positioning of companies. Werkbank32 is operated by Teleskopeffekt, a subsidiary of Volksbank Mittweida eG.
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