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Completion of a strong project at Baufuchs PLEWA in Vreden!
As part of the Smart Solution Lab (SSL), a motivated project group was given the opportunity to work on an exciting challenge: How can Baufuchs PLEWA successfully tap into the

Let’s heat up the market: Kick-off at ColPro
With the launch of a new project in the Smart Solution Lab, students are investigating how Cargo Heat Treatment‘s heat treatment chambers can be positioned more effectively on the market.

Kick-off at Trendelkamp – Accelerating innovation with AI for knowledge management
The kick-off meeting for the new Smart Lab of Team B marked the official start of an exciting collaboration with Trendelkamp Technologie, where the engineering department traverses from extrusion technology

Successful project completion at rema.Germany in Gescher
Eight weeks of intensive work lie behind the team of eight students – and the results are impressive! In a short period of time, the students have become true experts

(Almost) done sorting – Final presentation of Team B
The final presentation of Team B in the Smart Solution Labs marked a very special occasion, as they presented the results of eight weeks of work as guests during the

Project launch at Molkerei Söbbeke: Focus on sustainability – with impressive preparation!
As part of our new practical project, we – Team D of the Smart Solution Labs – were able to officially launch at Molkerei Söbbeke, and the kick-off could hardly

Successful project completed: Students impress with practical solution!
As part of the Interreg project Smart Solution Labs, students from FH Münster, Westfälische Hochschule and Saxion University of Applied Sciences successfully tackled a logistical challenge for Contour Covering Technology

Company visit to BAUFUCHS Plewa in Vreden – Launch of Smart Solution Labs
The students from Team A of the Smart Solution Labs, together with Marloes Heering (Saxion), Bernd Liesbrock (WFG), and Renate Warmers (WFG), visited Matthias Plewa and Verena Bertmann from BAUFUCHS

Seeing, scanning, sorting – The start for a new Smart Lab at DeSpray
The recycling of spray cans is not only more complex than it sounds, but it can also be dangerous. At Team B’s kick-off of their Smart lab for DeSpray, CEO

Innovation meets sustainability
At APS-Germany in Gescher, seven students have the opportunity to rethink a part of the circular economy: with the help of AI, the testing process for reconditioned truck parts is

Kick-off for Team D at the Smart Solution Lab!
Team D from the Smart Solution Labs started their project work at Contour Covering Technology BV in beautiful Winterswijk. After a warm welcome from Luan Veenhuis and a brief introduction,

Launch of the Smart Solution Labs
32 students – 4 teams – one mission: to develop innovative solutions for SMEs in the border region. The first step was our innovation training at STEPS in Gronau. It