On 23 January 2025, the virtual event ‘Pitch & Match transform: Energy Management in Production’ took place, organised by the Mobility & Logistics Cluster as part of the transform.r project and in collaboration with the Bavarian transformation networks transform.10, transform.RMF and transform_EMN. The event aimed to network companies and start-ups in the field of energy management and promote cooperation.
After a welcome address by Julia Dick, project manager of transform.r, Lamin Ben Hamdane from Infineon Technologies AG gave a keynote speech on the topic of ‘Competitive advantage through cooperation: How companies and start-ups can drive innovation together’. Afterwards, established companies presented their specific challenges in energy management, which they would like to solve together with start-ups, in three-minute pitches.
In the second part of the event, 20-minute 1:1 discussions took place between companies and start-ups, which were arranged in advance based on mutual interest. The tasks covered topics such as increasing energy cost efficiency through holistic control parameters, the utilisation of waste machine heat and the optimal use of PV electricity.
The event provided a valuable platform for the exchange of innovative ideas and the initiation of concrete collaborations in the field of energy management in production.