The Co-Creation Lab Vienna of the Vienna Business Agency supports companies and public organisations that are looking for innovative solutions for a business challenge or need new impulses from other companies and research institutions.

A company or a public organisation brings a challenge to the Co-Creation Lab Vienna. There, in a confidential setting workshops are held with experts in order to find solutions to said challenge. It is also possible to participate in a public co-creation call. The challenge is sent to 1,800 companies, start-ups and research institutions from the Vienna Business Agency’s network. Thereby, innovative solutions and the right cooperation partners can be found. Renowned companies benefit from the innovative power and know-how of young companies, which in turn benefit from the networks and expertise of the established players.

Since the start in 2016, the Co-Creation Lab Vienna has accompanied challenges from a wide variety of sectors – from the Digital Twin of a power plant for Wien Energie or a new material for the sheathing of microelectronics in cars for melecs, to the development of a new business idea for the Viennese SME SMS-Data.

Sample Challenge

As the usage of electronics in cars is constantly increasing, less space is available for other components. The obvious solution is to shrink electronic components – that is, to develop small electronics and to accommodate them in a composite component. However, due to their use in cars, these innovative components must exhibit features such as a resistance to oils and a certain sturdiness that protects the electronics from environmental influences and ensures the lifetime of the electronics. The production of these components is also a major challenge, since the electronics must not be damaged. In the Co-Creation Lab Vienna, Melecs found the ideal partner for the development of a completely new material for the sheathing of microelectronics in cars – the transfer center for plastics technology.

Contact

Kristina Wrohlich, Technology Services, Vienna Business Agency

E-Mail: wrohlich@wirtschaftsagentur.at

Website: www.viennabusinessagency.at

Information on the current call “Urban Rainwater” can be found here. Submission is open until the 6^th of September 2019.