• Corporate strategies (mechanical engineering, design of strategic change processes, networked and adaptable)
  • Product development (e-engineering, virtual prototypes)
  • Production (design/optimization of process chains, manufacturing processes, precision and micro machining)
  • Systems for production (test planning, optical metrology, machine tools, production systems – transparent, networked)
  • Information and communication technologies as industries of the future
  • Increased use of marketable products and production processes in small and medium-sized industrial companies
  • Implementation of research and development results in companies