Steinbeis 2i GmbH

• Sharpening innovation management - with the right strategies and partners
• Your path to EU funding - with a strong partner in the application process
• Spreading innovation internationally - through access to new markets
• Regional & Social Transformation - taking advantage of Europe's opportunities
• Impulses for innovation policy - with our EU-wide expertise
• Planning events & training people - networking at events and getting fit for innovation

• EU research and innovation funding
• Project implementation, project management and communication
• Digitalization & Industry 4.0
• Climate, energy & mobility
• Agriculture, bioeconomy & environment
• Health
• Culture, creativity & inclusion
• Transformation in and with society
• Open innovation
• Smart specialization
• Gender & diversity

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

• How Digital Twins make Energy Consumption more intelligent (Transfer 3/2025)
  Industrial Responsibility in the Age of the Energy Transition
• Innovation, cooperation and funding – the keys to a competitive business (Transfer 1/2025)
  An interview with Steinbeis expert Professor h. c. Dr. Jonathan Loeffler
• Local residents take the energy transition into their own hands (Transfer 1/2025)
  Steinbeis experts support the establishment of an energy cooperative on the island of Borkum.
• A circular economy for rare earth magnets (Transfer 3/2024)
  The partners in the EU project REEsilience are developing pre-processing technology for hard disk drives, loudspeakers and electric motors
• Going circular! (Transfer Online/2024)
  Baden-Württemberg enterprises obtain funding to implement circular economy projects
• Digital applications in healthcare (Transfer 2/2024)
  Steinbeis Europa Zentrum is supporting the development of smart health tools
• Moving towards a circular economy in manufacturing industry (Transfer 2/2024)
  Steinbeis experts and European partners implement innovations for welding systems
• Promoting Innovation Ecosystems (Transfer 3/2023)
  Steinbeis experts support SMEs from Baden-Wuerttemberg in implementing the EU’s Digital and Innovation Strategy
• Mittelstand Pioneers – Success Fueled by Value Creating Collaboration (Transfer 2/2023)
  Turning the spotlight on sustainability
• A Helping Hand for SMEs: EU Innovation Funding Programmes (Transfer 1/2023)
  Steinbeis experts provide help on finding the right funding
• EU4HEALTH: A Vision of a Healthier Europe (Transfer Online/2023)
  Team at Steinbeis Europa Zentrum provides support with submitting proposals and managing projects
• Daring to Take Risks! (Transfer 3/2022)
  Minimizing the risk of innovation projects with EU funding
• Successful Events and What’s Important to Create a Lasting Impression (Transfer 3/2022)
  Inspiration from the event team at Steinbeis Europa Zentrum
• Tailor-Made Competency Acquisition for the Factory of the Future (Transfer 2/2022)
  An interview with Sabine Hafner-Zimmermann, Senior Project Manager at Steinbeis Europa Zentrum and partner of the EU FIT4FoF project
• The Balancing Act Between Giving and Taking – Success Within Networks (Transfer 1/2022)
  Steinbeis experts offer ideas and inspiration on leveraging and making the best of the potential offered by networks
• A Network for More Innovation and Internationalisation (Transfer 1/2022)
  Steinbeis Europa Zentrum supports SMEs in its role as a member of the Enterprise Europe Network
• The innocheck-bw Initiative – Which EU Funding Options are Best for my Project? (Transfer 1/2022)
  Website set up by Steinbeis Europa Zentrum offers funding advice for SMEs
• “We’d like to offer SMEs the opportunity to introduce AI to actual applications” (Transfer 3/2021)
  An interview with Alexandra Fezer and Stefano Sbarbati from Steinbeis Europa Zentrum
• “It’s About Making the Next Step” (Transfer 2/2021)
  An interview with Dr.-Ing. Petra Pu¨chner and Dr. Jonathan Loeffler, Entrepreneurs at Steinbeis Europa Zentrum
• NetworkNature: Connecting Experts for Climate Protection and Sustainability (Transfer 1/2021)
  Steinbeis offers platform for exchanging views on nature-based solutions, projects, and best practice
• “Building trust will be crucial” (Transfer 1/2021)
  An interview with Dr. Marie-Eve Reinert, senior project manager at Steinbeis 2i
• Recovery of Ecological Nutrition from Agriculture (Transfer 1/2021)
  Steinbeis experts contribute to the circular bioeconomy
• The Potential Offered by Second-Chance Entrepreneurship (Transfer 3/2020)
  Steinbeis expert Samantha Michaux talks about the opportunities and challenges of entrepreneurial re-starts
• “Customers should not notice any differences in organoleptic or visual terms” (Transfer 3/2020)
  An interview with Hartmut Welck, senior project manager at Steinbeis 2i
• The Packaging of the Future – Don’t Throw It in the Trash Can: Eat It! (Transfer 3/2020)
  Steinbeis experts launch ZIM network project looking into edible food coatings
• Become an Innovation Champion! (Transfer 1/2020)
  Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor, and Housing offers free concept checks to SMEs and startups
• Hydrogen fuel cells will power the future of E-Mobility (Transfer 1/2020)
  Steinbeis 2i supports project partners optimize automotive fuel cell systems
• Honorary professorship for supporter of the Danube region (Transfer 3/2019)
  The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca in Romania bestows honor upon Dr. Jonathan Loeffler
• Success depends on the strategy (Transfer 3/2019)
  Innovation strategies for SMEs
• Smart anything everywhere – digitalization for everyone (Transfer 2/2019)
  Digital innovation hubs: a key ingredient of digital transformation
• Inconnect: innovation requires collaboration! (Transfer 2/2019)
  Steinbeis cooperation index analyzes the potential offered by partnerships
• STUNNING: Promoting Corporate Renovation in Europe (Transfer 2/2019)
  Steinbeis 2i is working as a partner to the EU platform for energy-efficient renovation technology and business models
• SENET: Good for Health (Transfer 2/2019)
  Steinbeis 2i GmbH coordinates an EU-funded project aimed at strengthening the collaboration between Europe and China in the field of health
• The role played by smart cities as innovation hubs for cities and regions (Transfer 1/2019)
  Steinbeis experts create Innovation processes for EU projects
• Meet me at MeDiWa: Shaping Digital Transformation in the World of Media (Transfer 1/2019)
  A look back at the 2018 Network Event
• DeepTech4Good: Start-ups Coming to the Fore (Transfer 1/2019)
  Steinbeis 2i remains important partner of European Union accelerator program
• Photonic FabLabs – The Next Digital Technology Revolution (Transfer 4/2018)
  Steinbeis acts as partner in an EU project called PHABLABS 4.0
• “The challenge lies in the complexity of different expectations and goals” (Transfer 4/2018)
  An interview with Hartmut Welck and Matthieu Grosjean, experts in international innovation management at Steinbeis 2i GmbH (S2i)
• 10 Years Enterprise Europe Network (Transfer 3/2018)
  Steinbeis 2i GmbH remains an important member of the European Commission network
• “The process of transfer between companies opens the door to something new” (Transfer 3/2018)
  An interview with Dr. Jonathan Loeffler, CEO of Steinbeis 2i GmbH
• In Good Shape for EU Applications and Project Management (Transfer 3/2018)
  S2i offers training to SMEs and research institutions
• Sustainable Fish Farming and Innovative Wastewater Recovery at Lake Victoria (Transfer 3/2018)
  Steinbeis is partner in the EU project VicInAqua, which supports knowledge transfer between Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Europe
• Digitalization Entails Change! (Transfer 3/2018)
  Steinbeis experts organize a Network event on the role played by the media in digital transformation Digitalization is fundamentally changing the world of work
• Innovation in the Craft Industry – Locally and Internationally (Transfer 2/2018)
  Steinbeis 2i GmbH provides advice on going international and innovation management
• Minimizing Risk with IMMODGEL and PANBioRA (Transfer 2/2018)
  New research findings on the prevention of immune responses after the fitting of implants and assessing the risk posed by biomaterials
• Minimizing Risk with IMMODGEL and PANBioRA (Transfer 2/2018)
  New research findings on the prevention of immune responses after the fitting of implants and assessing the risk posed by biomaterials
• The 2017 German Raw Material Efficiency Award Goes to REProMag (Transfer 1/2018)
  Steinbeis 2i acted as partner to the EU project
• Cyber-Physical Systems – A Driver of Digital Transformation in European Business (Transfer 4/2017)
  Steinbeis experts and Hahn-Schickard help SMEs gain access to digital technology
• Research Spotlight: MinWaterCSP: Reducing the Water Consumption in Concentrated Solar Power plants (Transfer 4/2017)
  Steinbeis 2i acts as partner in EU project
• The Journey to New Key Enabling Technologies (Transfer 4/2017)
  The SEZ is working as a partner on two EU projects: NUCLEI and KETGATE
• Editorial (Transfer 3/2017)
  
• Heterogeneity: A Driver of Innovation (Transfer 3/2017)
  Equal opportunities in the energy technology sector
• Research Spotlight: Innovative Compression Technology for Efficient Hydrogen Vehicles (Transfer 3/2017)
  Steinbeis experts join EU COSMHYC project
• Research Spotlight: An Innovative Business Model for Intelligent Traffic Systems (Transfer 3/2017)
  Steinbeis assesses obstacles and enablers of new systems as part of EU NEWBITS project
• Innovating Differently – New Angles on Technology Transfer (Transfer 3/2017)
  A look back at a kick-off Steinbeis event at the State Gallery in Stuttgart
• Using Implants Without Side Effects (Transfer 2/2017)
  Forschungs-Team im EU-Projekt IMMODGEL entwickelt innovative hydrogelbasierte Systeme
• Inspired by Photonics (Transfer 2/2017)
  EU PHABLABS 4.0 project inspires the next generation
• Open Innovation Strategies for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (Transfer 2/2017)
  Collaboration helps accelerate Innovation
• Editorial (Transfer 2/2017)
  
• eHealthHub: Market Positioning (Transfer 1/2017)
  Steinbeis 2i supports eHealth SMEs

Steinbeis-Edition

• Roth, Clementine (2026): "Supporting digital, green and creative transformation in regions (Non-Print)" A practical guideline
• Hafner-Zimmermann, Sabine; O'Donovan, Laura; Vestergaard, Anders (2023): "Preparing for future skills needs in European manufacturing industry (Non-Print)"
• Hafner-Zimmermann, Sabine; O'Donovan, Laura; Vestergaard, Anders (2023): "Preparing for future skills needs in European manufacturing industry"
• Hochberg, Katrin (Hrsg.); Mészarós, Anna (Hrsg.); Roth, Clementine; Szenttási, Tamás (Hrsg.) (2023): "Social Impact Investment Community Strategy for the Danube region (Non-Print)" 20 recommendations to boost social entrepreneurs and impact investors
• Blakemore, Faith Mary Louise; Walter, Jan-Timo (2023): "Investing for Innovation in Africa" A review of the African innovation landscape and its key actors
• Blakemore, Faith Mary Louise; Walter, Jan-Timo (2022): "Investing for Innovation in Africa (Non-Print)" A review of the African innovation landscape and its key actors
• Haering, Paul (2021): "INN-BALANCE Guidebook (Non-Print)" Improvement of Balance of Plant Components for PEM based automotive fuel cell systems
• Haering, Paul (2021): "INN-BALANCE Guidebook" Improvement of Balance of Plant Components for PEM based automotive fuel cell systems
• Bahr, Valerie; Kalbarczyk, Piotr; Kesten Erhart, Dilay (2019): "CITyFiED Innovation Management Guide (Non-Print)" A case study on the exploitation of smart city solutions in the European Smart Cities and Communities Project CITyFiED (Replicable and Innovative Future Efficient Districts and Cities)
• Bahr, Valerie; Kalbarczyk, Piotr; Kesten Erhart, Dilay (2019): "CITyFiED Innovation Management Guide" A case study on the exploitation of smart city solutions in the European Smart Cities and Communities Project CITyFiED (Replicable and Innovative Future Efficient Districts and Cities)
• Reimann, Meike; Thompson, Haydn (2018): "Platforms4CPS (Non-Print)" Key Outcomes and Recommendations
• Reimann, Meike; Thompson, Haydn (2018): "Platforms4CPS" Key Outcomes and Recommendations
• Burkhardt, Carlo; OBE Ohnmacht & Baumgärtner GmbH & Co. KG (2018): "REProMag - Resource Efficient Production of Magnets" Manufacturing processes for complex structures and geometries of magnets with efficient use of material - closing the gap between technology and market
• Link, Tabea; Michaux, Samantha (2018): "10 Tools to Enable the Innovation Potential of High-Tech Photonics SMEs (Non-Print)" A guide for cluster managers and business developers to support technological innovation
• Bergmann, Franziska; Herrmann, Eduardo Manuel; Steinbeis 2i GmbH (Hrsg.) (2018): "Understanding the Chinese STI landscape in the context of EU-China innovation cooperation" ENRICH - European Network of Research and Innovation Centres and Hubs, China
• Link, Tabea; Michaux, Samantha (2018): "10 Tools to Enable the Innovation Potential of High-Tech Photonics SMEs" A guide for cluster managers and business developers to support technological innovation
• Fischer, Heike (Hrsg.); Püchner, Petra (Hrsg.); Schmidt, Aline (Hrsg.) (2017): "Open Innovation (Non-Print)" Strategic approaches for small and medium-sized enterprises
• Püchner, Petra (Hrsg.); Wittkopp, Beate (Hrsg.) (2017): "Die andere Sicht auf das Innovieren" Frauen im Technologietransfer
• Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology of the National Research Council (Hrsg.); Steinbeis 2i GmbH (Hrsg.); Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (Hrsg.) (2017): "Towards Best Practice in Photonics Outreach for Young People"
• Opticsvalley (Hrsg.); Steinbeis 2i GmbH (Hrsg.); Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (Hrsg.) (2017): "Towards Best Practice in Photonics Outreach for Entrepreneurs"
• Photonics Austria (Hrsg.); Steinbeis 2i GmbH (Hrsg.); Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (Hrsg.) (2017): "Towards Best Practice in Photonics Outreach for General Public"
• Hafner-Zimmermann, Sabine; de C. Henshaw, Michael J. (2017): "The future of trans-Atlantic collaboration in modelling and simulation of Cyber-Physical Systems" A Strategic Research Agenda for Collaboration
• Hafner-Zimmermann, Sabine; de C. Henshaw, Michael J. (2017): "The future of trans-Atlantic collaboration in modelling and simulation of Cyber-Physical Systems (Non-Print)" A Strategic Research Agenda for Collaboration
• Reimann, Meike; Rückriegel, Carsten (2017): "Road2CPS (Non-Print)" Priorities and Recommendations for Research and Innovation in Cyber-Physical Systems
• Reimann, Meike; Rückriegel, Carsten (2017): "Road2CPS" Priorities and Recommendations for Research and Innovation in Cyber-Physical Systems
• Gohla, Robert; Roth, Jens-Jochen (2012): "POSMETRANS" POlicy measures for innovation in TRANSport sector with special focus on Small and Medium sized Enterprises - factors and recommendations for success and sustainability
• Loeffler, Jonathan; Salingre, Anthony (2012): "Photonics in Information & Communication Technologies" A Technology Roadmap for SMEs on new photonic devices and materials
• Loeffler, Jonathan; Salingre, Anthony; Strand, Jouko (2012): "Photonics in Health & Well-being" A Technology Roadmap for SMEs on new photonic devices and materials
• Loeffler, Jonathan; Salingre, Anthony; Vitale, David; Lojkowski, Witold; Yatsunenko, Sergey (2012): "Photonics in Environment & Energy" A Technology Roadmap for SMEs on new photonic devices and materials
• Loeffler, Jonathan; Salingre, Anthony; Ferrando-Guarrido, Isabel; Kalinowski, Dirk (2012): "Photonics in Safety & Security" A Technology Roadmap for SMEs on new photonic devices and materials
• Mc Nerney, Oonagh; Stachowicz, Anna; Czuprynski, Piotr; Philpott, Elly; Kolman, David; Martin, Daniel; Herrmann, Eduardo Manuel (2010): "Leitfaden zur erfolgreichen Nutzung und Verbreitung von Forschungsergebnissen" Make European research work for your company... for busy professionals