it's OWL
it's OWL - Intelligent Technical Systems OstWestfalenLippe refers to a cooperation of over 180 companies, universities, scientific competence centers and business-related organizations in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region (OWL), which was founded in 2011. The sponsor is it's OWL Clustermanagement GmbH , based in Paderborn.
The aim was to obtain funding in the third round of the top cluster competition of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research . The ministry is making 40 million euros available for development projects. In total, it's OWL has a volume of almost 100 million euros. After being awarded the contract in January 2012, these are now to be used to create innovations in the areas of automation , automotive and mechanical engineering .
The cooperation is originally designed around 24 core companies. A total of 47 development projects are being started to develop a new generation of high-tech products. In addition, with the help of the it's OWL brand, the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region is to be profiled nationally and internationally as a business and technology location. The three university locations Bielefeld , Lemgo and Paderborn form the regional competence and transfer centers in the cluster.
The application for the top cluster competition was coordinated by the regional marketing and regional development company OstWestfalenLippe GmbH. Jürgen Gausemeier , former director of the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at the University of Paderborn, is the conceptual director .
Participating research institutions
The cluster consists of 174 partners; some of them are listed here:
Colleges
7 universities and 11 university-related competence centers provide methodological principles and application-oriented technologies.
- Bielefeld University , Center of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) , Research Institute for Cognition and Robotics (CoR-Lab)
- University of Paderborn , Heinz Nixdorf Institute
- Technical University of Ostwestfalen-Lippe , Institute for Industrial Information Technology (inIT) , Lemgo
- Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences
- University of Applied Sciences for Business
- Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences
- University of Münster , Institute for Systems and System Technologies (IAS)
Non-university research institutions, competence centers
- Fraunhofer ENAS, Advanced System Engineering Department, Paderborn
- Fraunhofer IOSB-INA , branch for industrial automation, Lemgo
- Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Design (IEM) , Paderborn
- Center Industrial IT (CIIT), Lemgo
- SmartFactoryOWL, Lemgo
Participating companies
it's OWL is supported by many medium-sized companies in the region, some of which are hidden champions in their field. Initially there were the 24 companies Beckhoff Automation , Behr-Hella Thermocontrol , Benteler Automobiltechnik , Claas , Delta Energy Systems, Denios , DMG Mori Seiki , GEA Group , Goldbeck , Harting , Hella , Herbert Kannegiesser , Hesse, KEB Automation , Lenze , Miele , Paul Hettich , Phoenix Contact , Unity, Wago , Weidmüller , Wincor Nixdorf , Wittenstein motion control and WP Kemper in the center.
Further cluster activities
International doctoral college ISA
In April 2013, the Institute for Industrial Information Technology (inIT) of the then OWL University and the University of Paderborn founded the international doctoral program "Intelligent Systems in Automation (ISA)" as a joint scientific institution. In this case, scholarship holders are guided in their doctoral process in a structured manner by a professor from the inIT and a professor from the University of Paderborn with a topic from the field of intelligent automation.
1 million euros for Makeathon profit
In May 2020 it'OWL organized the Makeathon #horizonteOWL. The online event was about developing solutions for specific challenges that companies have to face due to the Corona crisis. 200 people took part and their ideas got a lot of media coverage. The winning idea will be implemented with funding of up to 1 million euros.
Web links
- www.its-owl.de Official website
- https://blog.its-owl.de/ Official blog
Individual evidence
- ↑ OWL wins top cluster competition: Neue Westfälische hopes for 10,000 new jobs on January 20, 2012, accessed on May 9, 2012
- ↑ a b 40 million euros from Berlin: it's OWL wins the top cluster competition uni.aktuell, news from January 19, 2012, accessed on May 9, 2012
- ↑ It's OWL homepage: partner company , accessed on June 24, 2015.
- ↑ Graduate School ISA (accessed June 11, 2013)
- ↑ it's OWL Makeathon. Retrieved on July 6, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Bernhard Hertlein: App with machine knowledge. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
- ↑ The winner of the OWL Makeathon has been determined. In: Westfalenspiegel. June 8, 2020, accessed on July 6, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Lukas Brekenkamp: This is how services for mechanical engineering companies should be improved. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .