Steinbeis Foundation
| Steinbeis Foundation for Economic Development (StW) |
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| Purpose: | Knowledge and technology transfer |
| Chair: | Michael Auer |
| Consist: | since 1971 |
| Number of employees: | 2,135 employees and 3,471 freelancers (December 31, 2019) |
| Seat: | Stuttgart |
| Website: | www.steinbeis.de |
The Steinbeis Foundation is the umbrella of an association that is active in knowledge and technology transfer . The subsidiary Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG for technology transfer is responsible for all economic activities.
The foundation is named after Ferdinand von Steinbeis (1807–1893), who, as a Württemberg economic politician, laid the foundations for dual training in medium-sized companies.
history
Ferdinand von Steinbeis founded the first Steinbeis Foundation in 1868 to promote the industrial training of young people. The foundation lost its assets during the inflation in 1923 and disbanded. In 1971 it was re-established as a foundation under civil law in Stuttgart .
In 1983, the former Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, Lothar Späth , appointed Johann Löhn , Rector of the Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences and chairman of the Technology Transfer Working Group in the state's research commission, as government representative for technology transfer. In this role, Löhn supported the state government in promoting medium-sized businesses until 2006. At the same time, Löhn took over the full-time chairmanship of the Steinbeis Foundation, which he had redesigned. Reinhard Merkle and Walter W. Weiss were named as honorary deputies. The foundation was supported and accompanied by a board of trustees headed by Hans-Joachim Förster.
In 1984, in addition to the existing technical advisory services at universities of applied sciences in Baden-Württemberg, further transfer centers were established.
In 1986 the Steinbeis Foundation returned to its origins in Stuttgart's Hospitalstrasse and moved into the Haus der Wirtschaft Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. The Steinbeis Foundation has its headquarters here to this day.
In 1991, Hans-Joachim Förster no longer stood for election as chairman of the board of trustees; he was succeeded by Max Syrbe , a member of the board of trustees since 1983 and then president of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft .
In 1995 centers were also established at universities in Baden-Württemberg, and “free” centers outside of knowledge and research institutions were created.
In 1998 the Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG was founded in order to separate the economic activities organizationally from the tasks of the foundation. In the same year, the private Steinbeis University Berlin (SHB) was founded and recognized by the state . Johann Löhn, who still holds the office today, becomes the first president.
In 2003 the Steinbeis Foundation founded the Steinbeis Edition, a publishing house that publishes publications by employees from the Steinbeis Association.
In 2004 Johann Löhn handed over the chairmanship of the board. Heinz Trasch, Sylvia Rohr (until 2007) and Michael Auer formed the new full-time executive board of the foundation and the management of Steinbeis GmbH & Co.KG for technology transfer. Löhn was appointed honorary curator of the Steinbeis Foundation and continues to head the Steinbeis University Berlin as President . Since 2004, the foundation has been awarding the Steinbeis Foundation's Transfer Prize - Löhn Prize, which is intended to honor transfer projects in the competitive knowledge and technology transfer between science and industry as part of the Steinbeis Day.
In 2012, Heinz Trasch gave up the chairmanship and management of Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG for technology transfer due to age. Today the foundation is headed by Michael Auer (chair) and Manfred Mattulat, a board of trustees defines the principles of the foundation's work.
Foundation mandate
According to the statutes, the task of the foundation is to "make scientific knowledge [...] available to the state's economy", ie to carry out knowledge and technology transfer. In three forums, Steinbeis examines issues relating to competence, consulting and engineering. As part of the Steinbeis foundation mandate, the foundation organizes regular conferences and publishes studies on current key topics. According to the statutes, the board of trustees defines the principles for the work of the Steinbeis Foundation. The Board of Trustees has 23 full and 23 deputy members. The members are made up of representatives from business, science, politics and administration. The chairman of the board of trustees and six deputies make up the board of trustees committee.
Composite
The Steinbeis group consists of the so-called Steinbeis companies, through which the transfer of knowledge and technology takes place. In 2019, the Steinbeis network comprised 1,075 Steinbeis companies (Steinbeis transfer centers, advice centers, research and innovation centers, transfer institutes and limited liability companies) that are active in the service areas of consulting and expertise, research and development, and training and further education . Franchise companies and minority holdings also belong to the Steinbeis Group. The Steinbeis University Berlin is a subsidiary and offers part-time training and further education via Steinbeis Transfer Institutes.
sales
With the services research and development, consulting and expertise as well as training and further education, the Steinbeis companies achieved a turnover of 170.3 million euros in 2019.
Employee
The Steinbeis entrepreneurs worked together in 2019 with 2,135 employees and 3,471 freelancers. A total of 637 professors were active in the Steinbeis companies in 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d facts and figures
- ↑ Steinbeis Foundation , website of the Steinbeis Foundation
- ^ Steinbeis Foundation , Structure of the Steinbeis Association
- ↑ a b c d e History of the Steinbeis Association
- ↑ a b Steinbeis KOMPAKT (PDF file; 787 kB) company brochure of the Steinbeis Foundation
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Steinbeis 1983 - 2013 (PDF file; 2.4 MB)
- ^ Presidium of the SHB
- ↑ Steinbeis 1983–2008 (PDF file; 1.72 MB) company brochure of the Steinbeis Foundation
- ↑ Events
- ^ Board of Trustees Board of Trustees of the Steinbeis Foundation
- ^ Services of the Steinbeis Association
- ↑ Steinbeis University Berlin ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
