Corporate Technology Foresight

We Help to Find Answers for Your Organization’s Strategic Questions.

Our special focus is on research into innovation and the technologies of the future. Long years of experience in the early identification of tomorrow’s technologies and planning for the future make our team a reliable partner for you.

Together with our excellent team, we can also address even broader ranges of questions that impact you, e. g. questions from the economy or society. Tailored to your specific needs, we draw up analyses and use technology-oriented foresight methods, like roadmapping and the scenario technique. This lets us expand any short-term perspective already in your sights for the next 3 to 5 years, up to the long-term perspective from 5 to 20 years. Or we can analyze the whole of your timeframe. Working together, we can identify the future technologies of meaning for you; we can evaluate them and highlight technological white spots, or break down complex technologies and their specific implications for your company. With this information from us, we create a real possibility to generate a scientific basis, a foundation for the ongoing development of your long-term technology strategies.

Together with our excellent team, we can also address even broader ranges of questions that impact you, e. g. questions from the economy or society. Tailored to your specific needs, we draw up analyses and use technology-oriented foresight methods, like roadmapping and the scenario technique. This lets us expand any short-term perspective already in your sights for the next 3 to 5 years, up to the long-term perspective from 5 to 20 years. Or we can analyze the whole of your timeframe. Working together, we can identify the future technologies of meaning for you; we can evaluate them and highlight technological white spots, or break down complex technologies and their specific implications for your company. With this information from us, we create a real possibility to generate a scientific basis, a foundation for the ongoing development of your long-term technology strategies.

Using various methodological approaches, we endeavor to place possible future trends and developments in a company context and highlight their significance. The result enables our clients to opt for the best course of action. Typical for our services are developing future scenarios, technology foresight and technology analyses, both qualitative and quantitative. Beyond this, we also produce assessments of future technologies, in particular to be able to compare them with existing technology portfolios. And we compare existing short-term technology strategy with long-term developments in the technology landscape. Special for this last service is close cooperation with the client, and the use of such participation platforms as focus groups, workshops or interviews.

Aerospace is one of the most important technologies in modern industrial society. Encompassing weather forecasting, navigation, direct transmission via satellite or global internet availability, space technology with its applications and services has become an integral part of daily life for everybody. With our Foresight Methods, we help you create new cross-links between your technological expertise and tomorrow’s developments in space technology, and help you link space technologies with the broader market.

Locomotion and mobility are essential to human society. Right now, the automotive industry is currently undergoing many upheavals. Drive technology, autonomy and new materials for all parts of the automobile are just a few striking examples of this. Impacted by external influences such as new regulations, pressure from competition or the call for sustainability, the automotive industry is in a constant state of development. What happens next, and where’s it all going? These are your questions, and, together, we want to answer them for you.

Higher, faster, further – the latest developments in materials and manufacturing make it possible! New manufacturing technologies are playing a major role in materials, not only in new lightweight construction, graphene and highly porous substances. Driven by ever new requirements and the possibilities of simulation and calculation, materials can be formed more accurately and specifically targeted to your application needs. But the end of life of a material also concerns us. Where are the new, future trends, and who are the best-suited partners for targeted research and development? Just a few of the questions we will be happy to answer for you.

Energy is the central driving force of life! From the generation of energy to its storage and consumption, energy technologies are changing and evolving everywhere. Which way are single sectors and entire branches developing? What forces impact on future development? From sustainable energy generation using future energy-saving options, to minimizing energy consumption from the nanochip to rockets - we are your partner in the search for answers to these questions.