Our Partners
We are open to strategic partnerships to support the digital transformation of the Group and its SMEs.
Maschinenraum is a shared ecosystem, developed by family businesses for family businesses. They bring together the most courageous German-speaking companies with over 450,000 employees to network and share their experiences, knowledge, skills, and resources. The network partners support each other in all core areas of transformation. They work together across regional, industry, company, departmental, and hierarchical boundaries.
The Next Level Mittelstand initiative was launched by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for SMEs to drive digitalization and further increase competitiveness. They promote the exchange of best practices and innovative ideas, offer workshops, training, and consulting to strengthen digital skills and develop customized strategies. The focus is on practical benefits, enabling companies to find concrete solutions to their challenges. We have been part of Next Level Mittelstand since summer 2025.
With 3,600 members, the VDMA is the largest network organization and an important voice of the mechanical engineering industry in Germany and Europe. The association represents the common economic, technical and scientific interests of this unique and diverse industry.
GATEWAY49 is a start-up accelerator from Lübeck that aims to sustainably promote start-ups and innovations as part of the digital agenda of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. Up to 12 teams per year are brought as close as possible to market maturity through a structured nine-month coaching, mentoring and training program - without giving up shares and with funding of up to 30,000 euros per team per year.
