Business partners
The OWL UAS forms an alliance for innovation in the areas of food production, quality, security, distribution and sustainability together with partners from industry, trades, commerce and further research institutes. This succeeds due to the combination of Industry 4.0 expertise and the food technology know-how of OWL UAS and partners.
- ADM WILD Europe
- ALPLA
- Arvato Systems GmbH
- Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG
- Brabender
- Brainstream
- Carolinen Brunnen GmbH & Co. KG
- Endress+Hauser GmbH & Co. KG
- Erbslöh Eisenheim GmbH
- GEA
- Gerolsteiner Brunnen
- Gropper GmbH & Co. KG
- Hamilton
- Harting IT
- ifm electronic
- ISI Automation
- Krones AG
- Liebharts Privatbrauerei GmbH & Co. KG
- Melitta Professional Coffee Solution GmbH
- METTLER TOLEDO
- Microflown Technologies
- NTT Data Business Solutions AG
- NutriteQ
- OWITA
- ProXES GmbH
- riha WeserGold
- Schneider Electric
- SENORICS
- Siemens AG
- Symrise
- Tönnies Lebensmittel
- True Wilderness
- vod-engineering
- Weidmüller
- WP Kemper
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Getreideforschung
- Baumann-Gonser-Stiftung
- Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Ernährungsindustrie
- Deutscher Allergie- und Asthmabund e.V.
- DIGeFa
- Food-Processing Initiative e.V.
- Industrie- und Handelskammer Lippe zu Detmold
- Industrie- und Handelskammer Ostwestfalen zu Bielefeld
- it’s OWL
- LAFF
- Ministerium für Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
- OstWestfalenLippe GmbH
- Smart Sensors 4 Agri-food
- Verband der deutschen Fruchtsaft-Industrie e. V.
- Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Verein Deutscher Ingenieure
Christian Fretter
'The SmartFoodTechnologyOWL cluster project gives Dr. Oetker the opportunity to develop tangible solutions in the field of food production combined with intelligent automation and diagnostics. The cluster, with its networked scientific disciplines, offers excellent conditions for this.
The cross-value-added approach is also of great importance here, as there are many steps to consider, from raw materials and processing to trade and consumers. A particular challenge here is the highly complex material conversion processes involved in food. With regard to IP3 (data analysis and autonomous diagnostics to improve the transparency and safety of food), the potential of a prognostic shelf life date in terms of resource efficiency is evident, for example. I am convinced that very practical solutions will emerge here and in other projects in the near future.'
Dr. Stefan Pecoroni
'As a leading supplier of machinery and equipment for the global food industry and other demanding process industries, we at GEA rely on reliable external research partners and collaborations to achieve our ambitious innovation goals.
As a long-standing project partner, we have had many positive experiences in this regard in our cooperation with HS OWL, whether in the context of larger collaborations such as SMART Food OWL or smaller individual projects.
It is precisely the expertise in the field of food technology, combined with digital competence, that repeatedly results in exciting approaches for innovative, digital solutions in the food industry. We therefore see great potential in this collaboration in the future as well.'
