Description

Are you an innovative company looking for new opportunities and collaborations?

Würth Srl is looking for partners to provide innovative solutions and ideas for products and services, technologies and processes, hardware, and software.

Apply here by April 21, 2023.

 

About Würth Srl

The Würth Group is the global market leader in the development, production and sale of fastening and assembly materials. It currently consists of over 400 companies in more than 80 countries and has more than 84,000 employees on its payroll, more than 41,000 of which are active in the sales force.

Würth Srl has been active on the Italian market since 1963 and has grown exponentially, becoming the reference partner today for over 280,000 professionals in the automotive, crafts, construction, and industry worlds. With its two logistic centres in Egna (BZ), which is also its headquarter and Capena (North Rome), and with an ever-growing number of stores throughout Italy, Würth is close to its customers.

 

Topics

There are two topics you can apply for:

  1. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OPTIMISATION OF TIMBER BUILDINGS

This topic is open to solutions and ideas that will encourage Würth customers to adopt a prefabrication-oriented approach when planning and constructing timber buildings. On the other hand, we are looking for ways to improve the correspondence between the design and construction phase to reduce additional work on site, as well as solutions to simplify the collection and management of technical documentation.

  1. DURABILITY AND IMPROVED MAINTENANCE OF TIMBER BUILDINGS

The second topic deals with the lifetime of timber buildings after their construction. We are looking for solutions and ideas that will increase the durability of timber constructions, for example to increase their lifespan. Furthermore, Würth Srl is aiming to find ways to optimise standard maintenance and avoid additional emergency maintenance for timber buildings.

 

What's in it for you?

Apply with your solution to participate in the Würth FutureTimber Challenge and have the chance to:

  • Receive expert feedback:

Valuable advice from experts of Würth Srl will accompany the development of your solution

  • Participate at the Demo Day:

You will pitch your solution in front of Würth Srl Management

  • Promote your company:

Applicants that enter the second phase and/or win the challenge will receive publicity in various forms

  • Start a cooperation:

The selected participants could be involved in a PoC or directly in a supply contract

  • Boost your business:

As a partner of Würth Srl, you will have access to over 280,000 customers.

 

What are we looking for?

We are looking for innovative solutions that already have high technical readiness level, ideally between TRL-5 (Technology validated in relevant environment) and TRL-9 (actual system is proven in operational environment). However, promising early-stage ideas will also be considered. The solution can be a product and service, technology and process, hardware and software. It should be suitable for enhancing the Würth product portfolio for timber construction as described in the two topics below. You are allowed to submit up to three applications if your company wishes to present several solutions. There are no restrictions regarding your company profile. The Würth FutureTimber Challenge is open to SMEs, start-ups, large corporations, research institutions, and other organizations.

The selection criteria will be:

  • fit of solution: degree to which your application fits to the challenge and Würth Srl
  • degree of innovation: uniqueness of the solution compared to the state of the art
  • stage of development: technology readiness level of your solution
  • business potential: consistency with user’s need, implementation expenses and potential revenue

 

Timeline

  1. Phase 1: Hand-in of Solutions > Register an account on the platform and submit up to three solutions
  2. Phase 2: Evaluation & Preselection > Würth will review your solution and select three finalists for each topic
  3. Phase 3: Feedback & Preparation > Each finalist will be invited for a feedback session (online) to prepare for the Demo Day
  4. Future: Potential Partnership > Applicants may be able to start a collaboration with Würth Srl.

 

More information can be found at Würth FutureTimber Challenge. If you have further questions, please send an email to alpha-innovation@noi.bz.it.  

 

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