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Innovation networks

Join innovation networks that connect you with universities, institutes, and companies that help your innovation succeed

Strong innovations need strong partners. We connect you with academic and industrial experts who bring the knowledge, facilities, or methods your team needs. Together, we set up innovation networks that connect companies and industries and move projects forward on clear timelines.

HeiQ innovation networks
Our innovation network managers work industries and research partners to help create solutions for challenges, e.g. firefighter cancer.

HeiQ innovation networks

HeiQ Germany has advised small and medium-sized enterprises and industrial clients for nearly 30 years.

GreenBauGlas innovation network

Completed innovation networks

The following innovation networks achieved their project goals and are complete. Their results continue to inform ongoing work.

  • Gebäude OK
    Building without plastics
     
  • BauProPapier
    Paper-based building materials
     
  • MINUTEX
    Microplastics environmental challenge
     
  • Go2030
    CO2 emission reduction in the brick industry
     
  • GreenBauGlas
    Energy and resource saving building glass
     
  • Go2green
    Bio-based (green) coatings
     
  • RecyBau
    Recycled building materials
     
  • MD3D
    Functional mineral 3D printing of building materials

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    • What are innovation networks?
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    Innovation networks are structured collaborations that bring together companies, universities, research institutes, and other expert partners around a shared innovation goal. Through HeiQ Innovation Services, these networks help clients access external knowledge, specialized facilities, and complementary capabilities that support material and product development.

    Innovation networks can help accelerate development by connecting your team with the right partners for specific technical or research needs. This can include access to academic expertise, material testing capabilities, pilot-scale resources, and collaboration opportunities that strengthen your development pathway and keep activities aligned with your goals.

    You can contact HeiQ Innovation Services to discuss your project, technical needs, and collaboration goals. Based on your objectives, we can identify relevant innovation networks, explore suitable collaboration models, and define how HeiQ can support your work through partner connections, joint material development, testing, and funding or grant support.