Driving Innovation from Aachen

Co-Creation – AGIT connects companies

The economic development agency AGIT brings science and industry together. This benefits technology transfer and competitiveness.

June 2025

Driving Innovation from Aachen - Co-Creation at FZ Jülich

In a world where technological developments are advancing rapidly, collaboration between science and industry is more crucial than ever. The Aachen Society for Innovation and Technology Transfer (AGIT) plays a key regional role in this.

It acts not only as a network but also as a driver of innovation. “AGIT represents an important link in the region, which—for example in 2024—has provided crucial points of connection for innovation and technology transfer in the areas of bioeconomy and structural change,” explains Sven Pennings, Managing Director of AGIT.

»AGIT represents an important link in the region, which—for example in 2024—has provided crucial points of connection for innovation and technology transfer in the fields of bioeconomy and structural change.«

Sven Pennings
Managing Director of AGIT

The economic development agency primarily ensures that companies and research institutions in the region can connect and exchange ideas. This promotes knowledge and technology transfer: companies directly benefit from new scientific insights, while research institutions gain valuable understanding of the practical needs of industry.

Establishing collaborations and accelerating transfer

AGIT’s network also helps to find suitable partners for specific, current challenges. To this end, AGIT offers tailored programs and events. The focus is not only on establishing short-term partnerships but on building long-term collaborations. Such partnerships are crucial for enabling future technological innovations. Only when science and industry work together on solutions can a location be secured as an innovation hub.

The Forschungszentrum Jülich is now also part of the network as a shareholder: close collaboration with regional companies forms the basis for developing practical solutions and paving the way from basic research to industrial application. The connections facilitated by AGIT help make scientific breakthroughs more quickly usable for industry.

In this way, the economic development agency helps to drive forward the knowledge and technology transfer that a forward-looking and successful region like the greater Aachen area needs. Ultimately, all of this strengthens the region’s competitiveness.

www.agit.de

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