Digital solutions / Industry 4.0
Lenze Group opens innovation lab
The automation specialist Lenze is bundling its activities in the field of digital solutions and technology innovations in Bremen: It has opened the digital innovation lab 'Dock One' on the premises of its subsidiary Encoway.
The management of Encoway is convinced of the advantages of the location, as the subsidiary of the Lenze Group was founded there 18 years ago as a start-up. The IT experts at Encoway sell software for product configuration, price calculation and quotation preparation. The Lenze Group currently employs a total of over 200 people at its Bremen site and, according to its own statement, intends to increase this number by a further 40 employees in the next twelve months alone.
The innovation lab will be used by the Lenze Group for internal development work. Joint projects with customers, partners and research institutes will also be carried out. 'Dock One' is intended to function as a think tank. The aim is to successfully implement digitalization ideas for Industry 4.0 projects as well as digital business models and products. A creative atmosphere has been created to promote new ideas and solutions. In the light-flooded lounge, teams can work freely and flexibly outside their usual workplace, just like start-ups. "Against the backdrop of massive advances in digitalization in the industry, we need unconventional thinking spaces in which prototypes can be created at high speed and new ideas and trends can be tested," explains Frank Maier, Member of the Executive Board at Lenze.
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