Venture Clienting with ebm-papst - Digitizing Operational Performance in High-Precision Manufacturing
ebm-papst is seeking solution providers that can digitize shopfloor data capture and create a clear, timely KPI view for its HighSpeed PilotPlant. The goal is to replace manual, fragmented data flows with a reliable operational dashboard that supports both operators and team leads. Selected teams gain the opportunity to run a PoC and enter a long-term partnership.
Who can participate?
Innovators working in manufacturing data capture, shopfloor digitalization, KPI monitoring or lightweight MES approaches — including startups, scaleups and technology companies with relevant industrial experience.
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🏆 Rewards Co-Development + Scaling + Long-Term Partnership🕑 Deadline Feb 10, 2026, 10:59:00 PM🌎 Scope Europe
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Executive Summary
Challenge in one sentence
The HighSpeed PilotPlant at ebm-papst lacks a reliable, timely and operationally usable view of production performance due to fragmented manual data flows and seeks a solution that can capture operational data and visualize it as clear, actionable manufacturing KPIs.
Why This Matters
Without timely and reliable operational data, teams lack transparency on process status, deviations, scrap events and bottlenecks. This slows improvement cycles and increases the risk of avoidable delays and rework. Also the decision-making process should be supported by the data.
Solution Space
The objective is to identify solutions that can digitize shopfloor data capture from various machines and provide a consolidated KPI dashboard for evaluating sample production. The solution should reduce manual input, create a reliable day-to-day view of production performance (real-time is not required, but more frequent than monthly), and support both operators and team leads in daily and weekly routines.
Why Participate
This challenge gives innovators the chance to validate their solution in a real manufacturing setting and open the door to a long-term collaboration with ebm-papst. Participants gain:
- A financed PoC with a globally recognized industrial innovator
- The chance to iterate a solution with domain experts and real shopfloor feedback
- Direct access to domain experts across engineering, production and operations
- Clear path to scaling through ebm-papst’s Venture Client model
- A strong reference case in a high-precision manufacturing environment
Process
The participation process is structured to provide fast clarity and a fair evaluation for all applicants:
- Submit your application answering key questions about your solution, its maturity and expected value contribution.
- Evaluation & shortlisting based on problem fit, feasibility and expected impact.
- Get-to-Know Session with the ebm-papst & HighSpeed Technikum team to explore use case alignment and requirements.
- Proof of Concept (PoC) Building with a clearly defined scope.
- Successful solutions will then enter scale-up phases.
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