Ulrike Wendeling-Schröder

Mühlbauer GmbH & Co. KG manufactures handling and automation systems. It provides turnkey automation solutions for the smart card, smart label, semiconductor backend and vision industries. The company is active in the areas of data enrollment and verification, precision parts and OEM production. Its solutions enable to manufacture any type of chip card, including ID cards, contact and contactless cards, dual interface as well as multimedia cards and smart labels for access control, supply chain management, tracking of textiles and applications for the retail industry. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Roding, Germany.

Laser Zentrum Hannover eV provides research services in photonics and laser technology. The private company is based in Hannover, Germany.

The Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover gGmbH, also known as iph, is a research and development institute located in Hannover, Germany. The German company specializes in production engineering, with a focus on process technology, automated production, and logistics. The private company offers solution-oriented research of practical relevance for production technology, as well as consultancy services and prototype development for industry. The company also offers events and job opportunities for students and graduates. Recently, iph has been recognized for their commitment to sustainability and has developed virtual vision enhancement technology for forklift trucks. The company is also working on using artificial intelligence to predict the most promising regions for wind energy expansion. The company was founded in 1988 and is led by CEOs Bernd-Arno Behrens and Peter Nyhuis.