{"id":5625,"date":"2026-04-13T08:53:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartfactory-owl.de\/10-years\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:13:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:13:59","slug":"10-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smartfactory-owl.de\/en\/10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"10 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\r\n\t\t\t\tEine Reise durch die Zeit\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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\r\n\t\t\t\tSmartFactoryOWL wird 10 Jahre alt\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t[vc_column_text css=””]The smart factory from OWL is 10 years old. Time for a look back at the achievements of Industry 4.0 and the contribution of SmartFactoryOWL over the last 10 years. SmartFactoryOWL has created a platform for the successful transfer of SMEs and for the research and development of smart factory technologies. <\/p>\n

And what will things look like in the next 10 years? We will answer this and more together with you – in our events, panel sessions and projects in and around the SmartFactoryOWL this year! Join in and shape the future of Farik together with us! And preferably just like teenagers do – rebellious, progressive and different than expected![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space]\t\t

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\r\n\t\t\t\tWie alles begann...\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t
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\r\n\t\t\t\tAus der damaligen Lemgoer Modellfabrik entstand die Idee der SmartFactoryOWL\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t[vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=clZXY0gX6L0″ css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t\t
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\r\n\t\t\t\tSmartFactoryOWL wird 10 Jahre alt\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t[vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”5669,5670,5671,5672,5673,5674,5675,5676,5677,5678,5679,5703,5704,5680,5681,5682,5683,5684,5685,5686,5687,5688,5689,5690,5691,5692″ img_size=”full” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t\t
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\r\n\t\t\t\tSmartFactoryOWL wird 10 Jahre alt\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t[vc_tta_accordion c_icon=”triangle” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”2011 The idea of a research and transfer factory was born” tab_id=”1776080861022-0281fef3-be9d”][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”2011 Die Idee einer Forschungs- und Transferfabrik wurde geboren”]The research and transfer factory initiated by Professor Dr. J\u00fcrgen Jasperneite in 2011 was rated as very courageous but logical at a meeting of the inIT advisory board. After lengthy property negotiations, the SmartFactoryOWL was realized thanks to the commitment of the “Lippische Unternehmer eGbR” and officially opened in April 2016. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”2015 Laying of the foundation stone” tab_id=”1774351670057-73a62959-4286″][vc_column_text css=””]The idea of SmartFactoryOWL was developed jointly by the OWL University of Applied Sciences and Fraunhofer IOSB-INA in 2015. From the outset, the aim was to create an openly accessible research factory for SMEs that makes innovative technologies accessible and enables industry to participate in research. <\/p>\n

The foundation stone for the building was laid[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”2016 Opening” tab_id=”1774351670092-ed4b1199-580f”][vc_column_text css=””]The opening event at SmartFactoryOWL took place on April 12, 2016 with over 200 invited guests. Politics, business, science and society came together to inaugurate the factory of the future. Guests were able to manufacture and take away their own product in their own production process in the SmartFactoryOWL using laser sintering systems, 3D printers, milling centers and assembly workstations. The idea of participatory production design was already in place at that time.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”2017 Factory Hack” tab_id=”1776080731944-9560c3a4-17bb”][vc_column_text css=””]With over 200 participants, the partners of SmartFactoryOWL organize a FactoryHack. Hackers from all over the world took part in the multi-day event over a weekend, transforming SmartFactoryOWL into an active hacker zone[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”2018 SME transfer and boom in visitor numbers” tab_id=”1774354708397-caf66962-978b”][vc_column_text css=””]The regional and international run on SmartFactoryOWL has begun. International delegations are visiting SmartFactoryOWL every week. With the help of the Mittelstand Digital Center, SMEs are receiving strong support for their own technology integration as part of a transfer initiative. Fraunhofer IOSB-INA and TH OWL are part of this transfer center, in which the SmartFactoryOWL is a central demonstration element. The annual number of visitors is over 5,000.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”2020 AI real laboratory” tab_id=”1774352134163-15e3e307-a5a6″][vc_column_text css=””]The AI real laboratory funded by the BMWE is being initiated around the SmartFactoryOWL. Open platforms for artificial intelligence are being developed in this real-world laboratory. SmartFactoryOWL acts as a data generator, provides standardized data in an administration shell on openly accessible platforms and organizes datathons in an AI community – the AI Community OWL is founded.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”2021 Real production” tab_id=”1774354705852-50259a35-b14c”][vc_column_text css=””]A long-awaited wish is coming true: SmartFactoryOWL is expanding to include a real production facility. In a cooperative of 10 partners from industry around Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, the plastic production of sustainable reusable cups is being launched. Artificial intelligence and sustainability are combined in this production process[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”2023 Smart e-factory” tab_id=”1774355322182-7741427c-6b54″][vc_column_text css=””]Under the leadership of Fraunhofer IOSB-INA, the BMUV-funded Smart-E-Factory project is being launched to shape the energy transformation in industry. SmartFactoryOWL is being transformed as a brownfield and expanded with a DC grid with the help of the Institute for Energy Research at TH OWL. SmartFactoryOWL will be equipped with a regenerative energy supply and battery storage and will optimize its own energy consumption thanks to innovative technologies[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”2024 Humation Collaboration Lab” tab_id=”1774355321107-69d2a40b-9f8a”][vc_column_text css=””]As a pioneer in robotics research, Bielefeld University has opened a collaborative lab with Fraunhofer IOSB-INA in the SmartFactoryOWL. Robotics applications in industry are developed and tested here. Companies can test industrial robots, co-bots and humanoid robots in the SmartFactoryOW. The idea of “test before invest” is emerging in the robotics sector.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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