Business & structural change / Technology centres
Technologiezentrum Umweltschutz
Strong location for start-ups! The Technologiezentrum Umweltschutz (TZU) or Environmental Protection Technology Centre was founded with the goal to set the standards for attracting new small to medium-size enterprises to establish themselves here and for architecture and technology. Both goals have been achieved. The refurbished, old-established factory casino, which dates back to the heyday of the coal, iron and steel industries in Oberhausen, and its new, contemporarily designed attachments form the special ambience of one of the most successful technology centres in North Rhine Westphalia.
With 15,000 sq. m. of office space and varied setting, such as the Business Partner Club, the TZU offers the opportunity to leverage synergies and cultivate cooperation projects through its close connection to the surrounding colleges and the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology.
There are currently more than 70 companies primarily from telecommunications, multimedia and service sector.
The TZU promotes the cross-industry exchange of information between tenants and other companies in the region, e.g. with the aid of the Business Partner Club. Companies located at TZU also profit from the exchange of experience with external specialists during events held in the meeting area.
Contact
TZU Management GmbH
Essener Strasse 3
46047 Oberhausen
Phone: +49 (0)208 85037-0
Fax: +49 (0)208 85 15 18
e-mail: humberg@tzu.de
http://www.tzu.de
http://www.business-partner-club.de
Fraunhofer UMSICHT
Fraunhofer UMSICHT develops applied and custom-made process engineering technologies. Assuming a leading position in the fields of environmental and material technologies, process engineering and energy technology, Fraunhofer UMSICHT is committed to sustainable economic development, environmentally friendly technologies and innovative approaches designed to improve the standard of living and to promote the innovation capacity of the national economy.
To strengthen its position in the research landscape, the institute has fo-cused its activities on four key research areas, these are:
- Biorefinery – Products from Renewable Resources,
- matfunc – Particles, Materials and Membranes with Functionality,
- Modular Energy Technologies – Flexible Solutions for Sustainable En-ergy Systems,
- Information Networks for Process and Energy Technology – Utilizing Dispersed Knowledge in Value Added Chains.
Together with industrial and public customers, Fraunhofer UMSICHT develops and researches the latest know-how and transfers it into industrial applications and marketable products. No matter whether the customer is a small or medium-sized enterprise, a major enterprise or a public institution, UMSICHT can guarantee a one-stop-shop service. Starting from the project idea over proposal procedures to the development and market introduction, Fraunhofer UMSICHT offers its clients R&D expertise and thus provides them with competitive benefits and opens up international markets for them.
Since its foundation in 1990, Fraunhofer UMSICHT has been engaged in the structural change of the city and the region acting as a catalyst for science and economy. This has been done through technology transfer, spin-offs and the set-up of R&D networks. The institute’s international activities presently focus on European countries.
Fraunhofer UMSICHT in Oberhausen is located in the vicinity of the shopping and recreation center CentrO. 268 staff members produced a turnover of more than 17.5 million EUR in 2006, more than 50 % of this from industrial orders.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT
Osterfelder Straße 3
46047 Oberhausen
Phone: +49 (0)208 8598-0
Fax: +49 (0)208 8598-1290
e-mail: info@umsicht.fraunhofer.de
http://www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de/englisch/