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TRANSFER – The Steinbeis Magazine

The magazine for hands-on knowledge and technology transfer: three times a year, around 11,000 readers, free of charge. As part of the Steinbeis Network, we showcase all current issues here – with our short summary, so you know which issue is worth your time.

TRANSFER 01/2026 – coverNew
TRANSFER 01/2026

Re:source – innovations for our environment

How innovation is changing the way we handle scarce resources: natural refrigerants, circular economy in plastics recycling, and hydrogen compression as a key technology for sustainable mobility. Plus an imaging method that makes micropollutants in water visible on site – and the question of how old rotor blades become new material.

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TRANSFER 03/2025 – cover2025
TRANSFER 03/2025

Autonomization: from digital twin to real-world replica

The digital twin as the quiet engine of digitalization: from simulation-driven development for autonomous driving to climate-neutral heat supply and agile manufacturing for SMEs. Also in this issue: AI as an "invisible tsunami" in the world of work, and the digital product passport.

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TRANSFER 02/2025 – cover2025
TRANSFER 02/2025

Next level: people development in transition

Our core topic from the network's perspective: trust as the engine of digital transformation, new leadership in the age of AI, and emotional intelligence as the underrated skill of the modern workplace. Plus a look at professional education in upheaval – from qualifications to human-machine competence architectures.

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TRANSFER 01/2025 – cover2025
TRANSFER 01/2025

Economic development: an umbrella in stormy times

Economic development as pilot and catalyst: how partnerships between industry, science and public administration make regions strong – from Ravensburg to 30 years of technology transfer in the Oldenburger Münsterland and the new Steinbeis hub in Tunisia. Plus: citizens on the island of Borkum build their own energy cooperative.

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TRANSFER Best-of 2024 – coverBest-of
TRANSFER Best-of 2024

Best of Steinbeis Transfer Magazine 2024

The best articles of the 2024 volume in a single edition – a compact introduction to the year's guiding theme, "Real Impact: It's the benefit that counts!"

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TRANSFER 03/2024 – cover2024
TRANSFER 03/2024

Entrepreneurship with a future: resilient, sustainable, value-creating

"I've got this idea…" – is that enough to become an entrepreneur today? This issue examines resilient entrepreneurship in SMEs: from solid liquidity management to leadership and organizational culture, all the way to resilience as an educational goal. Plus a network for digital production in Africa and an interview on European cooperation.

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TRANSFER 02/2024 – cover2024
TRANSFER 02/2024

Digitalization: focusing on value in real-world application

Digitalization with real-world impact: a collaborative AI data space with Düsseldorf Airport, the step-by-step path to digitalization for SMEs, and generative AI for patent and innovation processes. Also: what the metaverse really delivers for companies, and smart health tools for healthcare.

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TRANSFER 01/2024 – cover2024
TRANSFER 01/2024

Materials science: research and development with real impact

Materials research you can touch: new cross-linking approaches for liquid silicone in injection molding, laser technologies between efficiency and ecology, and heat treatments in aluminum alloys that can be tracked live. Highlight: "FlexCore" – additive manufacturing of complex precast concrete parts, flexible and resource-efficient.

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TRANSFER Best-of 2023 – coverBest-of
TRANSFER Best-of 2023

Best of Steinbeis Transfer Magazine 2023

The highlights of the 2023 volume in a single edition – from innovation systems to the New Mittelstand.

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TRANSFER 03/2023 – cover2023
TRANSFER 03/2023

Innovation systems

How innovation gets organized: the role of innovation culture and management in companies, cooperative innovation ecosystems as the Mittelstand's answer to disruption – and why innovations today must also overcome geopolitical hurdles. Plus tangible ideas like "circular pizza and citizens' assembly" for urban food systems.

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TRANSFER 02/2023 – cover2023
TRANSFER 02/2023

New Mittelstand

Start-ups meet the established Mittelstand: team solutions for business succession, the Steinbeis Innovation Hub as a bridge between founders and SMEs (continuing the Bosch Startup Harbour), and the path to Industry 5.0. The editorial is written by Teylor founder Patrick Stäuble – on the symbiosis of both worlds.

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TRANSFER 01/2023 – cover2023
TRANSFER 01/2023

Technologies for the Mittelstand

"We need more doers again": Steinbeis entrepreneurs on energy, environmental and cleanroom technology, automation in order picking, and sustainable test benches. Plus cooperative data spaces for transparent supply chains ("bread and data") and the technology radar as a compass for technology management.

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Note: TRANSFER is published by the Steinbeis Foundation; covers and PDFs are loaded directly from steinbeis.de. The short summaries are ours – based on the editorial and table of contents of each issue. You'll find older issues (back to 2006) in the archive of the Steinbeis media library ↗.
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