S-TEC Stuttgart Technology and Innovation Campus

The Stuttgart Technology and Innovation Campus (S-TEC) brings together companies and research institutions in Stuttgart. This pooling of expertise, knowledge, and experience provides a boost to innovation.

The S-TEC Centers facilitate systematic, cross-sector collaboration on innovative research priorities through various project formats. Driving innovation through cooperation between academia and industry – that is S-TEC’s objective.

Fraunhofer IGB also contributes its expertise to various S-TEC centers.

The concept of the S-TEC Centers

Innovation through collaboration

Innovative progress arises when diverse areas of expertise come together and collaborate effectively. To enable companies and research institutions to jointly develop forward-looking innovations, we identify the necessary expertise and bring them together. In this way, we collectively foster innovation and ensure resilient value creation in Stuttgart as a hub for science and research.

For an efficient and sustainable economy

S-TEC drives forward future-oriented topics with a high degree of technical innovation and bundles them into thematic areas: from novel production processes and changing markets to digital transformation and business model development, all the way to resilience and sustainability.

How companies benefit

Companies can benefit from S-TEC’s offerings in the various S-TEC centers through a range of support services, project formats, and collaborations, such as quick checks, exploring projects, and enterprise labs.

Funding

The S-TEC centers are funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor, and Tourism. The Mass Personalization Center of Excellence was also funded by the Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts.

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S-TEC Zentrum für Industrialisiertes Bauen und Sanieren ZIBS

S-TEC Zentrum für Industrialisiertes Bauen und Sanieren (ZIBS)

The S-TEC S-TEC Zentrum für Industrialisiertes Bauen und Sanieren (ZIBS, Center for Industrialized Construction and Renovation) supports companies in Baden-Württemberg in transforming the construction industry through innovative technologies and processes.

Objective

To achieve a leap in efficiency and productivity across the entire value chain in order to promote and widely adopt sustainable and cost-effective construction. The ZIBS supports companies in this transformation through practical formats such as quick checks/craft checks, coaching sessions, and exploring projects.

Target group

The center is aimed at all stakeholders in the construction industry, from building material manufacturers to skilled trades, and integrates interdisciplinary and cross-sector expertise.

Services

Participating companies can easily access Fraunhofer expertise in the areas of AI, digitalization, resource efficiency, automation, new materials, building materials and components, as well as new cooperation, organizational, and business models.

S-TEC Zentrum für Industrialisiertes Bauen und Sanieren ZIBSS-TEC Zentrum für Industrialisiertes Bauen und Sanieren ZIBS

Fraunhofer IGB in S-TEC ZIBS

Dr. Michaela Müller, Group Manager Functional Surfaces and Materials Department at IGB, leads the Materials, Building Materials, and Building Components Competence Area. This area focuses on the development and implementation of customized building materials (both existing and new) and building components, as well as suitable materials for joining and fastening technologies made from recyclable materials for industrialized production processes. In doing so, the R-strategies are taken into account, and the results from the other ZIBS competence areas are integrated into this work.

Our know-how

Fraunhofer IGB contributes its expertise in biotechnological and chemical process engineering, particularly in the development of sustainable and environmentally friendly materials. The institute already possesses expertise in innovative coatings and paints for energy-efficient facades, as well as in the development of PFAS-free materials.

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References

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Funding

The ZIBS is funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor, and Tourism for the period from July 2025 to December 2027.

Contact

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Dr. Michaela Müller

Biofabrication and Material Development | Group Manager Functional Surfaces and Materials

Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB
Nobelstr. 12
70569 Stuttgart

Phone +49 711 970-4140

Fax +49 711 970-4200

S-TEC Biointelligence Engine

S-TEC "The Biointelligence Engine"

The S-TEC CenterThe Biointelligence Engine helps companies integrate biology, technology, and computer science – to create more efficient processes, resilient products, and sustainable business models. Whether you’re just getting started or scaling up, we help identify opportunities, develop concepts, and implement funded projects – in collaboration with experts from research and industry. This is how biointelligence becomes a concrete solution to real-world challenges.