New Networks and Startups

From waste to oil! With the AES FLUKS plant, which produces an oil from mixed plastic waste, which was previously incinerated.

The FLUKS is sold to SMEs and works fully autonomously, without additional employees, directly at the customer's site.

EPFL Racing Team is a Formula Student team founded by students in the fall of 2017. Each year, the team designs and develops an electric racing car. These vehicles are then taken to various competitions around Europe, in which we compete against other universities in engineering and business Events.

Kraftblock designs and builds systems to decarbonize energy used in industries. The core of these systems is a sustainable and cost-efficient high-temperature energy storage, which absorbs heat up to 1300°C.

Due to the modular nature of the storage and its high energy density, it is easily scalable and thus offers a key element to the energy transition. The storage material is recycled up to 85 percent and was scientifically developed. Kraftblock either stores and reuses waste heat or converts power into heat, which can be provided up to two weeks.

The Laboratory for Digital Product Development and Manufacturing (LDPF) is a lab in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Trier University of Applied Sciences. In a network with numerous cooperation partners we focus on practice-oriented teaching, research and development throughout the product life cycle with high-end software and innovative technologies in the context of digital transformation.

We are engineering an emission-free and fully ottonomous transportation system above today's traffic. It is made by hanging pods running on proven railway technology. The system is powered 100% by renewable energy and based on individually scheduled trips. Together we make the world a better place!