Schaeffler joins AI innovation platform IPAI, poised to become the largest AI innovation park in Europe

Schaeffler has become a member of IPAI (Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence). The IPAI Campus, currently under construction on a roughly 30-hectare site in the north of Heilbronn, is poised to become the largest AI innovation park in Europe. The purpose of the membership is to identify disruptive AI solutions for research and development and implement them in collaboration with more than 100 other members across various sectors and interdisciplinary partners from industry and R&D.

At various times in the future, Schaeffler will have an around 30-strong team in Heilbronn, where it will benefit from the ultra-modern working environment at the site. In its design and setup, IPAI is fully geared towards the development of AI solutions. As well as cutting-edge digital infrastructure, the campus provides collaboration hubs and a real-world laboratory to test applications for practical use.

Uwe Wagner, Chief Technology Officer at Schaeffler AG, says: “Artificial intelligence is the key when it comes to accelerating development processes and designing innovative products for our customers that are ready for volume production. Schaeffler has decades of expertise in product development and manufacturing. Through our membership of IPAI, we are combining our in-depth industrial expertise with one of Europe’s strongest AI ecosystems. Together, we will create solutions that will not only strengthen Schaeffler but will also help position Germany and Europe as an AI hub in the long term.”

Moritz Gräter, CEO of IPAI, adds: “We are absolutely delighted to welcome Schaeffler to our platform. The integration of valuable industrial domain expertise in a scalable AI infrastructure is crucial for our global competitiveness. Together with our community, we offer Schaeffler the ideal environment to transpose AI innovations from the research context directly into industrial application.”