Interior Hub for Sustainable Mobility (InSum)

As part of the automotive transformation, the interior is undergoing a fundamental change, becoming the center of future vehicle generations. The presented hub, InSuM, analyzes the relevant megatrends such as autonomous driving, electrification, connected cars, and shared mobility with regard to the redesign of the interior, linking it to the sustainability requirements of the materials used in the vehicle and the associated production processes along the value chain.

To successfully navigate this demanding transformation, the consortium partners, automotive thüringen, AMZ Netzwerk Automobilzulieferer Sachsen, the Automotive Cluster of Bayern Innovativ, and TUCed as an affiliated institute for transfer and continuing education at TU Chemnitz, aim to ensure the networking of all relevant stakeholders through suitable transfer instruments. They seek to intensify knowledge transfer for the automotive and supplier industry across regions and provide support in scaling R&D solutions. Specifically, they plan to organize cross-industry networking formats, workshops for research result transfer, comprehensive trend and market analyses, and a digital platform for nationwide exchange. They also aim to involve additional stakeholders from the field of sustainable interior design.

Your benefits:

• • Prepared trends and forecasts
  • Knowledge transfer
  • Cross-regional networking and contacts
  • Knowledge base for strategic decisions

• Peer-level sparring partners

Project Status Saxony

• Scouting of >800 automotive contacts in Saxony
• Identification of an Interior Community with around 80 companies in Saxony
• Determination of product fields and contact persons
• Conducted approximately 20 strategy discussions with committed decision-makers
• Workshop on biobased plastics with approximately 30 participants on March 22, 2023
• Formation of a consortium for the concrete implementation of biobased products
• Initiation of a working group on plastic injection molding scheduled for September 20, 2023
• Contact established with the Economic Development Agency of Saxony and the Economic Development Agency Erzgebirge

This project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) under the funding announcement “Establishment and Implementation of Transformation Hubs to Support Transformation Processes in Value Chains of the Automotive Industry.”