Plastic Omnium has joined the international Startup Autobahn platform.
Founded by the University of Stuttgart and ARENA2036, the platform supports mobility sector start-ups and enables them to forge relationships with manufacturers such as Daimler, Porsche, BASF, ZF and Bosch, among others.
With around 30 manufacturers and universities, the Open Innovation approach of its members aims to foster a culture of exchange, disruptive thinking, technological research and contacts to accelerate creativity.
The partnership enhances Plastic Omnium’s Open Innovation approach, maintains the French supplier, including start-ups, Venture Capital and partnerships with leading universities, with the aim of accelerating the Group’s disruptive innovations for clean and connected mobility.
ARENA2036 (Stuttgart, Germany) is a research factory promoting the hardware-based knowledge production needed to design the vehicles of the future.
By bringing together partners from both science and industry, the project is developing a range of disruptive technologies.

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