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.

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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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