With education, founding and growth towards sustainable digital transformation

Developing and implementing the digital transformation of the Rhenish mining area, that is the goal of the New Business Factory. That sounds very theoretical, but the concept of the project is based on three concrete pillars: training and further education of skilled workers, support for start-ups in the success-critical founding and start-up phase, and support for established companies in the sustainable and systematic development of new business models.

A special feature is the constant exchange between these three areas, through which a “digital factory for the Rhenish mining area” is to be created. Project partners are the digitalHUB Aachen, the Aachen University of Applied Sciences and the Institute for Technology and Innovation Management at RWTH Aachen University.

Within three to six years, according to the objective of the project participants, the New Business Factory should establish a vibrant ecosystem that will have an impact on the entire Rhenish mining area. Education and further training play an important role here, as job profiles have changed due to digitalization and will continue to evolve in the future.