[The ECOMAT e.V. Innovation Platform]

The ECOMAT Innovation Platform focusses on supporting research and development in the fields of materials technology, lightweight construction and production technologies in Bremen, with the aim of providing a platform for discovering common interests and exchanging ideas.

Founded at the start of 2019, its members work closely together to provide new impetus for the sector, expand research infrastructure, bundle areas of expertise and improve cooperation between industry, component suppliers and the world of science. It operates within a national and an international framework.

The Platform's activities include:

• representing interest groups and network management
• bundling areas of expertise
• creating more efficient R&D infrastructures
• supporting the next generation of scientists
• providing platforms for the exchange of information and a common public image

Among other things, it organises events, issues publications and provides information using a number of different channels. Its areas of responsibility also include managing the scholarship program, whose purpose is to help and encourage the next generation of scientists.