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Pumacy authorised by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology to support innovation management in SMEs

Pumacy Technologies AG provides small businesses with professional consultancy services for product and process innovation supported by the programme Innovation Management of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.

Pumacy Technologies AG has been officially accredited by the Economics Ministry for the programme Innovation Management providing consultancy services for innovation management in small businesses on favourable terms.

Small businesses will gain an assumption of cost associated with consultancy services ranging between 45% and 55%. The initial consultancy session is free of charge. Businesses that want to benefit from the programme must not have more than 100 employees and have to be located in the New Länder and Berlin as well as the Ruhr Area, the Metropolitan area of Cologne, Bonn and Aachen, Bremen and Oldenburg, the Weser Hills, South Westphalia/East Westphalia-Lippe, the city region of Münster, the Saarland, and Upper Franconia.

Based on expected levels of performance Pumacy supports the development of innovative products and processes in SMEs. This service comprises an evaluation of the entire innovation process including a business audit, a feasibility study to assess the potential of innovative technologies, the creation of an implementation concept for innovation projects and the identification of various types of funding and public subsidies as well as the monitoring of the project management.

“The modular consultancy programme can be tailored to the specific requirements and needs of small businesses. The step-by-step development of an individual innovation strategy helps small businesses turn their ideas into profitable products and services,” said Dr. Tobias Müller-Prothmann, Team Manager Innovation Management.

The approach of Pumacy Technologies’ is based on a proven set of procedures and techniques that have been developed to enable innovation and creativity in SMEs. This includes the European innovation audit according to the IMP³rove assessment to run an initial consultancy session as well as the INNOPLEX approach, a technique developed by Pumacy Technologies to support the development of a robust innovation strategy.

To learn more about the scope of services and financial support, interested businesses are invited to contact Pumacy Technologies AG directly. The initial consultancy session including innovation audit and evaluation report (according to IMP³rove assessment) can also be asked for.

For more information visit BMWi Programme INNOVATIONSMANAGEMENT

Pumacy Technologies AG

Pumacy Technologies AG (http://www.pumacy.de ) is a leading knowledge management solution provider. The comprehensive portfolio of products and services is based on an interdisciplinary approach covering knowledge, process, and innovation management. 

Pumacy has customers who are known as leading manufacturers from the aerospace and automotive, as well as the plant and machinery industries. Pumacy has extensive references from significant international projects.

Innovation Management–a programme of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology

The programme Innovation Management (http://www.inno-beratung.de) is an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The programme supports small commercial businesses as well as handicraft businesses in the New Länder, Berlin as well as several other model regions in Germany. The programme is not focused on any particular technology, product or industry. Suitably, qualified and capable companies such as Pumacy Technologies AG have been authorised to support SMEs to develop and introduce product and process innovations in accordance with the programme.

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