The Technology Transfer Center for Electric Mobility in Bad Neustadt bids farewell to the outgoing THWS President Prof. Dr. doctor. HC Robert Grebner

Bad Neustadt – A personal farewell and a look back at the past twelve years: Head of the Electric Mobility Technology Transfer Center in Bad Neustadt, Professor Dr. Ansgar Akva was invited in February.

Former and current professors of the Technology Transfer Center, District Director Thomas Habermann, Deputy Mayor of Bad Neustadt Norbert Klein and Director of the Jacob Breh School, Michael Fimmel, met in the TTZ rooms on the third floor of the Jacob Breh School. The school is in cooperation with the outgoing Rector of the University of Technology Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Professor Dr. doctor. hc Robert Grebner, to say goodbye and look back at the beginnings of TTZ.

Thomas Habermann, director of the Ron Grabfeld district, spoke of previous negotiations with then-Prime Minister Horst Seehofer: The district had to deal with the loss of many jobs at that time, and the transfer of state authority was initially considered to compensate. But according to Haberman, power is not the right thing: “Because it gets us nowhere, we cannot generate growth with it.” Instead, Haberman proposed creating a technology transfer center to conduct applied research and research. Development together with regional companies.

The initial phase of the TTZ coincided with the beginning of Grebner's presidency twelve years earlier. Professor Dr. confirmed. doctor. H. C. Grebner. “This success story has proven us right!” Good cooperation with regional vehicle supplier companies was as beneficial as the opportunity to use the rooms at the Jakob Breh School for free: “It simply suits the region!” President Grebner also expressed his thanks to all employees: “Working at the university branch is not always easy.”

TTZ Commander Prof. Dr. Ansgar Akva thanked the outgoing President for his support, saying that the center had developed very well over the past twelve years. There are now about 30 staff there, plus about 20 students who also do research and work. Another sign of the success of TTZ: the professorship awarded to Prof. Dr. The Ackva project, which is jointly supported by companies in the region, the Rhön-Grabfeld region and the city of Bad Neustadt, was recently extended again for another five years and has now been in existence for 15 years.

“The TTZ serves as a role model for other TTZs,” President Grebner ultimately stressed. After an eleven-year break within Bavaria, each region in the main Franconia region was now supposed to have its own technology transfer center. THWS Technology Transfer Centers are currently being established in Hasfurt, Bad Kissingen, Kitzingen and Marktheidenfeld.

in the pictures:

* Ceremony in Bad Neustadt (from left): Michael Fimmel (Director of the Jacob Breh School), Norbert Klein (Deputy Mayor of Bad Neustadt), Professor Dr. Ansgar Akva (leader of TTZ), President of THWS Prof. Dr. doctor. HC Robert Grebner, Professor Dr. Henning Kasten, Professor Dr. Bernhard Arendt, Professor Dr. Joachim Kempkes, Katja Grohmann-Noyens (Commercial Management), Prof. Jurgen Hartmann, Area Director Thomas Habermann and Dr. Jörg Geyer (Head of Area Development, Ron Grabfeld District)
Photo: THWS/Eva Kaup

* Area Director Thomas Habermann introduced outgoing THWS President Professor Dr. doctor. HC Robert Grebner Gift Basket
Photo: THWS/Eva Kaup

* Deputy Mayor of Bad Neustadt, Norbert Klein, also thanked President Grebner and handed him a farewell gift
Photo: THWS/Eva Kaup