As part of their stay in the Ruhr region, international start-ups and the DOaccelerate team from the Dortmund Economic Development Agency visited the Dortmund Centre for Production Technology (ZfP) at PHOENIX West on 26 May 2025. Photo: TZDO / Roland Kentrup
NDT Director Dr Christoph Gehlen welcomed the international guests and introduced them to the NDT as a competence centre of the TechnologieZentrumDortmund (TZDO) in the field of production technology.
The start-ups AccuPredict (Singapore), Airee (Mongolia), DUGAA (England and Taiwan), Enline (Portugal), Orbiba Robotics (Turkey), Peerbie (Turkey) and ROOTKey (Portugal) took part in the visit to the NDT.
The international guests will take part in an extensive go-to-market programme organised by the DOaccelerate team of the Dortmund Economic Development Agency.
innoclub and ruhrSUMMIT
After the NDT, the startups will visit the innoclub at the TechnologieZentrumDortmund and the B2B startup event ruhrSUMMIT in Bochum on 27 May 2025. At the ruhrSUMMIT pre-event in the innoclub, DOaccelerate brings together international startups, exhibitor teams from the joint stands (greenhouse.ruhr, start2grow/Innoclub, Gründerinnenzentrum/Competentia) and the innovation network for a relaxed exchange.