{"id":4764,"date":"2026-03-06T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tzdo.de\/?p=4764"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:10:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:10:55","slug":"2-platz-beim-zenit-innovationspreis-fuer-ianus-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tzdo.de\/en\/2-platz-beim-zenit-innovationspreis-fuer-ianus-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd place at the ZENIT Innovation Award for IANUS Simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A strong signal for Dortmund as a centre of innovation: our former tenant <a href=\"https:\/\/ianus-simulation.de\/\"><strong>IANUS Simulation GmbH<\/strong><\/a>, once started in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tzdo.de\/en\/zentrum-fuer-produktionstechnologie-dortmund\/\"><strong>Centre for Production Technology Dortmund (ZfP)<\/strong><\/a> and now based at the Wei\u00dfes Feld site, was founded at the <strong>12. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zenit.de\/network\/innovationspreis\/\">ZENIT Innovation Award<\/a><\/strong> with the <strong>2nd place<\/strong> excellent.<\/p>\n<p>With its platform <strong>ECOTWIN<\/strong> makes <a href=\"https:\/\/ianus-simulation.de\/\"><strong>IANUS<\/strong><\/a> complex AI applications and digital twins for SMEs. The solution impresses with fields of application such as<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Flood and natural hazard monitoring<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Process optimisation in industry and the public sector<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0AI training based on physical simulation data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The award was presented in the presence of <strong>NRW Minister of Economic Affairs Mona Neubaur<\/strong> was awarded. A strong signal for the innovative strength of the regional ecosystem, which once again shows the potential of technology-orientated start-ups from Dortmund.<\/p>\n<p>We congratulate Tobias Herken, Dr Kai Wenz and the entire team at <a href=\"https:\/\/ianus-simulation.de\/\"><strong>IANUS<\/strong><\/a> and we are pleased to have accompanied you on this journey!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccc More information about the ECOTWIN platform: <a href=\"https:\/\/ianus-simulation.de\">https:\/\/ianus-simulation.de<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcf8 Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zenit.de\/\"><strong> ZENIT GmbH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4766 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tzdo.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IANUS_Logo_color_color_bold_RGB-1-300x62.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tzdo.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IANUS_Logo_color_color_bold_RGB-1-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tzdo.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IANUS_Logo_color_color_bold_RGB-1-18x4.png 18w, https:\/\/www.tzdo.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/IANUS_Logo_color_color_bold_RGB-1.png 878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A strong signal for Dortmund as a centre of innovation: our former tenant IANUS Simulation GmbH, which once started at the Centre for Production Technology Dortmund (ZfP) and is now based at the Wei\u00dfes Feld site, was awarded second place at the 12th ZENIT Innovation Award. With its ECOTWIN platform, IANUS makes complex AI applications and digital twins usable for SMEs. The solution convinces...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2.Platz beim ZENIT-Innovationspreis f\u00fcr IANUS Simulation - TechnologieZentrumDortmund<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Unser ehemaliger Mieter IANUS Simulation wurde beim 12. ZENIT-Innovationspreis mit dem 2. 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