Partnerships for the goals

Garage33 – Paderborn University's start-up centre – is the hotspot for anyone who wants to turn ideas into real companies. Young talents get all the tools and support they need to get off to a flying start. And we say: collaboration with start-ups benefits everyone! 

We have experienced this ourselves – for example with Cellgo, a start-up directly from the garage33. The company built us an automated small parts warehouse, and we were its first major project at the time. We took part because we believe in an open culture of innovation. And it has paid off: thanks to Cellgo, we were able to optimise our processes with new technology. Meanwhile, Cellgo's young talents were able to gain important experience with large projects. 

Since it was founded in 2016, the Founders Foundation in Bielefeld has been fully committed to the start-up spirit – but with a focus on the people behind it. Instead of simply pushing young companies, the talents themselves are promoted here. The goal: to strengthen minds, develop ideas and foster entrepreneurial spirit directly in Ostwestfalen-Lippe. And that's exactly what we love. That is why we cooperate with the Founders Foundation and its start-ups – for knowledge, experience and the right resources.

Digitalisation, change, new technologies – everything is becoming faster, more complex and more confusing. But instead of burying our heads in the sand, we remain open, curious – and always want to keep ourselves technically up to date. That's why we use tomorrow bird to get targeted external impetus – to further develop our own transformation expertise and actively help shape change.

When people are passionate about something, it's contagious. This is precisely why we work with influencers who show how lively and creative trades can be. What began with a visit by our trainees to the Real Life Guys’ Macher Festival became a partnership of equals. Together with them – and a few others such as carpenters Zimmerin Lea-Marie and Der Holzbock – we organised the Macher Day. A day full of energy, welding, building and enthusiasm.

Whether on YouTube, Instagram or on site: together with influencers, we bring young people into contact with the trades. Direct, tangible and with a lot of passion. After all, anyone who experiences for themselves what is possible with their own hands sees the world through different eyes – and is more likely to choose a career in the trades. 

Bühler opened the Grain Innovation Center (GIC) in Uzwil, Switzerland, in 2024 – a real high-tech centre for everything to do with grain processing. Here, companies from the food and animal feed industries can optimise their processes, try out new things and thus always stay one step ahead of the trend. The entire facility is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment – naturally with machines from Bühler and strong products from partners at its side. 

And that's where we come in. Because where bulk goods are transported, pipes are needed. And we can do that really well. We are therefore delighted that we were able to equip the GIC with our pipe components. Innovation with vision – and throughput!

The Minden Wolves are an American football team with real bite! Full of team spirit, passion and ambition – exactly the values that are also very important to us. So it's no wonder that we have been supporting the team for a year and a half and will be entering the second year of sponsorship in 2025. The best thing about it is: our sponsorship goes beyond mere financing. Together, we are tackling on new projects and continuing to write the success story of this strong team. Because we are not only advancing the sport, but also our region. Touchdown for teamwork!

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No more paperwork! To help us keep track of our returnable pallets and pipe racks, we got smart support from Logistikbude – a start-up that knows exactly how modern tracking works. With two Bluetooth gateways and clever BLE tags on our racks, everything now runs digitally: we (and our partners) can easily view and track incoming and outgoing goods via a dashboard in the browser – without the hassle of paperwork.

We are part of the "Talent Pool" project organised by the Arbeitgeberverband (Employers' Association). Together, we want to ensure that skilled workers remain in our region and are placed in a targeted manner – for our member companies and the whole of Ostwestfalen-Lippe.

You don't have to lose out on talent just because it didn't work out at the first attempt. Even applicants who didn't make it to the final round often have great potential – and this is exactly where the talent pool comes in.

The highlight: reviews and references can be shared within the circle of members. This increases the chance that talents will end up where they are really needed. And the whole thing is super simple: low barrier to entry, maximum benefit – all in compliance with data protection regulations, of course.

The Deutsche Schüttgut-Industrie Verband e.V. (the German Bulk Material Industry Association or DSIV) is the central point of contact for everyone involved with bulk materials – regardless of where they are in the value chain. Sounds niche at first, but it really carries weight. This is because the DSIV is committed to advancing the industry technically, economically and socially – with specialist presentations, exchange formats and plenty of expertise directly from the field.

We have been working with the DSIV for decades and share a common goal: attracting fresh minds to our industry! That's why we jointly organised a day by young professionals for young professionals for the first time in 2025. Our talents gave insights into their day-to-day work, talked about exciting projects, dual study programmes, financed master's theses – and also how all this can be reconciled with life around it. Real talk instead of blah blah blah.

Not only we, but also a professor at TH OWL, are confident that this was well received by visitors: "No matter who you talk to at JACOB: if you were to take the person's job away, it would break their heart – I've never experienced anything like it."