With effect from August 9, 2011, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) changed the funding of material efficiency analyses and projects for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany to BMWi innovation vouchers. Companies can redeem these vouchers to promote analyses to improve material efficiency. The BMWi will then cover 50% of the costs for consulting by a consulting company authorized by the BMWi.
You can check whether your company is eligible for such funding on the website of the German Material Efficiency Agency demea:
As an authorized consulting company in the field of material efficiency, A&K will in future be entitled to issue you directly with an innovation voucher after examining the situation, which will entitle you to a 50% subsidy. This means that you will no longer have to submit an application to the German Material Efficiency Agency!
The innovation voucher serves as a fully-fledged means of payment. The value of the voucher is up to €17,000 for a potential analysis and up to €80,000 for an in-depth consultation, less the value of the voucher for the potential analysis.
50% funding for material efficiency projects without application
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kemmner
Prof Dr Kemmner is Co-CEO of the Abels & Kemmner Group and has carried out well over 200 national and international projects in 30 years of consulting work in supply chain management and restructuring and was the only publicly appointed expert for the profitability assessment of industrial companies in Germany for over 10 years. In 2012, he was appointed Honorary Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management by the WHZ. The results of his projects have already received several awards.