Hannover Messe
On 4 April 2025, the Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Magdeburg made a contribution to the Digital Transformation Stage at the Hannover Messe by presenting the potential of digitalisation for SMEs using AI as an example. In a short presentation, Dr Sergii Kolomichuuk from the Fraunhofer IFF showed how AI can enable the automated and user-centric search for similar metal components in a digital archive of technical drawings.
The presentation was based on an AI application project by Dr Sergii Kolomiichuk, Claudius Borgmann (Managing Director of a machining company) and Juliane Höbel-Müller (AG DKE). AI application projects serve to demonstrate the potential of AI to SMEs, reduce concerns and promote the implementation of digitalisation ideas. Details on this project can be found on the website of the Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Magdeburg at https://www.digitalzentrum-magdeburg.de/praxisbeispiele/automatische-suche-mit-ki/.
With its SME Digital Centres and the IT Security in Business Initiative, the SME Digital Network offers comprehensive support for digitalisation. Small and medium-sized enterprises benefit from concrete practical examples and customised, provider-neutral offers for qualification and IT security. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection makes it possible to use the Mittelstand-Digital programme free of charge. Further information can be found at www.mittelstand-digital.de.