Develop innovative ideas on a laboratory scale and start your first small-series productions with us at the incubator!
There are no limits to your creativity! On over 1,000 square meters of laboratory and pilot plant space, you will find pilot plants for the development, production and packaging of liquid, solid or powdered food products.
Students of HSWT as well as participants in academy and certificate programs can use all facilities of the Food Startup Incubator, such as laboratories, pilot plants or coworking spaces, free of charge .
Food startups , as newly founded companies, have the opportunity to gain access to the diverse pilot plants and production facilities as well as storage areas usage agreement
Product development and company formation
Coworking space and meeting rooms
In addition to the laboratory and pilot plant areas, a large coworking space teaching and training programs . Equipped with video technology, events can be held both in person and in a hybrid format
The room can flexibly arranged . Tables for seminars, seating for lectures for up to 40 people, as well as flip charts and presentation boards for workshops are available.
meeting rooms can be booked at FSIWS . These rooms are freely available to participants of academy and certificate programs and HSWT students. Use by startups is subject to a fee and requires a user agreement.
imparting the necessary specialist knowledge
As HSWT students interested in starting your own business, you can acquire the necessary expertise in entrepreneurship and business creation through various modules, such as "Food Startup Founding" or "Practical Development of Your Own Food Innovations." For external aspiring founders, we offer an academy program – subject to sufficient demand – which typically takes place once a year.
Those interested in starting a business from agriculture, gastronomy, crafts and the entire food sector are very welcome.
free access to the necessary basic knowledge for food development, production, marketing and sales to all interested parties as part of an online course on our knowledge hub .
