Rethinking How We Innovate Materials

 New episode of our series with Plastics Europe Deutschland, exploring “What HighTech is made of – Plastics as the Enablers of German Innovation Goals,” is live.

Episode 2: Rethinking How We Innovate Materials

How do we turn promising material ideas into solutions that actually work at industrial scale — and can we do it faster?

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Jürgen Stebani, founder and CEO of Polymaterials, to explore how material innovation itself is changing.

We discuss:

How to accelerate material development and move from ideas to industrial solutions faster

How to bridge the gap between startups, research and established industry

How AI, digitalization and data are changing the way new compounds and materials are developed

What Germany needs to remain competitive as a location for material innovation

Why speed, experimentation and a willingness to take risks matter for the next generation of materials

Because ultimately, innovation isn’t only about discovering new materials. It’s also about rethinking how we develop them and bring them into industry.

Listen now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!