Startups & Companies

From the "
" concept to the "
" application

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Fab City Network

Hamburg needs solutions
that work in everyday life and in business.

With Fab City Hamburg, startups and companies can bring new ideas from concept to application more quickly: in workshops, open labs, and real-world usage contexts throughout the city. Fab City offers you a network for local production, the circular economy, and open-source hardware.

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Fab City Network

Our Services for Startups

As a startup, you’ll benefit from an environment where you receive early feedback and can test your solutions in real-world scenarios—in collaboration with Maker Labs, businesses, research institutions, and the local community.

This is particularly exciting for circular economy approaches that focus on repairability, reuse, material cycles, or local production.

Take advantage of challenges, competitions, like-minded peers, and a dynamic environment where you can count on Fab City as your strategic partner.

Fab City Network

Our Services for Businesses

If you want to advance the circular economy and digital manufacturing, what you need most of all are: test environments, the right partners, and actionable insights.

Fab City Hamburg connects you with key players in Hamburg’s ecosystem (labs, research, education, community) and supports initiatives that can be implemented in a pragmatic way—from the first pilot to a scalable solution!

 

Typical points of reference:

 

  • Pilot Projects & Prototyping: Quickly Test, Iterate, and Bring Ideas to Life

  • Access to Test Environments: Maker Labs, Real-World Application Settings in Hamburg

  • Collaborations with Startups & Research: Faster Development, More Opportunities

  • Knowledge That Remains Useful: Open Documentation and Lessons Learned

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For Startups & Companies

An Overview of Our Services