Making Industries Pro²Future

Empowering Humans with Cognified and Sustainable Products and Production Systems

As a COMET competence centre, we conduct research into resilient, energy-efficient and human-centered solutions that make everyday industrial life smarter, safer and more sustainable. Through strong partnerships with industry and science and a clear focus on knowledge and technology transfer, we are paving the way for a cognified and sustainable future of production.

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How to partner with us

We provide an ecosystem for applied research and innovation.

From joint research projects and scientific exchange to research stays and supervision of academic work with international universities.

Applied research on industrial topics; collaborative work from idea to practical implementation throughout the entire product life cycle.

We build long-term partnerships that strengthen regional innovation, support international success and help educate and develop future talents.

We offer an ultimate environment for collaborative projects (industry, SMEs, startups, universities, research institutions) and provide application-driven results for mission-oriented initiatives and innovation programs.

Research with Impact - Your Career at Pro²Future

You want your work to make a real impact and not just stay within the lab? At the intersection of science and industry, you’ll work at Pro²Future on forward-looking topics such as Artificial Intelligence, digitalization and sustainable production. Together with leading industrial partners, you’ll develop data-driven solutions, test innovative algorithms and receive direct feedback from real-world applications. Whether it’s human-machine interaction, smart products or process optimization – with us, you drive genuine innovation.
Whether you’re pursuing a PhD, internship or research position – we offer challenging projects, flexible structures and an inspiring research environment where your ideas truly matter.

About Pro2Future GmbH

Pro²Future is working on the goals and results of the digital transformation and conducting research for industrial implementation in the period thereafter. As a non-university COMET research centre with locations in Linz and Graz, we are working on the next generation of cognitive products and production systems.

Our mission is to cognify industries
by developing resilient, energy-efficient and human-centered solutions that directly address everyday challenges.

Further information can be found here:

Projects

PreMoBAF

PreMoBAF

Data-driven methods for predicting and monitoring the behaviour of Blast Furnace and Electric Arc Furnace

Blast furnace (BF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) are key processes in iron and steel production. The complex dynamics within…

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CoSma

CoSma

Cosimulation for Smart Manufacturing

Predicting quality in production systems is an open field of research, especially for discontinuous production like assembly. In manufacturing of…

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EBRAIN Ensembles

EBRAIN Ensembles

Holistic and Sustainable AI Development for Global Changes

Neuroscience provides a rich source of inspiration for new types of algorithms and architectures, independent of and/or complementary to the…

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E-MANAGER

E-MANAGER

Energy Management for Industrial Production

To reduce CO2 emissions, besides the automotive industry, manufacturing industries are increasingly under pressure to optimize processes and procedures for…

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CompEAS-HW

CompEAS-HW

Compositional Embedded Automotive System Hardware

The execution of software has a significant impact on various runtime characteristics of the hardware. Software critically influences the energy…

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SmartCom

SmartCom

Smart Compounding

To tailor the property profiles for their respective applications, almost all plastic materials undergo a compounding step as a part…

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Enhance UWB

Enhance UWB

Benchmarking and advancing localization and communication performance UWB

The rapid digitalization across all industrial sectors has fostered an increased need for connectivity in heterogenous application environments. As a…

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SAFE-TRACK

SAFE-TRACK

Failsafe Autonomous drone-based warehouse check beyond visual line of sight

Drones are excellent machines to carry cameras, laser scanners and sensors to provide data for industrial and commercial applications. Thanks…

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Key Facts*

360+

Publications

45+

Finished & running PhD Theses

167+

Nominations in international Boards

49+ M€

Cumulated project volume

25+

Patents & Patent filings

95+

Scientific & Industry Partners

*as of March 31, 2026

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