ChallengeUpdated on 17 February 2026
Innovations for appliances and HVAC
Head of Open Innovation at LG Future Home (LG Electronics)
Eschborn, Germany
About
We are constantly looking for innovative solutions that could enhance our home appliance and HVAC product portfolio. New materials and components can for instance enhance the performance, the durability, and the finish of our products.
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How could we reduce to energy consumption of our products?
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How could we limit or avoid the use of rare earth materials?
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How could we reduce the noise of our products?
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How could we decrease the amount of virgin raw (e.g plactics, metals) while keeping same product quality?
Topic
- IOT
- Robotics
- Batteries
- Systems Integration & Advanced Manufacturing
Type
- Proof of concept/pilot testing
- Client-provider collaboration (commercial agreement)
Organisation
Similar opportunities
Challenge
- IOT
- Big Data
- Connectivity
- Machine Learning
- Edge/Cloud computing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Client-provider collaboration (commercial agreement)
Michael Holtkamp
Head of Open Innovation at LG Future Home (LG Electronics)
Eschborn, Germany
Challenge
- IOT
- Big Data
- Robotics
- VR/AR/MX
- Computer vision
- Co-development
- Machine Learning
- Edge/Cloud computing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Text analysis and tagging
- Image analysis and tagging
- Natural Language Processing
- Proof of concept/pilot testing
- Video processing, encoding, tagging
- Cybersecurity/data security/cryptography
- Client-provider collaboration (commercial agreement)
Anne De Vries
Business Developer Corporate Venturing at Alliander Next Grid
Arnhem, Netherlands
Challenge
Automotive In-Cabin Passenger Entertainment & Experience
- 5G
- Big Data
- VR/AR/MX
- Multimedia
- Audiovisual
- Acquisition
- Connectivity
- Voice / Audio
- Neurosciences
- Edge/Cloud computing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Emotion recognition software
- Proof of concept/pilot testing
- Cybersecurity/data security/cryptography
- Client-provider collaboration (commercial agreement)
Jens Kronen
Senior Technology Scouting & Partnership Manager at HARMAN Automotive
Munich, Germany