Refrigeration

We are looking for your solution in the EDEKA Open Innovation Call #08

Refrigeration

We are looking for your solution in the EDEKA Open Innovation Call #08

What is the Open Innovation Call?

As part of our Open Innovation Call, we are looking for innovative solutions to specific challenges faced by EDEKA within our Future Readiness Categories. Any technology provider that can solve these challenges may pilot and validate its solution in a real environment and with suitable experts – provided the EDEKA fit is given.

For the future viability of our stores.

AUGUST 2023 – OPEN INNOVATION CALL

Refrigeration

With the increasing challenges of rising energy prices and skills shortages, innovative refrigeration solutions are crucial. We are looking for breakthrough concepts that reduce refrigeration failures due to pollution, build the necessary skills for simple maintenance, and assist with operator compliance. We invite founders to present their solutions and possibly implement them in projects for the first time. For the current Open Innovation Call, we are focusing on the following areas:

Contami-nants

Particularly in summer, condensers, gas coolers and/or evaporators soiled by dust or pollen lead to rising costs. These costs are caused on the one hand by the increased energy consumption due to the reduced efficiency of the heat exchanger and on the other hand by the increased risk to breakdowns due to the increased load on the equipment.

Service challenges

In the event of a malfunction, refrigeration systems (especially the CO2 systems) require a high level of qualification to rectify the problem. A lack of suitable service technicians leads to long waiting times for repairs. Necessary competences can be acquired by the employees for simple maintenance.

Require-ments for efficient operation

Compliance with the operator's obligations, with its diverse regulations, requires a high degree of coordination on the part of the operators and employees.

TIMING

Save the Dates!

APPLICATION

4 weeks

DEADLINE

31st August 2023

FEEDBACK

30th September 2023

WHAT’S NEXT?

Suitable solutions to the challenge are presented to relevant decision-makers of the EDEKA group and tested for an EDEKA fit. The best solutions are then given the chance to be piloted and validated at EDEKA.

BENEFITS

What are the benefits of partnering with EDEKA?

Relevant challenges and your appropriate solutions get a strong visibility within EDEKA, which brings great opportunities for successful partnerships and valuable contacts.

As an entrepreneur, you receive valuable feedback regarding EDEKA-Fit and can optimize your product in order to increase the potential in the right places.

The concrete challenges can be solved through your technological innovation and co-creation with EDEKA by using your product in EDEKA stores - everyone involved benefits and you gain a strong partner at your side.

Relevant challenges and your appropriate solutions get a strong visibility within EDEKA, which brings great opportunities for successful partnerships and valuable contacts.

As an entrepreneur, you receive valuable feedback regarding EDEKA-Fit and can optimize your product in order to increase the potential in the right places.

The concrete challenges can be solved through your technological innovation and co-creation with EDEKA by using your product in EDEKA stores - everyone involved benefits and you gain a strong partner at your side.

REQUIREMENTS

What are we looking for?

You have an innovation for this Open Innovation Call?

OVERVIEW

Previous Open Innovation Calls

We regularly publish calls on selected challenges at EDEKA. Here is an overview of all previous topics. Even after completion, we are constantly looking for new tech news:

August 2021

  • Shelf Availability

August 2022

  • The Deli Counter

October 2022

  • Extending the Shelf

May 2023

  • Energy monitoring
  • Control
  • Cybersecurity