Established in 1970, Max Planck Innovation was set up to act as the technology transfer centre for 83 Max Planck Institutes, united under the non-profit Max Planck Society. Originally named Garching Instrumente, the tech transfer office was renamed Garching Innovation in 1993 before taking on its current name, Max Planck Innovation (MPI), in 2006.

Ulrich Mahr, acting managing director at MPI, explained the activities of MPI by underlining that operating centrally out of Munich presents challenges, as most of the…

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