Advancing Smart Manufacturing & Healthcare Through Applied Research
ServTech connects leading European researchers, industry partners, and public institutions to turn complex data into intelligent applications -- funded through EC Horizon Europe programmes.
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Welcome to the Scientific Academy for Service Technology e.V. (ServTech)
Founded in 2007, ServTech is a non-profit research association based in Potsdam, Germany. We participate in large-scale EU-funded projects in smart manufacturing, AI, cloud computing, and digital twins -- with budgets up to €10M and teams across 12 or more organizations.
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€3M+ in EU Research Funding | 12+ Partner Organizations per Project | Active since 2007 | Horizon 2020 | Horizon Europe Programme |
Our Team of Experts
Our team consists of internationally recognized senior academics with long-standing industry links, who have had a long-term impact on international research. Their merits are evidenced by seminal publications and funding from international scientific agencies such as the EC (Framework & H2020 Programmes for research), the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the Australian Research Council (ARC), the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and other national research agencies.
Research
ServTech receives substantial funding from the European Commission and collaborates with top research institutions and industries across Europe. Our current projects span smart manufacturing, smart healthcare, and digital twins -- each pushing the boundaries of what intelligent software can achieve.
Training & Publications
We offer on-demand seminars on current and emerging IT topics, organize workshops throughout Europe, and publish our findings in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. ServTech actively sponsors the annual SummerSOC symposium and its Young Researcher Award.
Who We Are
Founded in 2007 by leading experts from industry and academia worldwide, ServTech is a registered non-profit association (e.V.) based in Potsdam, Germany. Our internationally recognized team advises governments, evaluates research programmes, and maintains strong links with industry and public authorities across three continents.
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News
ServTech’s Blueprint Management System in Action
One of ServTech’s key contributions to the NARRATE project under the HORIZON Europe programme is the Blueprint Management System (BMS), released in December 2025. Manufacturing Blueprints […]
Raised Expectations and Crushing Fears About Artificial Intelligence
Prof. Krämer delivered a short impulse talk on raised expectations and crushing fears about artificial intelligence. He spoke during the reception of the SDPS Conference in […]
NARRATE showed its work on a European stage
At the European Big Data Value Forum 2025 in Copenhagen, Bernd Krämer from ServTech presented the NARRATE project. He spoke in the session “Implementing Manufacturing as […]
SummerSOC Young Researcher Award 2024 presented to Sebastian Böhm
The SummerSOC Young Researcher Award 2024, sponsored by ServTech, has been presented to Sebastian Böhm for his contribution to “API-driven Cloud-Edge Orchestration with PULCEO: a Proof […]
First General Assembly of Project NARRATE in Berlin
The NARRATE project held its first General Assembly with all consortium members in June 2024 at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK […]