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How Freudenberg Built a Startup-Style Innovation Engine for Emerging Tech
How does a 177-year-old industrial company maintain startup speed while preparing for technologies that may not mature for another decade?
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Vishwanath Hegadekatte, Director of Innovation at Freudenberg Technology Innovation (FTI), about building an internal innovation engine designed to identify, test, and scale emerging technologies across a global manufacturing enterprise. Vishwanath explains how Freudenberg combines strategic foresight, AI-driven research, external partnerships, and startup-style experimentation to help its business…
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