Smart Maintenance Community

Digitalization in production leads to more flexibility, higher performance and reliability. This applies equally to internal company processes and to inter-company value creation. But digitization in Western Europe usually has to take place in existing plants, which are often 20 years old and older. This is where the maintenance staff are challenged, because they are often the only ones who have the know-how to implement digitization in the company. ​

The Smart Maintenance Community of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, an association of currently 16 Fraunhofer Institutes, can support you in sustainably improving the added value in your production. Thanks to the cross-institutional network, we are able to contribute the necessary expertise in all areas. Data scientists, specialists for assistance systems of all kinds, and experts in process analysis and optimization are at your disposal. Since we know how important people are in your company, we always accompany the changes in such a way that they can also be lived in the company. Our work is only done when the new technologies and processes in your company have become an integral part of everyday business life.

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Services offered by the Smart Maintenance Community

Are you looking for innovative solutions and sustainable strategies in the context of smart maintenance? ​
We support you in finding and driving them forward.

Our services enable you to,

  • gain data-driven insights
  • make maintenance processes more efficient
  • select technologies to suit your needs
  • reduce downtime
  • to secure and continuously expand the knowledge of your employees
  • tailor-made use of artificial intelligence.
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Meet us at the maintenance trade fair!

The maintenance trade fair in Dortmund and Munich is the leading professional event for industrial maintenance, an established platform for innovations and trends and a central industry meeting point for us.

The Smart Maintenance Community participates every year with a large exhibition stand and representatives from the community institutes, actively helping to shape the fair in many ways.

At our booth, you have the opportunity to get comprehensive information about our range of services and to discuss innovative topics and projects with us. Our exhibits and demonstrators provide tangible insights into current research and development activities.

We also contribute to the programme of the accompanying ScienceCenter lecture forum with keynotes, technical presentations and professional moderation. The GuidedTours, the structured exhibition tours, are also supported by our team.

Save the date:
We look forward to welcoming you to our booth at the next maintenance trade fair on February 25 and 26, 2026, in Dortmund!

Community Management and Service Center

Thomas Heller

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Dr.-Ing. Thomas Heller

Managing Director Smart Maintenance Community

Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML
Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 2-4
44227 Dortmund, Germany

Phone +49 231 9743-444

Lisa Greimel

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Dipl.-Ing. Lisa Greimel

Managing Director Smart Maintenance Community

Fraunhofer Austria
Theresianumgasse 7
1040 Vienna, Austria

Phone +43 676 888 61 691

Alexander Schletz

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Dipl.-Soz. Alexander Schletz

Service Center Smart Maintenance Community

Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO - KODIS
Bildungscampus 9
74076 74076 Heilbronn, Germany

Phone +49 711 970-2184

Britta Wortmann

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Dipl.-Kffr. Britta Wortmann

Service Center Smart Maintenance Community

Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML
Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 2-4
44227 Dortmund, Germany

Phone +49 231 9743-339