Standardization speeds up innovation

Norms and standards encourage innovations, open up markets and ensure that companies face the same competitive conditions. Internationally valid norms and standards are particularly important for Germany as an export nation.

The Federal Government's "Concept for Standardization" aims to systematically involve standardization in technology funding. This could help to fast-track innovations onto the market. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular are to be made more aware of the importance of standardization. Furthermore, measures are to be introduced to make it easier for SMEs to apply standards and to become involved in standardization processes.

In the "Innovation with Norms and Standards" project, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) is supporting the efforts of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) to identify the need for standardization in fields of high technology such as microsystems technology or nanotechnology. The aim is to establish excellent framework conditions for innovations and to thus encourage marketability.