AZO - Space of Innovation ^Company

AZO is specializes in building and maintaining international innovation networks that enable it to support product innovations and company foundations with a focus on the commercial use of space technologies and infrastructures. AZO also participates in various space-related projects funded by the EU (FP7 in particular), the European Commission and the German federal government. Furthermore, they organize app developer camps, business matchings, and international events such as the European Space Solutions Conference or the Satellite Masters Conferences in Berlin. AZO was founded in Oberpfaffenhofen - a well-known hub of the aerospace industry near Munich, Germany - by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) through the initiative and additional assistance of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Media, Energy, and Technology in 2004. Their vision is to drive innovation and foster company foundations based on space technologies and infrastructures. AZO engages with SMEs, big-industry, academia, centres of excellence, knowledge transfer networks, funders and entrepreneurs to help in the commercialisation of new space technologies.