Cooperative industrial research enables expertise to be shared profitably. The German Research Association for Drive Technology FVA (Forschungsvereinigung Antriebstechnik e. V.) has been proving this for the past 50 years.
 

The FVA (Forschungsvereinigung Antriebstechnik e. V.) is the world's most successful and largest drive technology research and innovation network. Since 1967, industrial developers and scientific researchers have been working together on basic Pre competitive questions of drive technology. This form of industrial collaborative research provides the basis for product innovations of the more than 200 FVA members. Over 1700 projects with an investment volume of more than 230 million euros have been carried out by the FVA over the past 50 years.

More information www.fva-net.de (only German)

Founded in 2010, FVA GmbH works hand-in-hand with top-level German research institutions and leading companies from the drive technology industry toward the practical application of knowledge gained from FVA research projects. Based on more than 50 years of research, our groundbreaking products and services make innovative development processes possible for the advancement of the entire industry.

FVA GmbH is a joint venture between FVA  e.V. (Research Association for Drive Technology) and VDMA Services GmbH within VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, the Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers Association).

interop4X is a brand of FVA GmbH.