An analogue haven in the digital age: at the Kunstgießerei Schmäke, individual works of art are sculpted, cast and assembled in the fifth generation. Many internationally renowned artists highly value its services.

The bakery trade is one of the oldest commercial crafts in the world with centuries of tradition. Baked goods are particularly popular in Germany. Whether it‘s a breakfast roll, a midday snack or a traditional supper, you can have something fresh from the bakery at any time of day. The variety of German bread is greater than in any other country. There are said to be around 3,200 different bread specialities in total. They are produced in almost 10,000 companies by around 240,000 employees. This makes the bakery trade one of the most important crafts in the country. Düsseldorf is also home to a large number of traditional bakeries that supply their customers with breads, rolls and pastries. We visited four of them!

The Digital Demo Day on 18 August 2022 once again impressively demonstrated what Düsseldorf has to offer for start-ups. The 6th edition of Germany‘s leading start-up trade fair and tech conference for the industry attracted over 200 tech start-ups as exhibitors and numerous industry representatives, entrepreneurs and pioneers to Areal Böhler. Presentations, discussions, learning and live and face-to-face networking took place around the future topics of sustainability, Metaverse and Hi- Tech NRW. In a live pitch, 12 teams presented their digital innovations to the audience - the winner was awarded 3,000 euros in prize money. The ecosystem for the start-up scene is thus growing and thriving magnificently - and also provides a good set up for the three start-ups we are presenting today: Luizzo, Glasbote and Mixup.