START-UP AREA
The START-UP AREA at FAF - FARBE, AUSBAU & FASSADE focussed on young companies with an inventive and innovative spirit that seek and offer creative solutions. Here, start-ups were able to showcase the clever ideas they are using to drive the industry forward.
AESTICO GmbH, Zurich
AESTICO is a Swiss start-up from Zurich that has declared war on pen and paper in the construction industry. The digital measurement system saves project managers in the construction and trade sector hours of office work.
Craftomatic GmbH, Uhldingen-Mühlhofen
Under the motto "Dawning times? You can forget it", Anna Brückner (master optician, B.Sc. Physics), her brother Oliver Brückner (master painter and business economist) and computer scientist Ivan Kostov dedicated themselves to an everyday problem in the skilled trades: inefficient time recording - and heralded the smart time recording of tomorrow with the founding of "Craftomatic".
Epple GmbH, Esslingen
The company was founded in 1927 by Hermann Epple, the grandfather of the current owner. Thomas Epple, who is the third generation to run the company, is a master painter and varnisher and master plasterer and makes his knowledge available to his fellow tradesmen as a business coach and sales trainer: He coaches owners and employees of craft businesses, develops managers and helps companies to find gaps in the market from which they can make a living.
HAMSTA GmbH, Ober-Ramstad
"HAMSTA - stands for "Handwerk am Start" and is a platform for painters. Behind it is a small team of three creative minds: Saskia Boiselle, who keeps everything running smoothly, Max Scheffel, who likes to get people in front of his podcast microphone, and Felix Schweizer, who puts the content on the platform's website and posts it on social media channels.
HDM Data GmbH, Ober-Ramstadt
Today, data is a key factor in a company's success. HDM Data GmbH supports retail and trade companies in the paint and flooring industry in digitally processing product data, seamlessly transferring it and creating synergy effects.
W. Schmitz Kunststofftechnik, Boffzen
Since 1981, the family-run company W. Schmitz Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co KG in Boffzen, Lower Saxony, has been producing precision joining technology for the insulating glass industry. The "Petry profile" presented at the FAF, a plaster end profile for window sills, is an invention of master plasterer Stefan Petry, who had the brilliant idea in 2020 to decouple the exterior wall plaster in the reveal from the window sill.
Wattro GmbH, Heidelberg
The Heidelberg-based start-up Wattro specialises in digital and automated device management. The centrepiece of this system is the patented Wattro scan terminal. It is specially designed for the trade sector and makes equipment management considerably easier: manual effort is reduced and human error is avoided - which increases overall productivity. All devices, tools and machines in a business are automatically recorded with a simple scanning process, which saves time and makes the entire process much more efficient.