Turn knowledge into skills – transfer discoveries into innovations PETKUS Academy Knowledge transfer between science and the eco- nomy is the driving force for future innovations and for promoting ideas with high market potential. In this context, the PETKUS Academy is the link between science, market trends and business. The PETKUS Academy is a brain trust for collecting, documenting and processing internal and external knowledge for the benefit of the seed and grain processing industry. While disseminating knowledge, screening new industries and research trends as well as archiving essential information, the PETKUS Academy is: • An idea factory. • A companion for innovative technology development. • A preserver of old and profound knowledge. • A communicator for seed and grain technologies. ROEBER Institut GmbH The ROEBER Institut was established within the PETKUS Group as a catalyst for innovative deve- lopments and subsequent product market entry. The company was named in honour of the former innovative PETKUS company founder Christian Friedrich Röber. Engineers and scientists from different technical and scientificfacultiesareinvestigatingnewopticalsorting techniques, aerodynamic elements and coating and pathogen elimination techniques. This creates a new paradigm with regard to product development in the industry. ROEBER performs independent research and deve- lopment, tests of processes and products in its own offices and laboratories and operates an assembly line especially suited for the production of electronic components and optical products. PETKUS GROUP