News 82 Tribologie + Schmierungstechnik · volume 72 · issue 3-4/ 2025 The Austrian Tribology Society (ÖTG) is strongly committed to promoting all areas of tribology - from research and development to practical industrial applications. This also includes the active support of new companies, particularly during their founding phase and early development. In this context, the ÖTG serves as an initiator and founding platform. Today, the scientific association holds shares in three companies that together offer a wide range of services in tribology, material development and characterization, as well as modeling, simulation, and digitalization - all based at the Technology and Research Center in Wiener Neustadt, around 40 kilometers south of Vienna. Österreichische Tribologische Gesellschaft A scientific association as an incubator for new businesses AC2T research GmbH (AC2T) is the Austrian Centre of Competence for Tribology, established in 2002. Since then, AC2T has evolved into one of the largest privately operated R&D service providers in the field of tribology worldwide. AC2T has extensive and unique infrastructure for carrying out highly interdisciplinary projects. Thereby, the Centre builds on its core competencies: Tribological system, material, surface, and lubricant characterization; chemical analysis; measuring technology and sensor development; modelling, simulation and data science. A team of 100 people develops customized solutions in the fields of transportation, energy, production, and medicine:  Friction-optimized systems: Design and optimization of surfaces and materials to reduce friction and increase the reliability and energy efficiency of mechanical components.  Wear reduction strategies: Determination of the service life behavior of tribological components to increase robustness and replace critical raw materials.  Sustainable lubrication: Development of lubricants and lubrication strategies up to online monitoring systems, taking sustainability and circular economy into account.  Synaptic tribology: Combining tribological expertise with data science, simulation and digitalization to make tribological systems and their complex behavior in practice predictable. Phone: +43 2622 81600-0 | E-mail: office@ac2t.at | Web: https: / / www.ac2t.at/ The ÖTG is pleased to present its three success stories: News 83 Tribologie + Schmierungstechnik · volume 72 · issue 3-4/ 2025 Aerospace & Advanced Composites GmbH (AAC) is a research and technology company in the field of materials testing and development for special applications in aerospace, aviation, energy, industry and defense, founded in 2010. AAC supports international customers and partners - including ESA - throughout the entire value chain in the development, testing, and qualification of durable, efficient, and safe solutions:  Material characterization and tribological testing under extreme conditions, such as vacuum, high temperature, cryogenic conditions, radiation.  Development and optimization of functional coatings: Formulation of fluorine-free coatings to reduce friction and wear and to protect against contamination and adhesion.  Analysis of electrical contact resistances, service life behavior, efficiency or stiffness properties in tribological systems.  European cooperation and technology transfer: AAC as an experienced partner in the development of innovative materials and surface solutions and in strengthening Europe’s technological sovereignty. Phone: +43 2622 90550-0 | E-mail: office@aac-research.at | Web: https: / / www.aac-research.at/ ger/ i-TRIBOMAT GmbH is the ÖTG’s most recent start-up, formed in 2022. The company sees itself as a Europe-wide point of contact for support regarding friction, wear and lubrication, offering services in the field of tribology and data-based services:  Tribological tests on more than 130 test benches and accompanying analyses with a wide range of test conditions, such as high and low temperatures, vacuum, aggressive environments (e.g., H 2 , NH 3 ) at the model contact and component level (e.g., bearings, coatings, gears, seals).  TRIBOLOGY UNIVERSE TM for modelling and simulation.  Access to the world’s largest database of materials and their tribological properties.  Customized databases for R&D laboratories.  Consulting on R&D activities in tribology. Phone: +43 676 9257923 | E-mail: office@i-tribomat.eu | Web: https: / / i-tribomat.eu/ de/