It arose in year 2008 from a simple question: Who are the worldwide knowledge-leaders for hybrid technology? To answer that, and some other technical important questions, we had to invest lot of resources in the past eight years and this still ongoing engagement is the basis for our work. Since then we support clients in dealing with their questions for the future. We are their partner and therefore responsible for international market investigations in search for the people or institutes that are working or researching on specific issues. This work can be seen as preparation for an M&A-activity, to find the right teams for a project or even to find the right partners for a concrete development collaboration.