Gerhard Pramhas, Author at Dr. Gerhard Pramhas F&E KG

Project Support in Mechanical Engineering: When Your Project Gets Moving Again

Posted by Gerhard Pramhas
On 20. October 2026

In mechanical engineering, you may have highly innovative ideas, but success is decided by implementation. Projects in plant engineering and special machinery manufacturing often come to a standstill – not due to a lack of competence, but because of overload, unclear responsibilities, or missing project management. Especially in mechanical engineering companies, where several development, automation, […]

Success factors of innovation: “Innovation begins where standard solutions end”

Posted by Gerhard Pramhas
On 3. November 2025

Practical application of research, development, and innovation Gerhard Pramhas is one of the leading thinkers in practical research, development, and innovation, as well as in the success factors of innovation. With his R&D company in Felixdorf, he has been working with his customers for decades to develop tailor-made solutions in the fields of mechanical and […]

Research & Development: Why is a good R&D structure so important?

Posted by Gerhard Pramhas
On 18. October 2025

In a constantly changing business world, it is essential that companies continuously optimize their research and development structures. Why? Targeted measures in R&D can not only make processes more efficient, but also achieve significant competitive advantages. I am Dr. Gerhard Pramhas from Dr. Gerhard Pramhas F&E KG and my passion is to help companies earn […]

Mini steps to becoming the entrepreneur I want to be (part 5 of 5)

Posted by Gerhard Pramhas
On 17. January 2025

“And tomorrow we’ll tear the whole world down”. As an entrepreneur, you are no doubt familiar with setting yourself very ambitious goals. Perhaps you have also set yourself unrealistic-sounding resolutions. And have they come true? Have you ever checked whether your ambitious goals have been achieved? Have your resolutions become reality? If you can answer […]

Mini-steps to becoming the entrepreneur I want to be (Part 4 of 5)

Posted by Gerhard Pramhas
On 21. January 2024

The last few month in particular was a very challenging time for us entrepreneurs. We’re frantically chasing after the last tasks before the turn of the year and then it’s full speed ahead. Every task that we really want to get done. We may even realize now that we haven’t been consistent enough over the […]

Mini-steps to becoming the entrepreneur I want to be (Part 3 of 5)

Posted by Gerhard Pramhas
On 2. November 2023

Focus: self-optimization! We entrepreneurs know this all too well. We have to become better and better in order not to get lost in the competition. We have to create even more in order to be satisfied with ourselves. What we have achieved is all too often underestimated. The self-optimization trend leads people to make the […]

Mini-steps to becoming the entrepreneur I want to be (Part 2 of 5)

Posted by Gerhard Pramhas
On 11. August 2023

Resolution: More innovation. Almost all entrepreneurs have this resolution. But what actually are innovations? Everything that is new? No, an invention alone is not an innovation by definition. A patent alone is also not an innovation. The patent-offices are full of applications that have never resulted in a product, let alone a successful product on […]

Mini-steps to becoming the entrepreneur I want to be (Part 1 of 5)

Posted by Gerhard Pramhas
On 12. July 2023

The “new year” is now halfway over again. Time to sum up your New Year’s resolutions and goals for 2023. In our private and professional lives. What have we not resolved everything: Lose weight, exercise more, spend more time with the family, stop smoking, … or from a business perspective: optimize processes even better, meet […]

Design to cost – cost management in product development

Posted by Gerhard Pramhas
On 7. February 2023

In my previous blog post, I reported on the withdrawal of iPhone production from China. As I have often mentioned in my blogs, companies that not only produce but also have development sovereignty are not as affected by such relocations. This also raises the question for Austrian companies how to keep development AND production in […]

Apple to leave China manufacturing base

Posted by Gerhard Pramhas
On 29. December 2022

Apple is planning to leave its manufacturing base in China and shift production of its cash cow iPhone to India and Vietnam. What does this mean for Austria as an industrial location? At any rate, more than can be gleaned from this headline alone. Not only the newspaper Standard has reported on this: In recent […]

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