For many years Simufact has been dedicated to cooperating with scientific partners. When implementing a project, especially one based on applied research, Simufact cooperates with a number of notable institutions and research facilities. More than 40 partnerships worldwide prove the high value that the company attaches to this form of knowledge transfer.Simufact considers itself a link between academic research and industrial application. Strategic and relevant topics from research and development are put into practice in the development of Simufact simulation software for manufacturing processes. Likewise, demands and insights from the industry are being addressed in the research work.As fascinating as the numerous research ideas might be: Simufact also understand their role as a filter and mediator between scientific partners and customers as only research based on the real or future needs of the customers have the potential to succeed as innovation in the market.