Dunia Innovations and Hitachi High-Tech Europe Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Breakthrough Materials Development and Characterization
BERLIN, Germany, and KREFELD, Germany – April 14, 2026 – Dunia Innovations GmbH (“Dunia”) and Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbH (“Hitachi”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, today announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the discovery, characterization, and industrial deployment of next-generation functional materials for sustainable fuels, chemicals, and clean energy technologies.
This collaboration integrates Dunia’s proprietary, state-of-the-art AI- and robotics-powered Intelligent Research and Innovation System (IRIS) with Hitachi’s Observation, Measurement, and Analysis (OMA) technologies, including advanced characterization and analytical instrumentation. Together, the companies aim to create a new paradigm in how materials and catalysts are developed, optimized, and scaled with the goal of dramatically shortening innovation cycles, reducing costs, and enabling faster commercialization of sustainable technologies.
A New Era of Intelligent Materials Characterization
Faster and more intelligent material characterization is critical for training advanced AI models capable of predicting and optimizing materials under real industrial conditions. Through this collaboration, Dunia and Hitachi High-Tech Europe will co-develop an intelligent and autonomous materials characterization workflow that seamlessly integrates AI-driven materials prediction and characterization, high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy, and automated data analytics with closed-loop learning. By unifying these capabilities, the partnership aims to dramatically shorten innovation cycles, reduce development costs, and enhance the reliability and scalability of breakthrough materials across different domains from chemistry to semiconductors.
Ahmed Ismail, Co-founder and COO of Dunia Innovations, said: “Our collaboration with Hitachi High-Tech marks a major step toward building the world’s fastest and most intelligent materials innovation engine. By integrating Hitachi’s measurement excellence with Dunia’s world-leading material AI and robotics platform, we aim to redefine how the next generation of functional materials is discovered, characterized, and scaled.”
Takano Taiji, Vice President of Hitachi High-Tech Europe, said: “Hitachi High-Tech has long believed that the future of scientific discovery lies at the intersection of precise measurement and intelligent automation. Our partnership with Dunia embodies this vision, and we are excited to work together to accelerate sustainable innovation for industries worldwide.”
About Dunia Innovations GmbH
Dunia Innovations is a deep-tech company headquartered in Berlin that accelerates the development and commercialization of industrial breakthrough materials. Dunia’s flagship system (IRIS) integrates frontier AI models, high-throughput robotics, automated fabrication, and multimodal analytics to discover and validate functional materials 100× faster and 10× cheaper than conventional R&D.
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About Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbH
Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbH, a subsidiary of Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, provides advanced Observation, Measurement, and Analysis (OMA) solutions that power innovation across materials science, life sciences, and industrial manufacturing. Its mission is to help customers build fast-moving, cutting-edge businesses through precision instrumentation and next-generation technologies.
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