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District joined the delegation, and he believes
Sacramento could benefit from an
innovation hub similar to PEM Aachen
GmbH.
“In the PEM model, the innovation hub
is a center where you have [companies]
like Ford, BMW, Toyota come to university
students and startup companies who are
really driving technology,” says Lemus,
who believes such a model in Sacramento
could advance engineering departments
at local universities and provide work opportunities
to retain young, talented engineers.
District 1 County Supervisor Phil Serna
joined the delegation to promote Sacramento
and potentially attract companies
to the area, and perhaps even establish a
PEM-based model in partnership with Sacramento
State.
“We had far-reaching discussions
about the prospect of bringing interest in
Germany to Sacramento, specifically as it
relates to an innovation center with Sac
State,” Serna says. “The folks we met with
clearly see California as leading the world
in terms of policy, development, legislation
and resource allocation.”
The delegation focused on networking
and gathering information. Serna says the
next step is for German interest to come to
Sacramento.
“One of the next steps is bringing the
PEM folks here to Sacramento,” he says.
“I’m eager to show them sites in my district
that are prime for manufacturing,” like the
Metro Air Park in Natomas.
While any PEM-based model in Sacramento
is a future project that would require
private and public funding, one PEM
alumnus has already brought his company
to Sacramento.
Dimitrios Dovas, the cofounder and
CEO of Highlands Power, which builds
high-powered efficient electric vehicle motors,
announced in May that the company
would operate its offices from The Urban
Hive. In the meantime, he says, the company
is raising capital to build a production
model, and eventually develop a small production
facility around Sacramento.
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