BIBA – Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH is a scientific engineering research institute. It was founded in July 1981 as one of the first affiliated institutes of the University of Bremen. Today it is one of the biggest research institutes of the state. It has established itself with two divisions: intelligent Production and Logistics Systems (IPS) and ICT applications for production (IKAP). \r\nThe institute is involved in one collaborative research center of the DFG (German Research Foundation) at the University of Bremen. It is also involved in the Bremen Research Cluster for Dynamics in Logistics (LogDynamics) as well as in the International Graduate School for Dynamics in Logistics. BIBA maintains an internationally unique service centre: the LogDynamics Lab which is used for the development and testing of innovative mobile solutions for logistic processes and systems.