In what languages can be sought?
English has established itself as the lingua franca of the Internet. Since innotracker.com is designed as a global B2B platform, all relevant communication is in English. This applies to the description of offers and products as well as to the use of search terms.

What can be sought?
On innotracker.com, products, processes and services with applications in the industry can be sought and found.
The particularity of innotracker.com is that it can be searched for an intended purpose, function or a replacement for a standard solution. That means you can search, e.g., for, a solution to connect the two metal parts search, even without the need to define whether the optimal solution should be welding, screws, rivets, glue or another option.
This approach often leads to new or unexpected applications of innovative products and unveils new areas of application.

Where does the search engine search?
innotracker.com scans its own dedicated database with unique search methods specially structured for the purpose. This also allows searching in selected segments of records to locate information with specifically assigned meanings.

What should I do if I do not hit useful results?

• Verify the spelling of your search terms
• Use a more general term (e.g., "welding" instead "oxyacetylene gas welding" or "connect" instead of "bonding")
• Enter the search term in singular instead of plural or vice versa
• Try it with another term with the same or similar meaning (e.g., instead of "shaft" with "axle")

How do I narrow the selection from a lengthy hit list?
The search engine of innotracker.com offers two attractive selection options, which can also be combined:

• Selection of solutions offered for the following sectors, fields of application or industries
• Selection of solutions meeting the following particular demands / requirements or offering the following advantages

What does the function Creative Search?
Creative Search offers the following options:

• Search for a desired application purpose, search for a solution to a tangible problem ("I am looking for an innovative solution for the following purpose application / problem")
• Search for a replacement for an existing solution ("I am looking for an innovative alternative solution for the following actual solution")
• Search for news in a particular industry or for a certain scope ("What is new in a specific line of business or field of application?")

All three options will allow access to innovative solutions, which may not already known to the seeker.