August 08, 2025—Press release by MHP 

MHP Becomes Partner in the Quantum^BW Network

Manage­ment and IT consult­ing firm MHP has entered into a strate­gic partner­ship with the Quantum^BW innova­tion campus. Quantum comput­ing promises to disrupt many indus­tries, so sectors where security is criti­cal, such as aerospace, defense, and finance, should look into options early on. As a new partner of QuantumBW, MHP is a reliable partner for compa­nies, offer­ing strate­gic guidance on the oppor­tu­ni­ties and risks of this technology.

Quantum^BW innova­tion ecosystem

Both partners intend to use their shared exper­tise to search even more accurately for new appli­ca­tion areas and possi­ble uses for quantum comput­ers in the future. Quantum^BW plans to further expand its exist­ing network into a compre­hen­sive quantum innova­tion ecosys­tem in Baden-Württemberg.

“With MHP, we welcome a valuable partner to our network who, with its deep under­stand­ing of compa­nies and their struc­tures, can raise aware­ness of the oppor­tu­ni­ties and changes that a quantum future will bring,” empha­sizes Alexan­der Heinrich, Head of the Quantum^BW Office. “Together, we can help compa­nies under­stand, through concrete use cases, how indus­try can benefit from quantum technolo­gies in the future, enabling them to become tomorrow’s pioneers. We are excited to join forces with MHP as part of the Quantum^BW network to accel­er­ate Europe’s leader­ship in the field of quantum technologies.”

Julian Seyfarth, Portfo­lio Manager and Associate at MHP: “Our goal is to consis­tently promote the trans­fer of quantum research into indus­trial practice. The focus is on concrete appli­ca­tion problems rather than abstract poten­tial. We want to help ensure that quantum technolo­gies have an impact where they create real added value. At the same time, we see it as our respon­si­bil­ity to draw atten­tion to security-critical risks posed by quantum comput­ing at an early stage, such as the break­ing of classi­cal encryp­tion, and to support compa­nies in intro­duc­ing quantum-resilient solutions such as post-quantum cryptography.”

Use of quantum computers

Unlike classi­cal comput­ers, quantum comput­ers use princi­ples of quantum physics to solve specific compu­ta­tional problems in a completely new way. While conven­tional comput­ers utilize bits that can repre­sent the states of either 0 or 1, quantum comput­ers process infor­ma­tion using qubits, which can simul­ta­ne­ously repre­sent both states due to the quantum mechan­i­cal princi­ple of super­po­si­tion. This opens up new comput­ing methods for partic­u­larly complex tasks, such as optimiz­ing supply chains or the simulation-based devel­op­ment of new materials.

At the same time, the new comput­ing power poses signif­i­cant security risks: in a few years, quantum comput­ers will be able to break the asymmet­ric encryp­tion methods widely used today, such as RSA or ECC. There is already a need for action today, as inter­cepted data could be decrypted at a later point in time (“store now, decrypt later”). Indus­tries in which security is partic­u­larly criti­cal, such as aerospace, defense and finance, should explore poten­tial measures early on. MHP is a reliable partner for compa­nies in this regard, offer­ing strate­gic guidance on the oppor­tu­ni­ties and risks associ­ated with this technology.

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