Power from the Wheel

Donut Lab and WATT Electric Vehicles are working on a lightweight electric vehicle platform with wheel motors. By combining wheel motor technology with an ultra-lightweight aluminum platform, performance, flexibility, and driving pleasure are achieved.

Resource-efficient electrolyzer production

In the next three years, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, together with regional partners, will develop new technologies to reduce the costly use of precious metals in proton exchange membrane electrolyzers.

ECM Deburring with Integrated Ultrasonic Cleaning

VULIC ECM GmbH integrates ultrasonic cleaning modules from Weber Ultrasonics AG into its custom-made systems

Precise components for Ariane 6

Fraunhofer IWU and ESA roll out innovative sensor technologies to all manufacturing facilities

Formnext 2025 concluded

The Formnext 2025 impressively demonstrated how dynamically additive manufacturing is evolving from November 18 to 21 in Frankfurt am Main.

Interaction of Metal 3D Printing and CNC Machining

For the first time, DN Solutions showcases its new DLX series at the Frankfurt trade fair together with the proven 5-axis CNC DVF5000 and demonstrates the effective interaction between additive and subtractive manufacturing.

Hard material shaping and polishing with UKP laser

A process developed by Fraunhofer ILT structures and polishes hard material components with a femtosecond laser in a single setup.

Formnext 2025 opens in Frankfurt

Formnext 2025 has started and impressively showcases the industrial potential of additive manufacturing

Robust and delicate with WEAM

At Formnext 2025, the Fraunhofer IWU will present the latest generation of the WEAM tool (Wire Encapsulating Additive Manufacturing). This technology opens up completely new possibilities:...

Cooperation in Drone Defense

The companies Rohde & Schwarz and TRUMPF will cooperate in the future on the development of drone defense solutions. They combine the expertise of Rohde & Schwarz in mastering the electromagnetic spectrum and radar sensing with the high-energy laser technology of TRUMPF.