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Significant savings in forming
Rollers can reshape as precisely as a press, at a fraction of the cost: Fraunhofer IWU and partners demonstrate how it works
From Laboratory to Production
Laser Processes as Enablers for Industrial Solid-State Batteries
Strategy Days 2026 of the FDWF
On January 27 and 28, 2026, around 30 members of the FDWF gathered at AHP Merkle in Gottenheim to reflect on current research activities and to set impulses for future projects.
For a more sustainable aircraft cabin
Research project ORAM reaches an important milestone: RWTH Aachen recognized as the first university with a P21G-certified production facility for polymer-based additive manufacturing in aviation
On the way to reducing the CO₂ footprint
ZEvRA: European research consortium makes great progress on the way to the circular economy of electric vehicles
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.
Precise components for Ariane 6
Fraunhofer IWU and ESA roll out innovative sensor technologies to all manufacturing facilities
Research project for demand-oriented coolant supply
A follow-up project of the Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Machine Tools at Leibniz University Hannover (IFW) with OPEN MIND Technologies AG advances the idea of energy savings through demand-oriented coolant supply.
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.
WZL and Ford develop the automobile factory of the future
Under the motto "Green Factory of the Future", the development of a maturity model for sustainability transformation at Ford has been advanced.