HTWK Leipzig opens new "3D Printing" laboratory

New "Additive Multimaterial Manufacturing" laboratory opened – with symposium, award ceremonies, and campus-wide laboratory tours

Creating Value through Cycles

Handbook on Circular Value Creation Published in Print

Avoid nickel, use copper

The research project 'GreenDentalGrind' brings innovative approaches for dental grinding tools

Bundled lightweight construction expertise

Fraunhofer Research Field Lightweight Construction bundles unique competencies from 16 institutes

Development cooperation for humanoid robotic systems

SCHUNK and Bosch start development cooperation for humanoid robot hands

Laser Processes for Quantum Technology

A consortium of industry and research has developed new laser-based approaches in the project 'HiPEQ' to realize miniaturized robust beam sources for quantum technology applications.

Two Callings for the Production of the Future

A new chapter begins at the Machine Tool Laboratory WZL of RWTH Aachen: With Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Riesener and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Boos, MBA, two personalities take on responsibilities that have shaped the institute for years and will now significantly shape its future.

Longer service life for molds and tools

The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT demonstrates how tool life cycles can be extended, downtime reduced, and production processes optimized ecologically with its latest developments.

Stainless steel slows down fine dust

Brake discs made of stainless steel significantly reduce fine dust emissions and are particularly durable

Selective Coolant Supply in Milling

Pokolm Frästechnik GmbH & Co. KG and the Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Machine Tools (IFW) at the University of Hanover have developed a prototype that links the coolant supply for the first time to the tool's rotational angle.

Cobot welding without robotics expertise

Fraunhofer IPA wins the 'euRobotics Technology Transfer Award' with Trumpf and Lorch

Early error detection in the manufacturing process

More efficient quality assurance for 3D-printed components in aviation

Electrochemical Process for Tungsten Coatings

A research consortium from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) and the specialty electrolyte manufacturer IoLiTec, led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA, is developing a globally novel technology for the electrochemical deposition of pure tungsten coatings.

Future Market Fusion on the Rise

Fraunhofer ILT develops key technologies for the future market of fusion

Dates

AMB 2026