Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation

Fraunhofer Society

Researching for the future

 

Fraunhofer is Europe's leading research organization for application-oriented research. Our research fields are geared to the needs of people: health, safety, communication, mobility, energy, and the environment. That is why the work of our researchers and developers has a major impact on the future lives of people. We are creative, we shape technology, we design products, we improve processes, we open up new avenues. We invent the future.

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Our contractual partners and clients are:

 

  • industrial companies
  • service company
  • public sector

 

The most important key figures at a glance

 

  • Fraunhofer operates 72 institutes and research facilities in Germany.
  • More than 26,600 employees, most of whom have a background in natural sciences or engineering
  • 2.6 billion euros in research volume annually, of which 2.2 billion euros is in the area of contract research
  • Around 70 percent is generated by orders from industry and publicly funded research projects.
  • International collaborations with excellent research partners and innovative companies

The Fraunhofer Society owes its name to Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826), a Munich scholar who was equally successful as a researcher, inventor, and entrepreneur.