Fraunhofer MaterialsA look inside Fraunhofer ICT - by CompositesWorld
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Munich, Germany) is the largest applied research organization in Europe, with more than 67 institutes and research units located throughout Germany staffed by 24,500 people, mostly scientists and engineers. CW recently got a chance to tour one, Fraunhofer ICT in Pfintzal, Germany.
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Munich, Germany) is the largest applied research organization in Europe, with more than 67 institutes and research units located throughout Germany staffed by 24,500 people, mostly scientists and engineers. Thirty-four research units are located beyond Germany. More than 70% of the group’s annual budget, which tops 2 billion Euro ($2.35 billion USD), comes from contract research with industry and publicly financed research projects, covering the gamut of scientific topics.