Gesche Held

With nearly 1200 employees, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation, Fraunhofer IPA, is one of the largest institutes in the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. The total budget amounts to € 94 million. The in stitute’s research focus is on organizational and technological aspects of production. In 11 research areas, we develop, test, and implement not only components, devic es and methods but also entire machines and manufacturing plants. In 11 business areas, we transfer research results in cooperation with small and large enterprises, especially from the automotive, machinery and equipment, electronics and microsystems, energy, medical engineering and process industry.