IFAM - Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research

Fraunhofer IFAM is one of the most important independent research institutes in Europe in the fields of 'Forming and Functional Materials' and 'Bonding Technology and Surfaces'. Focal points are placed on research and development work with the final goal of providing customers with reliable as well as application-oriented solutions. Products and technologies primarily address industries, which have a special interest in future sustainability: aviation, automotive, energy and environment as well as medical technology and life sciences. However, solutions developed at the institute are also applied in other industries such as mechanical and facility engineering, electronics and electrical engineering as well as ship and rail vehicle construction or the packaging and construction industries.

To realize this task, about 600 highly qualified employees work together on projects and single issues. A spectrum of services offered ranges from materials, shaping and joining technology to functionalisation of surfaces, development of complete components or complex systems. In doing so, Fraunhofer IFAM covers the entire value chain from material development and product design to integration into industrial production - including pilot production as well as targeted measures for personnel qualification in new technologies.

Our core competencies
Fraunhofer IFAM is a materials science oriented research institute with a focus on metallic and polymeric materials. A broad technological and scientific know-how is bundled in seven core competencies. These core competencies - each of them individually as well as in combination - establish the institutes strong position on the research market and form the basis for future-oriented developments.

•     Powder Technology
•     Metallic sintered, composite and cellular materials
•     Bonding technology
•     Surface Technology
•     Foundry Technology
•     Electrical components and systems
•     Fibre composites

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