With around 1200 exhibitors from 42 countries, productronica in Munich is the world‘s leading trade fair for the development and manufacture of electronics. From November 14th to 17th, twelve Fraunhofer institutes – together with their cooperation partners – presented their research and development results at the trade fair. What’s more, attendees had the chance to experience the Research Fab Microelectronics Germany (FMD) and its newest research results live and in person.

The customer and press event “Industry meets FMD” on the second day of the trade fair offered a special opportunity to do just that. Prof. Hubert Lakner, chairman of the Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics, and Prof. Bernd Tillack, Scientific Director of IHP GmbH – Innovations für High Performance Microelectronics, presented the new cooperation model for German microelectronics research. The four technology park managers – the central FMD contacts – also answered questions about the organization and the services offered by these new technology tools.

The Fraunhofer and Leibniz scientists used the joint stand to inform attendees about future-oriented topics. Fraunhofer IAF from Freiburg, for example, presented the first research results of the EU’s TERRANOVA project. The TERRANOVA team will be working on the next cellular standard but one – 6G – until the end of 2019.  

Productronica 2017

The Fraunhofer joint stand was shared with twelve members of the Group for Microelectronics and participants in the Research Fab Microelectronics Germany: Fraunhofer EMFT | IAF | ENAS | FHR | IISB | IMS | IMWS | IPMS | ISIT | IZM | the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH) | IHP GmbH – Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics – as well as the two Fraunhofer institutes ILT and IPT.