Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST

On March 26, 1949, the Fraunhofer Society was founded and now celebrates its 70^th birthday this year. The anniversary year’s slogan: 70 years of Fraunhofer. 70 years of future. #WHATSNEXT. For the Fraunhofer IST, the anniversary of the founding was a cause for celebration as well. 

As part of the ”Future Day for Girls and Boys”, 24 young researchers – 13 girls and 11 boys – from the grades 5 to 9 once again had the opportunity to spend a whole day exploring the research work of the Fraunhofer Institutes IST.

The new Fraunhofer Project Center for Energy Storage and Systems ZESS was inaugurated on February 7, 2019 in Braunschweig. It is a joint initiative of the Fraunhofer Institutes IKTS, IFAM, and IST – in close cooperation with the TU Braunschweig. The purpose is to develop existing energy storage systems, both mobile and stationary, to the level of industrial maturity, and to demonstrate new solutions.