Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST

Lower Saxony’s Minister of Economics, Labor, Transport and Digitalization, Dr. Bernd Althusmann, visited the Wasserstoff Campus on the premises of Robert Bosch Elektronik GmbH in Salzgitter on the 4th of May, accompanied by Christoph Plett (CDU), Peine Member of the State Parliament, and Salzgitter’s Lord Mayor Frank Klingebiel.

In March, the High-Performance Center Medical and Pharmaceutical Engineering was launched. The goal is to create a platform for research and the transfer of innovations into patient care.

Dr. Michael Thomas was appointed Honorary Professor for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. With this appointment, the faculty honors his commitment as an adjunct professor for master's lectures in the field of surface engineering.

Everything spotless – almost without cleaning! In cooperation with partners from industry and research the Fraunhofer IST has developed a new industrial standard for characterizing the photocatalytic activity of surfaces.