Newsletter of the Fraunhofer IST

In the presence of the German Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Robert Habeck, a delegation from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates (MOEI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Abu Dhabi.

In their white paper “Scalable manufacture of ATMPs”, researchers from nine different Fraunhofer institutes, including the Fraunhofer IST, use the example of novel and personalized cell and gene therapeutics to discuss which core building blocks are necessary for standardized and automated production.

For the economical and ecologically sustainable processing of plastics, long-lasting and correspondingly wear-resistant machine components are required. The Fraunhofer IST and the Southern-German Plastics Center SKZ are working together on the AiF project “Surface modification for the reduction of wear on highly stressed tool surfaces in extruders for plastics processing (extruder wear)”. 

Within the framework of the BMBF-funded FestBatt competence cluster, the Fraunhofer IST, in collaboration with further research institutes, is conducting research into the manufacture, optimization and upscaling of processes for the production of solid-state batteries using sulfidic solid electrolytes.

A reduced risk of infection and, as a consequence, a decrease in new infections are goals that have become even more important during the Corona pandemic. One important factor thereby is the cleaning and disinfection of potentially contaminated surfaces. The Fraunhofer IST developed a modular plasma system which can be integrated into types of mobile disinfection robots.

For the next generation of batteries, the utilization of a solid-state electrolyte presents a promising alternative. Within the framework of the BMBF project “BiSSFest”, the Fraunhofer IST is working, in collaboration with project partners, on the production of safe and high-performance solid-state batteries.