Michael Schenk

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. operates as an application-oriented research organization. The firm focuses on health, security, communication, as well as environment and energy. It develops technology, designs products, and improves methods and techniques. The company was founded on March 26, 1949 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Fraunhofer USA, Inc. is a non-profit, research and development organization, which provides applied research services. It conducts applied R&D to customers from industry and state and federal governments. The firm develops and validates scientific applications and technologies for industrial innovation in the USA. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MI.

Part of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft eV, Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme (IKTS) is a research institute located in Dresden, Germany. The institute has three locations in Dresden, Hermsdorf, and Thuringia, making it the largest ceramic research institute in Europe. IKTS is currently working on various projects related to the production of green hydrogen. Additionally, the Sensor Space Summer School organized by IKTS teaches students from Hermsdorf about sensor technology and programming. Founded in 1992, IKTS conducts applied research for high-performance ceramics.

Part of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft eV, Fraunhofer-Institut für Physikalische Messtechnik IPM is a company based in Freiburg, Germany. The German company specializes in developing customized measurement techniques and solutions for production control, object and shape recognition, gas and process technology, and thermal energy converters. The Fraunhofer IPM board advises the institute on important strategic issues. The company was founded in 1973 by Karl Maria Alois Rawer. The CEO is Reimund Neugebauer.

EOS Holding AG operates as a holding company, which engages in additive manufacturing activities. The firm specializes in e-manufacturing technology that allows the fabrication of elaborate structures that were previously not feasible in conventional mass production. It also focuses on the development of laser sintering systems and software solutions for rapid prototyping and serial production runs. It serves businesses in the aerospace, automobile, indusrtial, lifestyle products, medicine, rapid prototyping, and toolmaking sectors. The company is headuqartered in Krailling, Germany.

High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH (HTGF) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.