Fraunhofer

Germany Trade & Invest

Germany Trade and Invest is a government organisation under the German ministry of economics and technology. Germany Trade & Invest is a foreign trade and inward investment agency. The organization provides close-to-market information to international companies looking to enter German markets. Germany Trade & Invest also supports international companies from market entry to business start-up in Germany.

Daimler sparks electric mobility for employees in and around Stuttgart

Over 170 charging points at five Daimler plants in Stuttgart contribute to the aim of establishing zero-emission mobility as part of everyday life.

World record solar cell with 44.7% efficiency

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Soitec, CEA-Leti and the Helmholtz Center Berlin jointly announced having achieved a new world record for the conversion of sunlight into electricity using a new solar cell structure with four solar subcells.

Flexible OLED from the roll

The joint OLED project R2Flex has been successfully finished now. As a result Fraunhofer COMEDD and Tridonic Dresden (formerly LEDON OLED Lighting) present a demonstrator of a desk luminaire with flexible OLED.

Cheil Industries to acquire Novaled AG

Cheil Industries and Novaled AG have announced that Cheil Industries acquired a majority stake in Novaled in a transaction valuing Novaled at €260 million.

Bringing color to solar façades

With the help of thin-film technologies, researchers have now been able to turn solar cells into colorful creations.

The light industrial & commercial EV business will exceed $20b by 2023

IDTechEx projects that 119,000 electric taxis will be sold giving a $1.8 billion global market. Most of the commercial electric vehicles, including the taxis, are and will be pure electric. That will even be true of large commercial vehicles, notably e-buses, set to exceed a $20 billion market as early as 2018 and dominated by demand in China.

Concentrator solar cell with world's highest conversion efficiency

Sharp Corporation has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 43.5% using a concentrator triple-junction compound solar cell.

OLED brings out the shine

Screens made of organic light diodes promise unfathomable possibilities. Yet high production costs often prevent their widespread use. A new kind of production saves not only costs, but also improves the radiance of the OLED.

Commercial traffic can open the door to electromobility

Over the past year, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have examined and analyzed 350 commercial driving profiles across Germany. "For up to one million small delivery trucks and cars, it would make sense for operators to switch from the internal combustion engine to electric drives in the future."

7th Annual CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium: First day

This excellent event "7th Electric Aircraft Symposium" in Santa Rosa, USA was acclaimed as the best ever in the series. Over 150 people attended, an eclectic mix from NASA and Siemens to hobbyists, universities and technology startups were there.