Press release

The European CTO of the Year 2014 awarded

Prof. Richard Parker of Rolls-Royce plc and Dr. Gert-Jan Gruter of Avantium were awarded as CTO of the Year Europe 2014 representing large companies and SMEs, respectively. The award ceremony took place on October 9th in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, by EIRMA and Spinverse.

TUM and GE Global Research intensify research cooperation and launch new laboratory for gas turbine technology

After ten years of successful cooperation on the Garching Campus, the Technical University Munich (TUM) and GE Global Research sign a new framework agreement today in order to intensify their research cooperation. The next joint project will be setting up a worldwide unique laboratory for the development of new gas turbine technologies. The Free State of Bavaria does also contribute to the funding which amounts to about EUR13m.