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The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, based in Germany, is the world’s leading applied research organisation. By prioritising excellence, transformative technology development and commercialisation of its findings in business and industry, it plays a major role in the innovation process and helps to shape both our society and our future.
Fraunhofer is Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization. Their research efforts are geared entirely to people’s needs: health, security, communication, energy and the environment. As a result, the work undertaken by their researchers and developers has a significant impact on people’s lives. Fraunhofer responds to today’s social challenges by launching strategic initiatives that will enable them to develop system-specific solutions based on interdisciplinary research. In these endeavors Fraunhofer plays a major role in the transfer of scientific knowledge across Germany's scientific community.