A strong bond between research and industry

Siemens AG

Siemens AG, headquartered in Berlin and Munich, is one of the world's leading technology companies. With a focus on the industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare sectors, Siemens is shaping the future in an innovative and sustainable way. The company's ambition is to develop technologies that improve people's lives—everywhere and for everyone. By intelligently connecting the real and digital worlds, Siemens helps its customers accelerate their digital and sustainable transformation. This makes production facilities more efficient, cities more livable, and mobility more environmentally friendly—for a future worth living. Since the IPO of Siemens Energy in 2020, it has operated as an independent company with its own strategy and management. Siemens AG is therefore not involved in the manufacture of electrolyzers, fuel cells, or energy storage systems.

Linamar Corp.

Linamar Corporation is a state-of-the-art manufacturing company that combines cutting-edge technology with sound manufacturing expertise to develop solutions that power vehicles, motion, work, and life into the future. Through its manufacturing and development facilities, Linamar Corporation has expertise in light-metal casting, forging, machining, and assembly. Its products focus on both components and systems for new-energy powertrains, body and chassis, drivetrain, engine, and transmission systems for these vehicles. In addition to the recently established eLIN Product Solutions Group, which focuses on electrification, McLaren Engineering offers design, development, and testing services.

Capgemini Engineering

Capgemini is a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing technology. The group is guided every day by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization with almost 350,000 employees in more than 50 countries. With a 55-year heritage, Capgemini has deep industry expertise. Its clients trust Capgemini to address the full breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design through to operations, powered by the fast-evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering, and platforms. The group reported global revenues of €22 billion in 2022.

Tisora Sondermaschinen GmbH

We are an interdisciplinary special-purpose machine builder with extensive experience in series process automation, engineering, material flow, and value creation, particularly in the manufacturing industry. We see ourselves as part of the proud Chemnitz engineering tradition and can look back on more than five decades of engineering and technology experience. We are distinguished by an end-to-end service portfolio, from conception/design through to commissioning/service. Thanks to our own mechanical production department (turning, milling, and grinding), we achieve an extremely high level of in-house manufacturing, which enables us to maintain high quality standards. In addition to special-purpose machine building, we are also a contract manufacturer of machine parts (individual parts and small series) with particularly high requirements.

Oetiker AG

Aumann Limbach-Oberfrohna GmbH

TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH

MACHINE TOOLS for flexible sheet metal and tube processing. Our portfolio includes systems for bending, punching, combined punch-laser processes, and laser cutting and laser welding applications. LASERS FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY for cutting, welding, marking, and surface processing. For many industrial applications, we have the right laser and the right technology to produce innovatively and cost-effectively at the same time. Whether in the macro, micro, or nano range, we cater individually to our customers' needs and support them with system solutions, software tools, application expertise, and consulting. TRUMPF Laser Amplifier HIGH-POWER LASER SYSTEMS FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY In close cooperation with ASML, the world's largest manufacturer of lithography systems, and the optics manufacturer ZEISS, TRUMPF has developed and manufactures a CO2 laser system. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR INNOVATIVE COMPONENTS Additive manufacturing makes it easy to produce complex components. TRUMPF's TruPrint systems are used in medical technology, the energy sector, and aircraft construction. TRUMPF has mastered the two processes relevant to metal printing: Laser Metal Fusion (LMF) and Laser Metal Deposition (LMD). LASER DIODES FOR PHOTONICS AND DIGITAL PRODUCTS The laser diodes of the TRUMPF Photonic Components business unit are used in smartphones, in digital data transmission, and in sensors for autonomous driving. More than one billion mobile phones worldwide are already equipped with this laser diode technology. In electromobility, the technology is used to dry films in battery production.

Federal Mogul Sealing Systems GmbH, Teil der Tenneco Gruppe

Tenneco is one of the world's leading designers, manufacturers, and marketers of products for OEM and aftermarket customers. Tenneco provides world-class technology and engineering services to advance global mobility. To this end, Tenneco is developing the metallic bipolar plate with its own PVD coating for long service life and high performance, as well as with an integrated seal for PEM fuel cell applications.

Chemours

3D-Micromac AG

3D-Micromac AG is the leading specialist in laser micromachining. Our company develops processes, machines, and complete systems at the highest technical and technological level. Our products and services are successfully used in numerous high-tech industries, including the photovoltaic, semiconductor, glass, and display industries, as well as microdiagnostics and medical technology. It is our aspiration to fulfill customer requirements perfectly, even on complex projects. 3D-Micromac is your partner for high-performance, future-oriented processes with maximum production efficiency. With our technologies, we set international standards and create innovations.

HAFF-Dichtungen GmbH

Manufacturer of flat gaskets made from the material groups soft fiber material, elastomers, graphite, plastic, and metal. With a very broadly positioned machine park, we serve all customer needs from one-off production to large-scale series. In addition, we develop sealing solutions for customer-specific applications and carry out research and development work on new sealing materials and their further processing.

NILES-SIMMONS Industrieanlagen GmbH

Profiroll Technologies GmbH

Profiroll's business model is geared toward taking on its customers' technological challenges in profiling rotationally symmetric workpieces using state-of-the-art cold bulk forming technology and developing an economical production process through the use of profile rolling. In addition, Profiroll develops sheet-metal rolling systems for roll-profiling sheet metal, specifically for bipolar half-plates for fuel cells and electrolyzers.

Freudenberg

We are a technology expert and global market leader for demanding and innovative applications in sealing technology. With our unique materials and technology expertise, we are a sought-after supplier of demanding products and applications, as well as a development and service partner for customers in the automotive and general industries.

Schaeffler

IW Automation

Weber

Our fascination with building special-purpose machines and automating screwdriving processes has driven us for more than 60 years. With handheld and stationary screwdriving technology including feed systems, WEBER Schraubautomaten GmbH in Wolfratshausen is today one of the leading companies in automation technology. From the very beginning, WEBER has developed, manufactured, and distributed "technology that connects." WEBER's machines and systems handle screwdriving, joining, feeding, and control tasks—reliably and highly efficiently. With our solutions for demanding automated screwdriving processes, WEBER guarantees the highest level of reliability.

Haver & Boecker

With its worldwide network of branches and production facilities, the wire-weaving division is one of the most important manufacturers of woven wire mesh internationally. With the utmost precision, we produce simple and highly complex technical woven wire mesh products used in a wide variety of industries: primarily for screening and filtration in the chemical, plastics, electronics, automotive, and food industries, in aerospace, and in industrial and analytical sieving, but also as design mesh in a wide range of industries and as architectural mesh in the construction sector.

Elma

Elma Schmidbauer GmbH, with its core competencies in ultrasonic and steam technology, is a hidden champion in the field of industrial parts cleaning. Guided by its vision of "Leading Cleaning Technology," the company inspires customers from a wide range of industries—such as medical technology, photonics, energy, and drive technology—with innovative products and solutions.

Gedia

The GEDIA Automotive Group develops and produces structural parts and assemblies for lightweight automotive body construction, as well as chassis components. With a total of nine production facilities in Germany, China, India, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Hungary, and the USA, the group has an international footprint and continues to expand. GEDIA also holds stakes in various research and development companies. Around 1,000 GEDIA employees currently work at the Attendorn site, and approximately 4,700 people are employed worldwide.

Magna

Sunfire

With our innovative electrolyzers, we produce green hydrogen or syngas—a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide—from electricity, steam, and CO2. Hydrogen and syngas can be used as raw materials in industry or as energy carriers in the transport and energy sectors. We help industrial customers and climate-conscious companies decarbonize their value chains: from logistics and material use to energy supply.

Wien Energie

Wien Energie is Austria's largest regional energy provider and a subsidiary of Wiener Stadtwerke. We reliably and sustainably supply two million customers with electricity, heating, cooling, electric mobility, and telecommunications.

Kümpers

Qcision

Purem GmbH

Hoerbiger

HOERBIGER is a globally operating technology group organized into five divisions, offering a wide range of solutions along the hydrogen value chain. HOERBIGER Antriebstechnik and Antriebstechnik Holding GmbH is at home in the international automotive business, supplying performance-defining components for the drivetrain of a variety of applications. As part of its transformation, the product portfolio has been expanded to include, among other things, metallic bipolar plates for electrolysis and fuel cells. Established process know-how and deep development expertise form the basis for industrializing solutions for stack-ready bipolar plates together with our customers.

trinso

trinso GmbH & Co. KG specializes in delivering special-purpose machinery and custom-built solutions of all kinds at the highest technical level.

Porsche Werkzeugbau