Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT
Groups/Alliances and Networks
Pooling competencies for lasting success
The institutes of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft cooperate with each other: They cooperate in alliances or, depending on requirements, bundle different competencies in flexible structures. They thus secure their leading position in the development of system solutions and the implementation of holistic innovations.
Fraunhofer Groups
Institutes working in related subject areas cooperate in Fraunhofer Groups and foster a joint presence on the R&D market. They help to define the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’s business policy and act to implement the organizational and funding principles of the Fraunhofer model.
- Fraunhofer Group for Resource Technologies and Bioeconomy (fraunhofer.de)
- Fraunhofer Group for Production (produktion.fraunhofer.de)
Fraunhofer Alliances
Institutes or institute departments with different competencies cooperate in Fraunhofer Alliances in order to operate jointly in a particular business segment.
- Fraunhofer AutoMOBILE Production Alliance (automobil.fraunhofer.de)
- Fraunhofer Building Innovation Alliance (bau.fraunhofer.de)
- Fraunhofer Chemistry Alliance (chemie.fraunhofer.de)
- Fraunhofer Energy Alliance (energie.fraunhofer.de)
- Fraunhofer Agriculture and Food Industry Alliance (food.fraunhofer.de)
- Fraunhofer Competence Field Additive Manufacturing (additiv.fraunhofer.de)
- Fraunhofer Water Systems Alliance (SysWasser)
Networks
- Fraunhofer Battery Alliance (batterien.fraunhofer.de)
- Fraunhofer Sustainability Network (fraunhofer.de)