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Advanced Therapies

London, United Kingdom, March 18 – March 19, 2025

Improved therapies through the fusion of science and industry: Visit us at the “Advanced Therapies” in London and experience the future of laboratory automation. Together with our cooperation partner Harro Höfliger, we are building a bridge between laboratory development and commercial production of cell and gene therapeutics.

Be inspired by our “Lab Automation Demonstrator” on site, which showcases the next generation production for novel cell and gene products. The system is based on a magnetic planar drive and can frictionlessly transport cell vessels from station to station and, for example, carry out liquid handling processes or inline quality controls.

Together with our innovative control software “COPE”, flexible, free-chain processes can be implemented and a fully bio-adaptive production can be realised. 

In addition, we are offering two exciting lectures:

• Laura Herbst: “Fully automated cell expansion for the production of three-dimensional functional implants”,
• Julius Mathews: “Optimizing mRNA-Based Therapy Development: Automation and AI-Driven Approaches for Higher Resource-Efficiency”.

Hannover Messe

Hannover, Germany, March 31 – April 4, 2025

At the Hannover Messe 2025, the Fraunhofer IPT will be presenting a wide range of technologies and applications. The two stands in the themed halls “Hydrogen” and “5G” will be the main focus of the trade fair presence.

Efficient production technologies for fuel cells

At the special show “Hydrogen + Fuel Cells EUROPE”, a sub-fair of the Hannover Messe 2025, a team of researchers from the Fraunhofer IPT will be presenting the highlights of the “H2Go” research project. In this lighthouse project, the Fraunhofer IPT, together with 18 other Fraunhofer institutes, is conducting research and development on a broad front in the field of fuel cell production. The focus is on machine and plant concepts as well as manufacturing technologies for the discrete and continuous production of bipolar plates, expanded metal structures (PTLs) and the membrane electrode assembly (MEA).

Security and energy efficiency for future-proof production

Digitalization is making production smarter, leaner and more flexible – but at the same time, challenges are growing: Cyber attacks pose a threat to production networks, while new EU regulations such as NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) impose stricter security requirements. Sustainability is also becoming more of a focus – the Energy Efficiency Act and rising energy prices are increasing the pressure on companies to make their production processes more efficient. The Fraunhofer IPT supports manufacturing companies with customized solutions and audits on their way to secure and efficient production. The “SecGPro - Security Gateway for Production” and the “MultiSense Energy Monitoring System” provide a practical illustration of the challenges that exist and the solutions that can be applied in manufacturing. Visit us in Hall 14, Booth H 06 (31), and learn more about our services.

SLAS Europe 2025

Hamburg, Germany, May 20 – 22, 2025

Visit us at SLAS Europe and experience the future of laboratory automation. With our Lab Automation Demonstrator, we are showing a model of the “Next Generation Production” for novel gene and cell products. The system is based on a magnetic planar drive and can frictionlessly transport cell vessels from station to station and, for example, carry out liquid handling processes or inline quality controls.

Together with our innovative control software “COPE”, flexible, free-chain processes can be implemented and a fully bio-adaptive production can be realised. 

Laser – World of Photonics

Munich, Germany, June 24 – 27, 2025

Visit us at the Laser World of Photonics in Munich!

At our booth, we will be presenting some of the topics we are currently researching. These range from innovations in the production of plastic optics and high-precision glass optics to the microstructuring of optics and state-of-the-art measurement technology.

Laser World of Photonics is an important trade show for the laser and photonics industry. Since 1973, it has covered the entire spectrum of photonics – from components to systems and applications. It combines research, technology and practice and, as a cross-sectional technology, addresses important areas such as materials processing, metrology, imaging and medical technology. 

formnext

Frankfurt am Main, Germany, November 18 – 21, 2025

How does an additively manufactured semi-finished product become a high-quality component for industrial use?

Additive processes such as Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) offer high flexibility and resource efficiency in individual and small series production. But only through appropriate post-processing does the component achieve the surface quality that industrial use requires.

At Formnext 2025, the Fraunhofer IPT, together with other Fraunhofer institutes, will show examples of numerous processes and their combinations: conventional processes for smoothing surfaces such as milling and sandblasting, but also vibratory grinding, stream finishing, plasma processes, laser beam structuring, selective coating and painting.

The institutes' joint exhibit offers trade fair guests a compact overview of the variety of different technologies and invites them to discuss specific challenges.