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Press release / 17.12.2025

Assistant for Circular Product Design in Mobility

How can automotive manufacturers meet increasing legal sustainability requirements without losing competitiveness? The PEARL software tool, currently being developed by Fraunhofer IAO and KTH Vehicle Design, will provide data-driven decision support to integrate circular economy, resource conservation, and cost efficiency into vehicle design from the outset. 

Press Release / 13.11.2025

BlueMissionAA wraps up a transformative three-year journey to restore our ocean and waters

After three years of continuous collaboration, innovation, and ocean advocacy, BlueMissionAA has completed its mission, but its legacy is just beginning. Launched in November 2022 and coordinated by the AIR Centre, BlueMissionAA served as the Atlantic-Arctic Lighthouse hub of the EU Mission »Restore our Ocean and Waters«. With fifteen partners across eight countries, the project united scientists, entrepreneurs, policymakers and citizens in a shared quest: to restore the marine and freshwater ecosystems of the Atlantic and Arctic basins and build a resilient future for our waters.

Blog / 28.4.2025

Forecasting the ramp-up of battery cell production in Europe: A risk assessment model

Announced production capacities in Europe amount to more than two terawatt hours per year by 2030. This exceeds the expected demand. In addition, recent years have shown that it is very unlikely that all announced projects will be realised. For this reason, Fraunhofer ISI has developed a methodology that can be used to determine the probability of realisation of battery production announcements with an assessment of the likelihood of implementation for battery production projects.

 

Press release / 6.7.2023

New chair of Fraunhofer Group for Innovation Research

Prof. Dr. Jakob Edler, executive director of Fraunhofer ISI, elected new chairman.

 

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