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Fraunhofer Institute for
Manufacturing Engineering and
Automation IPA
Nobelstr. 12
70569 Stuttgart
Directors:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. e.h. Dr. h.c. mult.
Engelbert Westkämper
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Verl
Contact:
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Ivica Kolaric, MBA
Phone +49 (0)711 970 3729
Ivica.Kolaric@ipa.fraunhofer.de
www.ipa.fraunhofer.de
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SEARCH SERVICE –
YOUR CUSTOMISED IDEA
General Description Benefits for Customers
New materials and new material’s properties • Real solutions for real problems
are nowadays being reported on an almost • Objective, and no „not inveted here“
every day basis. Especially, in a field of attitude
nanomaterials, the booming technology of • Description of a rout of implementation
the 21st century, it is becoming more and • Transfer of your ideas into new products
more difficult to stay up to date with the • Integration of a strong partner networks,
development progress. like Max-Planck-Society, universities and
research organizations all over the world
Based on our own experience in varying • Possible integration of a comprehensive
technological fields and with the focus on comercial supply chain, as producers and
nanotechnology, due to access to valuable suppliers of nano-materials, semi-product
data sources as well as via collaboration manufacturer and industrial end-users
with other specialist we can find answers
to your questions. Our Search Service is
addressed to companies who would like to
implement nanotechnology into their pro-
ducts. It offers evaluation of new materials,
their properties and processability, followed
by the information about the scientific (pu-
blications) and technical (patents) maturity
of the idea. Furthermore, we are offering
contact information about manufacturers
and suppliers of nanomaterials, together
with the specifications of their products.