Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology

German research institute
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Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology

Summary

Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology is a Fraunhofer institute[1].

Key Facts

  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's field of work was mechanical engineering[2].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's field of work was resource efficiency[3].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's field of work was machine tool industry[4].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's field of work was Umformtechnik[5].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology is located in Bernsdorf[6].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology is in the country of Germany[7].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's instance of is recorded as Fraunhofer institute[8].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology is operated by Fraunhofer Society[9].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology is part of Fraunhofer Society[10].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's Commons category is recorded as Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik[11].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology comprises Library of the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology[12].
  • 1991 marks the founding of Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology[13].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 50.8134, 'longitude': 12.9252, 'precision': 0.0001}[14].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's parent organization or unit is recorded as Fraunhofer Society[15].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's official website is recorded as https://www.iwu.fraunhofer.de/[16].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's director / manager is recorded as Welf-Guntram Drossel[17].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's director / manager is recorded as Martin Dix[18].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's director / manager is recorded as Steffen Ihlenfeldt[19].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's employees is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+392'}[20].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's short name is recorded as Fraunhofer IWU[21].
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's official jobs URL is recorded as https://jobs.fraunhofer.de/search/?optionsFacetsDD_customfield4=IWU+-+Werkzeugmaschinen+und+Umformtechnik[22].

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Founding

1991 marks the founding of Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology[13].

Identity

Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology is part of Fraunhofer Society[10]. Its short name is recorded as Fraunhofer IWU[21].

Leadership

Directors / managers include Welf-Guntram Drossel[17], Martin Dix[18], and Steffen Ihlenfeldt[19].

Operations

Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology's parent organization or unit is recorded as Fraunhofer Society[15]. It is operated by Fraunhofer Society[9].

Industry

Fields of work include mechanical engineering[2], a branch of engineering[23]; resource efficiency[3]; machine tool industry[4], an industry[24]; and Umformtechnik[5], a magazine[25], founded in 1967[26].

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  4. [3] . tu-chemnitz.de. tu-chemnitz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . tu-chemnitz.de. Retrieved . tu-chemnitz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Gymnicus · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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