Fraunhofer IZM’s Munich branch will be breaking new ground as of July 1, 2010. The focus in Munich, under Acting Director Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karlheinz Bock, will be on so-called multifunctional on-top technologies (MOTT) and on board-level polytronics. To ensure the highest possible flexibility, the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft has decided to continue the research topics in Munich within an independent institute.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Modular Solid State Technology (EMFT) in Munich will officially open on July 1st, 2010 and will merge polytronic and biosystem integration research with research on silicon and MEMS technologies. This move is expected to produce significant research and development synergies and advance multifunctional system development.