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Trade Shows and Conferences

Conference and Expo / 6.10.2025

The Battery Show 2025 Detroit

Find us in the German Pavilion

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Conference and Expo / 21.10.2025

HEAT TREAT 2025

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Booth Space # 1015

Events

Seminars/Conferences/Events where we are sponsors, partners speakers, panelists.

Fraunhofer USA Events

 

Conference / 24.9.2025

Body-In-White Metal Forming

Trends and Challenges Facing American Automotive

Fraunhofer USA / Fraunhofer Executive Summit

Early Bird Registration Now Open- Preliminary Agenda

Location: Automation Alley 2675 Bellingham, Troy, MI, 48083

Date: 24-25th September 2025

 

 

Virtual Events

 

Webinar / 12.8.2025

CAP Carolina 2025 webinar series

  • Date: 12 August 2025
  • Time: 10:00-11:30 a.m.

Join Marcel Schaefer & Kelly Baird, SC Competes’ SC Fraunhofer Alliance and others who will inform and empower tech entrepreneurs, startups, and business stakeholders, this tool provides a strategic overview of the state’s innovation ecosystem.

Speaker/Panelist

Marcel Schaefer, Senior Program Coordinator, Fraunhofer USA Inc, is joining this event with the topic:

"AI in Manufacturing: Overcoming Challenges in People, Process, and Poor Data". 

Through an array of interactive sessions, the summit will unite automotive Industry 4.0 experts to debate and discuss how AI and emerging technologies can reduce costs, close skills gaps, and future-proof operations.

The following speakers are slated to speak:

  • Jeffrey Liaw, Global Director, Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Martinrea
  • Dan Drouin, VP Industry 4.0, Lear Corporation
  • Vinodhini Pandiselvan, Staff Digital Product Manager, Rivian
  • Nick Alexander, Manufacturing Project Innovation Center: Adv Tech – Senior Manager, Toyota Motor North America
  • Maria Rossana Ruiz, Adv Feas. Controls Engineer, Ford Motor Company
  • Fernando Bera, Engineering Supervisor and Smart Factory Coordinator, ZF Group
  • Murugan Boominathan, Senior Analyst, Manufacturing Solutions Magna IT – Industrial Solutions, Magna
  • Muhammad Anas, Digital Transformation Specialist, Gestamp
  • Trent Randles, Engineering & Operational Excellence Manager, BorgWarner
  • Marcel Schafer, Senior Program Coordinator, Fraunhofer USA Inc
  • Madhu Rao, Sr. Manager, OE Automotive Engineering, Hankook Tire America Corp

Join us to explore how smart manufacturing can unlock the agility and resilience the industry needs.

Save 15% with our code SPEAKER15- Register Now

 

  • Date: 16-17th September 2025
  • Location: The Westin, Cleveland OH

Shaping the Future of Manufacturing 

Where manufacturers connect & share insights to advance digital transformation

MX.0 showcases manufaturing excellence in building data-driven productivity and efficiency acorss the plant floor and wider bussines. The event has practical, tried and tested  examples of digital transformation for manufacturers of different sizes, at different points in their implementation journey. 

As part of  two days of presentations, panels, facilitated group and classroom style sessions, plus networking breaks and exhibitor pitches,  Fraunhofer USA's Marcel Schaefer  will join Peterson Lindo (BMW) to discuss AI in Action on the Shop Floor.

What to expect?

  • 175+ attendees
  • 60% Manufacturer / 40% Solution Partner ratio.
  • 35+ Speakers

HERE'S A GLIMPSE OF THE KEY TOPICS SHAPING THE AGENDA:

  • Building blocks of the Smart Factory: people, processes, and technologies 
  • AI in Action - Preparing your data, computer vision, Agentic, GenAI, we'll cover it all!
  • IT/OT Convergence - Bridging the digital divide.
  • Edge to Cloud Infrastructure - Building scalable, integrated systems.
  • Architecting Success - Options for UNS, MES, and production monitoring.
  • Sustainable & Resilient Supply Chains - cost & energy management.
  • Digital Twin Implementation - hear from those who have secure ROI!
  • Connected Worker Solutions - Digital work instructions, mixed reality, capturing retiring knowledge!
  • Digital Lean - Marrying lean principles with modern tech.
  • ERP upgrades & integration  
  • Robotics & Automation Strategies - what's next?

To view details and register, please click HERE

 

  • Date: 22-23 October 2025
  • Location: The Henry Hotel, Dearborn MI

Future-proofing American Production

The third Automotive Manufacturing North America Conference returns to Dearborn, Michigan on October 22-23, 2025, with a renewed mission to drive smart manufacturing and increase local strength across the US, Mexico and Canada in a new interactive format.

Join our colleague, Marcel Schaefer , and a group of speakers that are respected experts in their fields, discussing how the industry can develop leaner, more efficient manufacturing by reducing complexity in both product development and manufacturing engineering through continuous improvement and embracing digital transformation.

For the agenda and registration CLICK HERE

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2025 Events

 

Biomaterials International 2025

Dates: 13-17th July 2025

Location: University of Washington, Seattle WA

Fraunhofer USA CMI presented: 

  • Topic: #1077 Wet spun textile-derived konjac glucomannan scaffolds: a cost-effective alternative for cultivated meat production 
  • Presenter: David Pietri, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Biomedical engineering
  • Date: 16 July at 2:00 p.m.
  • Location: Auditorium

We successfully developed a scalable, low-cost konjac glucomannan fibers using wet spinning — a textile-inspired method to produce cultivated meat scaffolds. These fibers support both muscle and fat cell differentiation, making it an affordable and scalable technique alternative to bioprinting for cultivated meat.W

This project was made possible thanks to our interdisciplinary team at Fraunhofer USA. At Fraunhofer USA, we specialize in cross-sector innovation, combining automation, manufacturing, and life sciences to solve complex problems across industries. From biomedical devices to energy, we apply industrial-scale engineering to accelerate applied R&D and support academic, government, and industry partners.

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Fraunhofer USA CMW Open House

Date: July 16th

Location: 1449 Engineering Research Ct, East Lansing, MI 48824

During the open house, visitors were welcomed into our laboratories to explore the technologies and projects that define our work. This includes:

  • Diamond materials and devices: Explore how we grow, process, and polish custom diamonds for use in electronics, optics, quantum sensing, and even outer space environments.
  • Thin film and advanced coatings: Learn how we create protective and functional surfaces used in cutting tools, biomedical devices, packaging materials, and more.
  • Water treatment innovations: See how electrochemical oxidation, plasma, and photocatalysis are used to address pollutants like PFAS, pesticides, and disinfection byproducts in wastewater and drinking water.
  • Additive manufacturing and materials processing: Get a close-up look at our 3D printing lab, where we work with high-performance plastics, metals, and ceramics to create custom parts for applications in medicine, transportation, and research.
  • Electrochemical sensing and analysis: Discover our work in building custom electrodes and sensing systems used for environmental monitoring, biomedical diagnostics, and neurotransmitter detection.
  • Thermal surface processes: Your partner in applied research, we develop innovative, resource-saving solutions in materials, lasers, and systems. Specializing in thermal surface treatment and coating, we focus on system and coating development, process monitoring, and intelligent evaluation for automated production.

Fraunhofer USA PFAS Workshop

Date: 18 June 2025

Location: STEM Building, East Lansing

  • Keynote Spakers from Industry, Academia and Fraunhofer/Fraunhofer USA adressed:
  • Raise awareness about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) 
  • Highlight public concerns and risks associated with PFAS exposure 
  • Showcase current innovative removal and destruction technologies of PFAS

For more information contact: cmw (at) fraunhofer.org 

Innovate with Confidence - Fraunhofer Workshop

Date: 3 June 2025

Location: Automation Ally, Troy MI

Keynote speaker, Kyle Veugeler from Siemens, along with colleageus from Fraunhofer USA and Fraunhofer IST, toutlined the technical and environmental feasibility of emerging technologies, including a best practice example of vacuum coatings for battery manufacturing. Through a focus on life cycle thinking, we provided an assessment tools that make sustainability measurable.

SVCTechCon Nashville 17-22 May 2025

Automate Detroit 12-15 May 2025

ITSC Vancouver  5-8 May 2025 

SC Competes Spring Summit- Headline Sponsor 

Date: April 29-30, 2025

Location for SCFUSA Battery Symposium: Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, SC

The Spring Summit showcased the future of our signature clusters and initiatives in the Palmetto State and celebrate 20 years of SC Competes mission of collaboration and competitiveness. Over 3 exciting days, this Summit brought together top leaders, innovators, and students from Aerospace, Logistics, Technology, Battery, and Workforce innovations to share insights, explore emerging trends, and foster collaboration amongst all who join. Attendees experienced dynamic presenters, student showcase, a B2B networking event, and a variety of exhibitors.

Together with Fraunhofer USA, SCFUSA Battery Symposium was back for a third year. Our Battery experts and SC battery companies took the stage at the Spring Summit, focused on South Carolina’s future in the Battery Production, Safety, and Recycling. SC Battery Symposium which was held on April 30th.

4th MX.0 Southeast 

When: April 22 - 24, 2025

Where: Hyatt Regency Greenville, SC

Fraunhofer USA was proud to contribute to the 4th MX.0 Southeast event. Returning to beautiful downtown Greenville, SC, MX.0 Southeast expands to two full days of conference sessions and a dedicated factory tour day in 2025.

Our colleague Marcel Schaefer was part of a Panel Discussion: How to Start, Scale & Survey the Success of AI & ML Initiatives to Take Advantage of the Hype!

Interview with Marcel Schaefer