FRAUNHOFER

Profile

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft        zur        Förderung        der        angewandten     Forschung     e.V.     is     the     leading     organisation  for  applied  research  in  Europe,  with  a  staff of 26,600 at 72 institutes and research units in Germany and subsidiaries in Europe, North and South America  as  well  as  Representive  Offices  in  Asia,  the  Middle  East  and  Africa.  As  an  innovation  driver  we  lead  strategic  initiatives  to  master  future  challenges  and  thus  more  than  70  percent  of  revenues  is  from  contract research.

Competences & Capabilities

Our core competencies with respect to EIT Food are:

• Food and packaging technology
• Multi-sensory  product  perception  and  consumer  preference
• Food quality and safety including visual inspection systems
• New technologies for the protection of crop plants and food sources
• Environmental    biotechnology    and    bioprocess    engineering
• Resource   efficient   processing   in   Industry   4.0   environment
• New solutions for material flow and logistics

Our capabilities cover also pilot plant facilities.