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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Inspiring impressions during a business trip to Leipzig on April 9th to 11th 2024

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The IUL as a guest at industry and research facilities during a business trip to Leipzig.

The IUL is looking back to an exciting buiseness trip to Saxony, which included company and institute visits as well as team-building activities. During the three-day trip, the IUL-Team travelled to Leipzig to exchange with current and potentially new partners in academia and industry. The program included five plant and lab visits, offering insights into related research topics of partner institutes and showing the industrial relevance of IUls' work.

voestAlpine Automotive demonstrated its ability to produce automotive components at its forming plant for hot and cold forming in Schmölln. In Rothenburg an der Saale, Westfälische Drahtindustrie GmbH (WDI) explained and showed the process steps of wire manufacturing for various product ranges.

A full day was spent in Chemnitz visiting the Institute for Material Science and Engineering (IWW) and the Institute of Forming Technology (UFF) of TU Chemnitz, as well as the Fraunhofer IWU. During the lab tours at the institutes, the IUL was inspired by the partner institutes' .

IUL thanks all hosts for the insights, exchanges, and inspiration from their work during the exciting programs organised for the Institute.