Catena-X - Automotive Network
Catena-X establishes the first collaborative data network for building end-to-end data chains along the entire automotive value chain. This initiative makes a significant contribution by addressing current issues such as the supply chain law and carbon footprint and therefore greatly enhancing the industry's resilience. The network collaboratively develops offerings for federated data and services, enabling companies to accelerate innovative solutions, utilize resources more efficiently, and achieve increased transparency and resiliency in the value chain.
Funding Provider and Project Volume
BMWK - 244.2 Mio €
Project Duration
08/2021-07/2024
Scope of Work of K&S
Project Office - Deliverable-, Quality- und Changemanagement, Reporting
Partner
BMW AG ‐ Mercedes-Benz AG ‐ Robert Bosch GmbH ‐ SAP SE ‐ Siemens AG ‐ T-Systems International GmbH ‐ ZF Friedrichshafen AG ‐ BASF SE ‐ Henkel AG & Co. KGaA ‐ Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co KG ‐ Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V. ‐ DMG MORI AG ‐ Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. ‐ ARENA2036 e.V. ‐ Tec4U Solutions GmbH ‐ LRP Autorecycling ‐ Gris Umformtechnik GmbH ‐ Fetch.ai Research and Development GmbH ‐ BigChainDB GmbH ‐ CCT ‐ Volkswagen AG ‐ Trumpf GmbH & Co KG ‐ SupplyOn AG ‐ German Edge Cloud GmbH & Co KG ‐ ADAC ‐ Up2parts GmbH ‐ mipart ‐ Microsoft (assoziiert)
Gaia-X 4 KI
The Gaia-X 4 AI project is researching the development of a data and service ecosystem for training and validating applications of artificial intelligence (AI). It focuses on two use cases from the automotive industry, aiming to advance automated and connected driving as well as innovative connected production processes. Data plays a central role in this effort. If it is possible to enrich this data throughout the entire product life cycle and make it usable for different application purposes, there is great potential for new forms of collaboration and value chains. The basis for this is the open IT infrastructure GAIA-X, which is currently being established across Europe. Its decentralized organization forms the basis for different providers to come together flexibly and work with each other while preserving data protection, transparency, and compatibility.
Funding Provider and Project Volume
BMWK - 20 Mio. €
Project Duration
06/2022 - 05/2024
Scope of Work K&S
Project Office, Quality- and Riskmanagement, Comunication
Partner
Capgemini Engineering/Altran Deutschland S.A.S. & Co. KG ‐ Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH (Koordinator) ‐ Conweaver GmbH ‐ DLR (Koordinator) ‐ Fraunhofer Gesellschaft ‐ HighQSoft Gmbh ‐ Hochschule Offenburg ‐ IAV GmbH ‐ Intel Deutschland GmbH ‐ Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover ‐ STTech GmbH ‐ T-Systems International GmbH ‐ Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
DERIEL – De-risking PEM Elektrolyseur
The implementation of the National Hydrogen Strategy (3 lead projects: H2GIGA, H2Mare, TransHyDE) includes two fundamental aspects with regard to the realization of the energy transition: Series production of water electrolysers and the application of series-produced water electrolysers in an industrial environment. DERIEL forms the link between the two aspects. A prerequisite for reliable series production and a low-friction market ramp-up is a fundamental understanding of the degradation, failure and interface mechanisms at all technical and economic levels. In the DERIEL project, aging mechanisms are considered for all components of the electrolyzer starting from the electrocatalysts, membrane electrode assembly (MEA), cell, cell stack up to the electrolyzer-specific process technology on a scale of 0.75 - 1 MW.
Funding Provider and Project Volume
BMBF - ca. 200 Mio €
Project Duration
06/2021-03/2025
Scope of Work of K&S
Project Management, Project Office, Cloudhosting/-administration
Partner
Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG – Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG KG – Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH KG – Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen KG – Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg KG – OFFIS e. V. KG – Leibniz Universität Hannover KG – Ruhr-Universität Bochum KG – Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion KG – Pro Aviation Consult GmbH
SEGIWA ‐ Series production of electrolysers in the gigawatt range
In the SEGIWA project, basic principles are to be developed for transferring PEM-based water electrolysers from manual production to fully automated series production in the direction of gigawatt expansion. In line with the national hydrogen strategy, the aim is to achieve a low-friction market ramp-up. Concepts for scaling up economical and efficient electrolyser production on an industrial scale, methods for process control and quality assurance. Alternatives to catalysts and membranes, consideration of waste streams (recovery of the precious metals iridium and platinum) and online analytics accompanying production support this ramp-up.
Funding Provider and Project Volume
BMBF - ca. 87 Mio €
Project Duration
04/2021-03/2025
Scope of Work of K&S
Project Management, Project Office, Cloudhosting/-administration
Partner
Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG – Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH – Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG – Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen – Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft für angewandte Forschung e.V. – Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V. – OFFIS e. V. – FUMATECH BWT GmbH – Leibniz Universität Hannover – Main-Automation – FIR e.V. an der RWTH Aachen
AEM-Direct - Direct coating of anion-conducting membranes for large-scale water electrolyzers
Electrolyzers with anion-conducting separation membranes combine the advantages of proton-conducting polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis with those of alkaline electrolysis, provided they can be manufactured on a large scale. AEM-Direkt aims to answer research questions on direct coating of anion-conducting membranes for large-scale water electrolysers, via a small-scale pilot project and a scaling-up project.
Funding Provider and Project Volume
BMBF - ca. 33 Mio €
Project Duration
03/2023-02/2026
Scope of Work of K&S
Project Management, Project Office, Cloudhosting/-administration
Partner
Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG – Evonik Operations GmbH – Schlötter Galvanotechnik GmbH – Aalberts Surface Technologies GmbH – Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum (DLR) – Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH – Fritz-Haber-Institut – Technische Universität Berlin
MODALIS2 - Modelling of Advanced Li Storage Systems
MODALIS2 makes a significant contribution to cost reduction for next generation EV battery cells by paving the way for a fully integrated development process based on numerical tools. Based on extensive measurement data and material characterization down to microstructures, new models and tools as well as innovative methods are developed. The main contribution of MODALIS2 is the development and validation of modeling and simulation tools for next generation batteries (Gen 3b + Gen4).
Funding Provider and Project Volume
EU within the framework of H2020 4,8 Mio €
Project Duration
01/2020 - 08/2023
Scope of Work of K&S
Project Office, Work package Lead "Dissemination and Exploitation"
Partner
IFPEN – Solvay – SAFT – Umicore – Siemens PLM – Siemens Corporate Technology – K&S – CRF – Gemmate – University of Torino
AISSI - Autonomous Integrated Scheduling for Semiconductor Industry
Digitalisation is driving increased demand for microchips and shortening the product lifecycle and the high variety of customer specific devices leads to a growing need for high-mix low-volume (HMLV) semiconductor production. The project AISSI - Autonomous Integrated Scheduling for Semiconductor Industry - proposes to source and develop, integrate, and apply novel AI-based approaches. By applying reinforcement learning in a continual improvement framework for autonomous, integrated production and maintenance scheduling, competition can be outperformed in terms of efficiency and cost effectiveness.
Funding Provider and Project Volume
BMWK und Enterprise Singapore - 3,4 Mio €
Project Duration
06/2021-05/2024
Scope of Work of K&S
Project Office, Support Project Management
Partner
Robert Bosch GmbH ‐ Bosch Sensortec GmbH ‐ Karlsruhe Institute for Technology ‐ Nexperia GmbH ‐ Systema GmbH ‐ D-SIMLAB Technologies Pte. Ltd.
TRANSFORM - Trusted European SiC Value Chain for a greener Economy
TRANSFORM is aiming to build a complete and competitive supply chain in EUROPE for Power electronics (PE) based on SiC semiconductor technology. It brings together key European players among the complete SiC value chain: from materials and substrates to inverters and converters significantly increasing energy efficiency by providing a competitive, ready-to industrialized technology. The project will demonstrate energy savings in applications (DC/AC, DC/ DC, AC/DC) in the renewable energy domain, industry and automotive. TRANSFORM contributes to European societal goals and the green economy, strengthening Europe’s technological sovereignty in a critical field.
Funding Provider and Project Volume
Within the framework of KDT JU (EU&National) - 89,3 Mio €
Project Duration
01/2021 - 04/2024
Scope of Work of K&S
Project Office, Support Project Management
Partner
Robert Bosch GmbH (DE) ‐ Soitec SA (FR) ‐ Commissariat a l energie atomique et aux energies alternatives (FR) ‐ STMicroelectronics SRL (IT) ‐ STMicroelectronics Silicon Carbide AB (SE) ‐ Semikron Elektronik GmbH & Co KG (DE) ‐ Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V. (IISB) (DE), Technische Universität Chemnitz (DE) ‐ VALEO E AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS (FR) ‐ Aixtron SE (DE) ‐ Centrotherm international AG (DE) - EV Group E.Thallner GmbH (AT) ‐ Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum Fachhochschule Kiel GmbH (DE) ‐ NoVaSic SA (FR) ‐ Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH (DE) ‐ Saint-Gobain Centre des Recherches et d’Etudes Europeen (FR) ‐ Mersen France Gennevilliers SAS (FR) ‐ Hochschule Hamm-Lippstadt (DE) ‐ Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau (DE) ‐ High Performance Engineering, Societa’ a Responsibilita’ Limitata (IT) ‐ Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per la Nanoelectronica (IT) ‐ Central Lille Institute (FR) ‐ Lasertec U.S.A. Inc. (Zweigniederlassung) (DE) ‐ Institut Mikroelektronickych Aplikaci S.R.O. (CZ) ‐ Vysoke uceni technicke v Brne (CZ) ‐ Linkopings Universitet (SE) ‐ participation terminated Soitec LAB (FR) ‐ Suragus GmbH (DE) ‐ Saint-Gobain IndustrieKeramik Roedental GmbH (DE) ‐ Nano-Join GmbH (DE) ‐ Tplus Engineering GmbH (DE) ‐ ISLE Steuerungstechnik und Leistungselektronik GmbH (DE) ‐ Universidad de Sevilla (ES) ‐ Premo SL (ES)
CHEPHREN - Project for chemical-physical reduction of friction energy
CHEPHREN aims to further develop superlubricity in a wide variety of mechanical systems in order to bring it into broad applications. Consistently applied in engines and transmissions of vehicles and industry, superlubricity can significantly lower global CO2 emissions and make an important contribution to waste fewer resources.
Funding Provider and Project Volume
BMWK - 5.64 Mio €
Project Duration
09/2021 - 08/2024
Scope of Work of K&S
Project Office, Support Project Management
Partner
Lehrstuhl für Maschinenelemente an der Technischen Universität München - BMW AG - Fuchs Lubricants Germany GmbH - Evonik Operations GmbH - Herzog GmbH - Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V. (Institute IWS und IWM) - RWTH Aachen (Institut für Oberflächentechnik) - iwis mobility systems GmbH & Co. KG - iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co. KG - Von Ardenne GmbH - Wittenstein SE - Cerobear GmbH
YESvGaN
The goal of the YESvGaN project is to develop and establish a new class of vertical GaN (Gallium Nitride) power transistors that combine the technical advantages of vertical Wide Band Gap transistors with the cost benefits of established silicon technology. These transistors have the potential to replace conventional power semiconductors such as IGBTs (Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor) and thus reduce power conversion losses in many price-sensitive applications, ranging from power supplies in data centers to traction inverters for electric vehicles. YESvGaN encompasses the development of the required new technology from wafer to application.
Funding Provider and Project Volume
Horizon 2020 (ECSEL - Joint Undertaking), National: DE - BMBF, FR - MAEDI, BE - VLAIO, AU - BMK, SE - VINNOVA, ES - MINECO, IT - MIUR - 52.8 Mio. €
Project Duration
06/2022 - 04/2024
Scope of Work of K&S
Project Office, Project Management
Partner
Robert Bosch GmbH (DE) - Koordinator, AIXTRON(DE) - Ferdinand-Braun-Institut gGmbH (DE)- Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (DE) - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - IEMN - Soitec Belgium NV (BE) - Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V. (IISB) (DE) - Finepower GmbH (DE) - EVG Group E. Thallner GmbH (AT) - Ion Beam Services (FR) - Hexagem AB (SE) - Lunds Universitet (LE) - X-FAB Dresden GmbH & Co. KG (DE) - X-FAB Global Services GmbH (DE) - SiCtech Induction Converter Technologies SL (ES) - Universitat de Valencia (ICMUV) (ES) - Nanowired GmbH (DE) - Ghent University (BE) - Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH (AT) - Siltronic AG (DE) - AUREL SPA (IT) - Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversario per la Nanoelettronica (IT) - Raw Power SRL (IT) - STMicroelectronics (Tours) SAS (FR)
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successfully completed projects with support/participation of K&S
HiPer - High Perfomance Vehicle Computer for autonomes Driving
As part of the HiPer projet, an automotive HPVC computer system has been developed, which is suitable for Level 5 autonomous driving and provides new electrical architectures that ensure sufficient computing power and necessary communication interfaces, resulting in a fundamental change in connectivity, computing power, and security in vehicle technology.
Funding Provider and Project Volume
PENTA - 6.35 Mio €
Project Duration
2019 - 2022
Scope of Work of K&S
Project Office, Deliverable-, Quality- and Risk Management
Partner
Advanced Packaging Center BV - Audi AG - Boschman Technologies BV - Chemnitzer Werkstoffmechanik GmbH - Fastree3D BV - Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V. (Institut ENAS) - Glück Industrie-Elektronik GmbH - IMEC - Interflux - Materialise - NXP Semiconductors Deutschland - NXP Semiconductors Niederlande - Robert Bosch GmbH - Technische Universität Chemnitz - Technische Universität Delft
