Fraunhofer-Institut für Zuverlässigkeit und Mikrointegration (IZM)

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is the leading organization for institutes of applied research in Europe, undertaking contract research on behalf of industry, the service sector and the government. Commissioned by customers in industry, it provides rapid, economical and immediately applicable solutions to technical and organizational problems. At present, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft maintains roughly 80 research units, including 58 Fraunhofer Institutes, at over 40 different locations in Germany. A staff of some 17,000 – predominantly qualified scientists and engineers – work with an annual research budget of over one billion euros.