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On April 24th, the Brazil-Germany Association of Engineers (VDI Brazil) will hold the VIII International Symposium on Excellence in Production, this year with the theme Big Data Brazil - Digitizing Competitiveness. In this edition of the traditional technology event, there will be the participation of the former president and current senator of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.

From the 5th to the 9th of March will happen the 1st Brazilian-German Workshop on Composite Products from Alternative Lignocellulosic Resources. The event will take place in the city of Pirassununga in Brazil and is organized by the University of Hamburg, in partnership with the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut WKI and University of São Paulo.

Berlin-based Fraunhofer IPK has opened the Fraunhofer Project Center for Advanced Manufacturing @ ITA, Brazil. Abbreviated FPC@ITA, the center is considered the official seal on a strategic cooperation between the German research institution and one of the top engineering schools in Brazil.

At the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP, one of the leading partners for research and development in the field of electron beam applications, methods and machines based on these technologies are developed for the use in medicine and pharmacy as well as for the protection of resources and the environment. The Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (IPEN) in São Paulo, Brazil, is the leading Brazilian institution for environmental technologies and renewable energy. Both institutes intend to cooperate now and will present – among other things – their fields of expertise for effective water treatment during a workshop on 6th and 7th November 2017 at IPEN, in São Paulo, Brazil: AcEL - ACCELERATED ELECTRONS FOR LIFE.