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From October 20 to 23, 2026, the Fraunhofer Institute for Large Structures in Production Engineering IGP will be exhibiting at EuroBLECH trade fair in Hanover, Germany (Hall 11, Booth 11-C15). The focus: Research into the production of curved metal plates for use in maritime structures.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Large Structures in Production Engineering IGP will host its first conference on “Maritime Production Technology” in Ros-tock from October 7-8, 2026.

The first Smart Farming Field Day will take place at the Thünen Innovation Farm in Tellow on 2. September 2026. The Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD and the Fraunhofer Research Institute for Large Structures in Production Engineering IGP, together with partners from research, industry, and startups, will demonstrate how artificial intelligence (AI), digitalization as well as automation can contribute to future-ready agriculture. The event will focus on practical applications and live demonstrations under real-world operating conditions.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Large Structures in Production Engineering IGP will exhibit at the SMM trade fair in Hamburg from 1. to 4. September. The institute presents an “AR application of a large-scale robot for maritime production environments and aspects of the digitalized production of large structures.”

The Fraunhofer Institute for Large Structures in Production Engineering IGP participates in the new consortium project “INNO-COMP NH3 Shipping.” The aim of the project is to enable NH3 (ammonia) to be used as carbon-free ship fuel.

Pratidhwani Biswal is a PhD student and a scientist in the Thermal Coating Systems group at Fraunhofer IGP. She presented her research topic: "Waste to Best" — From concept to reality.

Experience science up close: On April 23, 2026, both Girls’Day and the Long Night of Sciences will take place in Rostock, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Large Structures in Production Engineering (IGP) will ac-tively participate in both events.

The Fraunhofer Institute of large structures in production technology IGP awards its in-house Innovation and Technology Prize 2025 to a specialist in ship building, on 26. February 2026.

Politics Meets Research - Parliamentary State Secretary and Federal Government Commissioner for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Gitta Connemann (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy), will visit the Fraunhofer Institute for Large Structures in Production Engineering (IGP) in Rostock on February 10, 2026. Her visit will include both discussions with staff and a guided tour.

The Robot Day 2025 was organized by Fraunhofer IGP in collaboration with the Rostock Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Tourism, and Labor of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The event provided insights into the latest developments in the field of "Robots in Metal Processing."