Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft will participate with around EUR3 million in equipping the Technology Centre with systems technology for research projects to be performed jointly by Roth & Rau and Fraunhofer institutes in Saxony.
On the occasion of the official opening, Roth & Rau held a workshop on “New Products and Technologies for the Photovoltaics Industry”, which was attended by around 120 guests from the photovoltaics industry, representatives of renowned research institutes, customers and friends of the company, as well as by employees of Roth & Rau’s research and development division. This was followed by the official opening in the presence of the Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Wolfgang Tiefensee. In his address, Minister Tiefensee stressed the “necessity of bringing research and development to medium-sized companies in order to secure their competitiveness on a sustainable basis.”
Tiefensee referred at the same time to the significance of highly productive networks, such as the close cooperation with Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. Dr. Dietmar Roth, chief executive officer of Roth & Rau AG, added: “We are delighted to be able to open our new Technology Centre today, thus providing us with urgently needed additional space for our growing research and development activities. Since the company’s foundation 19 years ago, it has been our employees’ power of innovation and their courage to think in new directions that have been among our most important strengths. We will continue to cultivate this tradition closely, as it is of decisive importance for the ongoing successful development and further growth of the Roth & Rau Group.”
