In the Karlsruhe-based innovation cluster KITe hyLITE, “Technologies for hybrid lightweight construction”, three Fraunhofer Institutes, the University of Karlsruhe (CART – Center of Automotive Research) and several manufacturers and suppliers in the automotive sector are working in close collaboration.

The members of the KITe hyLITE innovation cluster aim to exploit synergy effects between complementary areas of science in a holistic approach to research into fiber-composite materials and hybrid light-weight construction. Their work focuses on the development of composite materials, production technologies and methods of economically implementing function-integrated lightweight-design solutions in industrial production processes for the automotive sector.

Through the creation of the innovation cluster, the participating institutes of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and the University of Karlsruhe are expanding their existing network, which includes the collaborative research center Transregio 10 and other research entities.