Fraunhofer USA was founded in 1994 to conduct applied R & D for customers from industry and state governments and the federal government in the United States.
Fraunhofer set up the Fundación Fraunhofer Chile Research in 2010. The foundation currently runs the Fraunhofer Center for Solar Energy Technologies, which is dedicated to research and development in the field of sustainable solar energy.
The Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for New Food Systems at the Institute of Food Technology FIP-NFS@ITAL and a Fraunhofer Liasion Office were established since 2012.