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CTR Carinthian Tech Research AG is proud to report some of the highlights in 2015: the research centre invested in state-of-the-art research cleanrooms for the new premises at High Tech Campus Villach, launched the ASSIC centre of excellence, provided attractive research fields for 40 young people and conducted research totalling €7.2 million.
NEW PREMISES & INFRASTRUCTURE
In 2015, CTR’s R&D operating income totalled €7.2 million. Of this figure, project-related research contracts accounted for 86 per cent. The remainder came from other revenue and core funding from the State of Carinthia and Villach town council. Moving to High Tech Campus Villach not only gave CTR more space but also better facilities. The research centre invested no less than €1.5 million in high-tech infrastructure, including a 300 m² research cleanroom complying with cleanliness classes ISO 5 and ISO 8, new research equipment for 3D printing processes, microsystems and spectroscopic analysers. These new facilities and the excellent equipment now available in the labs for optics, microelectronics, mechatronics and simulation processes provide ideal opportunities for forward-looking developments.
ASSIC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
Since January 2015, CTR has been positioned as Austria’s COMET centre of excellence with ASSIC – the Austrian Smart Systems Integration Research Centre. COMET (Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies) status can only be achieved if a centre offers excellent, long-term and internationally visible research. CTR aims to conduct a total of 15 research projects with 15 international partners in industry and 9 partners in science over the next three years.
“Our research at CTR and ASSIC focusing on smart sensors and systems integration gives us a unique selling point in Austria in terms of technology of international relevance and visibility. Combining technologies and integrating them in a system is becoming a key issue in innovation,” says CTR’s CEO Werner Scherf.
RESEARCH TEAM & PROJECTS
On average over the year, there were 59 people on the CTR team, with 90% of them graduates. In addition, CTR also enabled young scientists to carry out research work (for dissertations, theses and as part of internships). Their number rose to around 40 in 2015 (compared with 34 the previous year). At 24, the share of PhD students virtually doubled during this period.
The research team conducted 62 projects, 20% of them involving small and medium-sized enterprises. Infinity, which started in 2015, put CTR on the map as running an Austrian lead project for renewable energies and the CTR laser ignition system shows CTR expertise from Carinthia is even set for use in space. This contract research project is aimed at enabling the CTR laser to be used for igniting aerospace launch vehicles. If the tests prove positive, the laser ignition system could be used in Europe’s Ariane 6 launcher.
These results underscore CTR’s role and mission to provide outstanding expertise at an international level and at the same time to be a regional innovation driver in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises. At European level, CTR maintains an active network with four research projects. In 2015, the centre also received confirmation of other projects involving electronic components and production for the future scheduled to start in 2016. The 2015 financial year saw 12 patent applications being filed, with three granted. This takes the number of patents that CTR has developed independently or together with research clients to over 80. “These achievements would not be possible without our research team’s skill and commitment and the companies that entrust us with their projects and innovations. What attracts them is our in-depth expertise and access to both high-tech infrastructure and research programmes,” say the two CTR board members Werner Scherf (CEO) and Simon Grasser (CFO).
RESEARCH EXPERTISE FROM SENSORS TO WHOLE SYSTEMS
Microchip systems today determine the function of computers, machines, vehicles and complete energy systems. And this trend is bound to continue in the future. Sensors and micro/nano electronics and their integration in products and processes rank among the most important future technologies. As a research centre for SMART SENSORS & SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, CTR has the know-how to combine different technologies such as electronics, mechanics or optics and integrate power and function in as small a space as possible. CTR can draw on wide-ranging expertise from design to application and deliver sensor solutions from a single source. And they are in demand in many areas: medicine, power and environmental engineering, automotive and even space technology. CTR’s research partners include scientific institutions such as Vienna University of Technology, Freiburg University (IMTEK) or the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), leading companies like AVL List, Infineon, Philips, ABB or AT&S and space facilities.
ABOUT CTR
As a research centre for smart sensors and systems integration, CTR is one of a few non-university research facilities in Austria. Its mission and goal is to develop advanced products and processes based on integrated sensors, micro and nano systems. Established in 1997, CTR conducts research in regional, national and international R&D projects, is a member of Forschung Austria and has filed countless patents with partners in science and industry. CTR is part of Austria’s COMET research programme with the ASSIC centre of excellence - Austrian Smart Systems Integration Research Centre.
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The two CTR board members from left: Simon Grasser (CFO) and Werner Scherf (CEO)
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The two CTR board members from left: Simon Grasser (CFO) and Werner Scherf (CEO)
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