Fraunhofer Application Centre for Optical Metrology and Surface Technologies (AZOM)

The establishment of the Fraunhofer Application Centre for Optical Metrology and Surface Technologies (AZOM) in Zwickau is unique in East Germany and further strengthens Zwickau as a research location.

With the new application centre, the cooperation between the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology (IWS) and the Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau - University of Applied Sciences (WHZ) is expanded further. The AZOM expands the application spectrum of the IWS in the field of surface analysis. Furthermore, a number of students and graduates of the Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau - University of Applied Sciences are offered the opportunity to work on industrial projects. In addition, small and medium-sized enterprises in particular, which do not have their own research department, can have important tasks solved at the centre.