As part of his first official visit to North Rhine-Westphalia, German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz was joined by Hendrik Wüst, Minister-President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and Ina Brandes, Minister of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia, in visiting the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Production FFB, where they viewed a sample line for complete battery cell production on a smaller scale. In conversation with the Chancellor, Constantin Häfner, Executive Board Member for Research and Transfer, and the Fraunhofer FFB directors stressed the importance of battery research in terms of value creation and Germany’s technological sovereignty.


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