Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPTThe Board of Directors of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT lies in the hands of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Brecher. Together with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bergs, MBA, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schmitt and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Riesener, he forms the Board of Directors at the Fraunhofer IPT. He is also member of the Boad of Directors at the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering WZL of the RWTH Aachen University. By holding this joint position, they link their institutes together to form a production technology research center that is unequaled in diversity and competencies.