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Great news! As part of their strategic partnership announced earlier this year, ZF and Wolfspeed, the global leader in Silicon Carbide technology, today announced their plans to establish a joint European R&D center for Silicon Carbide power electronics in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region. The new joint research facility is supported by the German federal government and the regional government of Bavaria (bayern.de | Bayerische Staatsregierung). Like the planned Wolfspeed Silicon Carbide chip factory in Ensdorf, Saarland, funding for the new center is subject to approval by the European Commission under the EU’s Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) scheme. The prior approval of the relevant authorities, especially of the antitrust authorities is also required. The aim is to develop the two facilities to become the cornerstone of a new European Silicon Carbide technology network. "The research center is of outstanding importance for the energy and mobility transition in the EU and supports the strategic goals of Europe," says Holger Klein, CEO of ZF. "This connection is unique and will lead to enormous advances in silicon carbide-based electrical systems and electric drives," says ZF Board of Management member Stephan von Schuckmann. "This is made possible by the close networking of the research center and production, because fundamentally redesigned silicon carbide chips also require new production processes.” Read the Press Information and learn more about the innovation center: https://bit.ly/42ivQvv Caption (from left to right): Gregg Lowe, CEO of Wolfspeed, Holger Klein, CEO of ZF, Markus Soeder, Minister President of the Free State of Bavaria, and Hubert Aiwanger, Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, during today’s announcement. #NextGenMobility #ZFNow #Woolfspeed #SiliconCarbide #InnovationCenter #Innovations
