Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems
Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems
© Sebastian Weidlich / Fraunhofer ENAS
Institutsgebäude Chemnitz

© Sebastian Weidlich / Fraunhofer ENAS

Data and Facts

Highlights from the history of Fraunhofer ENAS

January 2026

Fraunhofer ENAS presents its research focuses and updated service portfolio to the market. This strengthens the institute's innovative power for the benefit of its customers. More information.

December 2025

The recertification of the quality management system (QMS) according to ISO 9001:2015 is successfully completed. More information.

March 2025

The institute's continuous research strategy process and its newly defined research focuses are confirmed by strategically important partners from industry and science as well as the headquarters of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. With this, Fraunhofer ENAS is sharpening its competencies and creating the foundation to align research, development, and transfer even more consistently with the needs of its customers and partners.

June 2025

Fraunhofer ENAS celebrates the opening of its "European Test and Reliability Center" (ETRC) and continues to expand collaborations with renowned industrial partners. The ETRC combines strategic competencies for testing and reliability assessments of semiconductor devices. More information.

December 2024

Fraunhofer ENAS is certified according to ISO 50001:2018 for its energy management. The certification confirms the institute's commitment to greater sustainability and responsible resource management. More information.

November 2024

Fraunhofer ENAS celebrates the opening of its "Innovation Office" in the "TechBase" Regensburg. With this, the institute is creating optimal conditions to offer top-level research performance in southern Germany as well and to develop future technologies in immediate proximity to regional customers and partners. More information.

January 2024

Through the founding of the Business Unit "Test and Reliability Solutions" and the start of international collaborations with Fraunhofer Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, the institute continues to develop continuously.

2023

The institute is participating in new European flagship projects, such as the EU Chips Act, the pilot line "Advanced Packaging and Heterogeneous Integration for Electronic Components and Systems" (APECS), as well as important central funding projects on testing and reliability. More information on the APECS pilot line.

2022

Fraunhofer ENAS strategically aligns its portfolio and market activities along three Business Units. These are established across the entire value chain of smart systems. Additionally, the institute is investing in the targeted development of competencies in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

2022

The recertification of the quality management system (QMS) according to ISO 9001:2015 is successfully completed.

2021

The further development of Fraunhofer ENAS is being advanced with particular focus on the corporate culture, the transformation towards an agile institute along the value chain of smart systems, as well as through the founding of the department "Systems and Applications".

September 2020

Prof. Dr. Harald Kuhn takes over the institute leadership of Fraunhofer ENAS.

More on the history before 2020

December 2019

Fraunhofer ENAS receives its DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 certification from DEKRA.

January 2019

The extension of the institute building in Chemnitz is inaugurated.

August 2017

Launch of the "Research Fab Microelectronics Germany" (FMD). Fraunhofer ENAS is involved together with 12 other Fraunhofer institutes and two Leibniz institutes.

May 2016

Institute Director Prof. Dr. Thomas Geßner passes away. The institute leadership is taken over on an interim basis by Prof. Dr. Thomas Otto.

January 1, 2011

Transformation of the Fraunhofer facility into the Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nanosystems.

2010

Fraunhofer ENAS undergoes an audit and receives the recommendation to be transformed into an institute.

July 2009

The System Packaging department is founded.

June 22, 2009

The ceremonial inauguration of the new Fraunhofer ENAS building in Chemnitz takes place.

July 1, 2008

With the integration of the Chemnitz branch of the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration into the Fraunhofer facility for Electronic Nanosystems ENAS, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft strengthens its nanotechnology activities in Saxony.

2008

The Back-end of Line and Printed Functionalities departments are founded.

2006

The Executive Board of the Fraunhofer Society decides to construct a building for the Chemnitz branch of the institute.

2006

Due to its positive development, Chemnitz becomes an institute branch of Fraunhofer IZM and receives its own cost center. The Micro Materials Center Chemnitz and Advanced System Engineering (Paderborn) departments are integrated into the Chemnitz institute branch.

1998

The Micro Devices and Equipment department is founded under the leadership of Prof. Geßner.

1993

With the founding of the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin by Prof. Reichl, Prof. Scheel, and Prof. Michel, a project group is established in Chemnitz under the leadership of Prof. Michel.