The EFiPaS research project revolves around the detection and characterization of the very smallest fine dust particles – virtually anywhere. In the future, users could obtain current information about particles in their surroundings, for example via a smartphone or “intelligent wearables”, in order to protect themselves from overexposure. And research in this area is already in full swing.

The research labs and cleanrooms are the heart of CTR’s microsystem research and the system integration of findings at the location in Villach. A brand new electron / ion microscope (FIB-SEM Dual Beam Microscope) is now available for three-dimensional analysis on the nanoscale as well as for nano structuring processes.

Two brand new systems for heterogeneous integration technologies enhance CTR’s research infrastructure. This enables high-precision placement, assembly and chip packaging.

The grade of “Senior Member” is highest level of recognition within the IEEE society that a professional member can directly apply for. IEEE senior memberships require extensive individual experience, professional maturity and remarkable contributions. Pascal Nicolay and Martin Kraft from CTR received this special honour.

People from more than 14 countries work at CTR. They all share the same passion for research and development which they contribute to operations at the CTR location on the Villach High Tech Campus. A few of them are presented here in brief portraits.

Even before systems or products are created, individual elements and components as well as the entire system can be tested virtually for functionality. CTR’s competence in simulation covers various areas.

A high-ranking Japanese delegation visited the city of Villach. In focus: Villach’s energy and environmental competence.

The project PowerBase was researching on energy saving electronics for the future. Thus a new generation of energy-saving chips from Europe reaches the market.

The Austrian „Bürgerforum Europa“ visited CTR and gained an on-site impression of the cooperation of Austria and the European Union.

On the scientific side, the CTR cooperates with some well-known universities, including the Institut Supérieur de Mécanique de Paris - in short: Supméca. The institute belongs to France's elite engineering education centers.

Looking at the 2017 Annual Report, CTR Carinthian Tech Research AG has a very positive assessment: for the first time, the research volume increased to more than 8 million euros, the purchase of the latest research equipment and the increase in scientific publications are strengthening CTR's technological competence.

A full-scale demonstrator of the thrust chamber for an upper-stage rocket engine incorporating the newest propulsion technologies is being prepared for its first hot firing.

Helmut Manzenreiter, Villach's former mayor, is now establishing contacts for our country as Honorary Consul. He escorted the ambassador of Azerbaijan to Villach's "Smart Lab".

On Tuesday, February 27th, participants of the Innovation Assistant Program kicked off the prelude with a visit to the future: in the laboratories of the Research Center CTR.

On February 26, 2018, Norbert Hofer, Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, visited the CTR Carinthian Tech Research research center on the High Tech Campus in Villach for the first time.

Villach's business consultant, Deputy Mayor Dr Petra Oberrauner, received a top-business delegation from Pordenone for exciting talks on more intensive exchange of opinions and experiences as well as cooperations. Together they also visited the research center CTR.

Semiconductor systems are robust and stately on the outside, but inside they perform highly complex and sensitive processes. Smart sensors should now provide information from the heart of semiconductor systems and make the machines fit for Industry 4.0.

Results of a thesis from Vienna University of Technology in cooperation with CTR succeeded now in producing porous structures in monocrystalline silicon carbide. This opens up new possibilities for the realization of micro-and nanomachined sensors and electronic components, but also for integrated optical mirror elements to filter certain colours.

The CTR receives certificate "berufundfamilie". Thus, the research center specifically supports the compatibility of family and career as well as the principle of equal opportunities

Nine partners from industry and research looked into the complex questions of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) and laid the foundation for new product developments.

Climate change brings new challenges to agriculture. In the project Hyperspectral Root Imaging, CTR developed in cooperation with the University of Agricultural Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna, a system for plant root analysis.

At the Austrian Photovoltaic Conference from 13 to 14 November 2017, a jury awarded for the first time, the best scientific video. The team of the research project Infinity won this challenge. The project focuses on climate-adapted photovoltaics.

Der Alpenstädtebund feierte sein 20 Jahr Jubiläum in Villach. Die Teilnehmer aus Österreich, der Schweiz, Deutschland, Frankreich und Italien besuchten auch die Forschungslabors der CTR.

Whether TV or smartphone - controlling devices using speech is already reality. Technology does, however, have its boundaries. The aim of the “Silense” project is to combine voice and gesture control and to improve the interaction between humans and machines.

Silicon Austria: Austria secures world-class research center for microelectronics. CTR Carinthian Tech Research becomes a part of Silicon Austria covering comprehensive competences in the field of smart sensors & micro-electronics.

Im Projekt RETINA vernetzen sich österreichische und slowenische Forschungsinstitutionen aus dem Bereich der Materialwissenschaften. Durch einen zentralen Netzwerkzugriff sollen insbesondere Unternehmen im Grenzgebiet profitieren.

The CTR Carinthian Tech Research center has a successful 20 year history. Celebrations were held with the customers, partners, owners and employees at the High Tech Campus Villach.

The research project "SensoFood - Smart Sensors for Healty Cooking" by Philips Austria Klagenfurt, CTR Carinthian Tech Research and the partners Medical University Innsbruck and Boku Wien received a recognition certificate for the best cooperation economy and science.

Am 3. Mai fand im Spiegelsaal der Kärntner Landesregierung die Preisverleihung zum Energy Globe Award Kärnten statt. Der Sieg in der Kategorie Erde ging an das kooperative Forschungsthema „Bleifreie Photovoltaik“ eingereicht von CTR Carinthian Tech Research und dem AIT Austrian Institute of Technology.

CTR increases research volume to 7.4 million euro and sustainably positions itself in the research landscape of Austria and Europe. Villach supports further growth in the long term.

Ein österreichisches Team forscht an smarten Sensoren, um sie in Holzverbundwerkstoffe zu integrieren. Sie sollen Information über die Materialqualität oder Verschleiß liefern.

A research team based in Graz and Villach has developed an exhaust gas analyser that detects tiny particles faster and more accurately.

Carinthian Tech Research (CTR) invests €4.5 Mio in research cleanroom for microsensors and systems integration. Carinthian government supports investment in high-tech facilities at the Villach site.

Mit seinem Forschungsposter über „Bleifreie Photovoltaik Module – Made in Austria“ konnte der CTR Forscher Wolfgang Mühleisen bei der Österreichischen Photovoltaik Tagung punkten.

Der Weltklimavertrag tritt am 4. November in Kraft. Die 14. Österreichische Photovoltaik (PV) Tagung vom 28.-30. November 2016 in Villach zeigt, wie Sonnenstrom als wichtiger Treiber die Energiewende voranbringt.

Joint press information from the partners in the European research project “EnhancedPower Pilot Line”.

As satellite transport appears to be a highly promising market, Europe intends to secure its access to space with the new Ariane 6 launcher. An interview with the programme manager Patrick Bonguet, during his visit at CTR.

The future will be smart: the internet of things (IoT) can connect cars, energy systems, household appliances as well as manufacturing facilities. A new project, IoSense, is aimed at advancing cost-effective production of the sensors required. 33 partners – including CTR – are working on it.

The OPtima research project is aimed at improving the manufacture of plastic components for semiconductor machines.

CTR Carinthian Tech Research AG is proud to report some of the highlights in 2015: the research centre invested in state-of-the-art research cleanrooms for the new premises at High Tech Campus Villach, launched the ASSIC centre of excellence, provided attractive research fields for 40 young people and conducted research totalling €7.2 million.

CTR Forscher Martin Lenzhofer, Experte für Mikroelektronik und Mikrosysteme, erhält auf der 8. GMM/DVS Fachtagung den Preis für den besten aller präsentierten Beiträge. Seine Entwicklung eines miniaturisierten Projektorsystems könnte in Smartphones oder Tablet Computern als Beamer eingesetzt werden.

Die Stadt Villach setzt in Sachen Klimaschutz auf bleifreie Photovoltaik Anlagen. Darin steckt auch das Forschungswissen der CTR.

Die österreichischen Plattformen für Photovoltaik und Photonik veranstalteten einen Workshop zum Thema “Photovoltaic meets Photonic”. Ziel war es, sich zu vernetzen und neue Forschungsthemen zu identifizieren. Der Vernetzungsworkshop fand am 23. Feber im Villacher Forschungszentrum CTR Carinthian Tech Research statt.

Improving exhaust gas analysis: a team of researchers from science and industry examined smart sensors suitable for use at high temperatures in order to detect combustion-related emissions.

In Infinity, an Austrian lead project, researchers are working on a new generation of photovoltaic systems. Its aim is to adapt the entire photovoltaic system, including the materials, components and modules involved, to the requirements in different climates and regions. The project unites leading partners in science and industry.

Following successful bench testing, CTR Carinthian Tech Research is working on a laser ignition system for use in space. The laser ignition system could be used in the Ariane 6 launch vehicle currently under development.

Die Besten lernen von der Natur. Dieses Motto und die Gelehrigkeit der Forscher vom Carinthian Tech Research (CTR) dokumentiert auf einem Poster, gefiel den Teilnehmern der "13. Österreichischen Photovoltaik-Tagung" in Schwaz (Tirol) so gut, dass die Präsentation der Villacher Wissenschaftler zur Besten auserwählt wurde. Auf europäischer Ebene wurden die CTR-Forscher für die beste Präsentation auf der "European PV Solar Energy Conference" in Hamburg ausgezeichnet.

CTR Carinthian Tech Research officially moved into the new building in Villach on 25 September. Laboratories and research cleanrooms provide state-of-the-art facilities for innovations.

Fünf Österreichische Mikroelektronik Unternehmen – darunter drei aus Kärnten - präsentieren sich gemeinsam auf Europas Leitmesse für Mikroelektronik - der SEMICON Europe, vom 6. bis 8. Oktober in Dresden, Deutschland.

Lukas Neumaier, Junior Researcher bei der CTR, erhält Begabtenstipendium der FH Kärnten.

The research project PowerBase is developing the next generation of energy-saving chips and preparing them for mass industrial use in smartphones, laptop computers and many other applications. Coordinated by Infineon Austria, the project's € 87 million volume and 39 partners from nine countries make it the largest European microelectronics research project ever to be coordinated in Austria.

Gesund bleiben, gesund werden und dafür vorzusorgen sind nicht nur Themen jedes Einzelnen, sondern auch Herausforderungen für die gesamte Gesellschaft. In dieser Ausgabe zeigen wir, wie intelligente Mikro- und Nanosysteme dabei unterstützen

können. Ein Beispiel führt uns in die schonende Laserchirurgie.

Carinthia’s non-university sensor-research centre, CTR Carinthian Tech Research, continued on a growth curve in 2014 with a 10 per cent rise in research volume, expansion of the team to 60 people and a further increase in industrial partners and scientific publications.

Die CTR Vorstände Werner Scherf und Simon Grasser erhielten das Ehrenzeichen der Stadt Villach. Sie möchten diese ehrenvolle Auszeichnung mit allen CTR Forscherinnen und Forschern teilen.

ASSIC - Austrian Smart Systems Integration Research Center receives COMET status. Focus on micro and nano systems, well-known partners on board.

Um die Leistungen von Frauen und die Wichtigkeit von weiblicher Kreativität und der weiblichen Perspektive im Technologie- und Forschungsbereich sichtbar zu machen, wählt eine interdisziplinär besetzte, unabhängige Jury aus hochrangigen Vertreterinnen und Vertretern der Wirtschaft, der Wissenschaft und des Personalmanagements eine herausragende Expertin aus der FEMtech-Expertinnendatenbank auf dem Gebiet der Forschung und Technologie zur "FEMtech-Expertin des Monats". Im Jänner fiel die Wahl der...

Die Optimierung der Systemeffizienz und des Herstellungsprozesses von Photovoltaik-Modulen, war die Mission, die das Photovoltaik Forschungsprojekt IPOT und seine neun Partner vereinte. Jetzt wurde das Projekt nach vier Jahren erfolgreich abgeschlossen. Die Forschungsergebnisse sind wegweisend.

Erfolg für Kärnten beim COMET Programm des Bundes. COMET Jury hat eingereichtes Photovoltaik Projekt "IPOT“ genehmigt! Die CTR Carinthian Tech Research AG ist Koordinator des Projekts.