KIT at Hannover Messe 2026
Additively manufactured multi-material ceramics for high-tech applications, collaborative industrial robots for flexible production processes, more precisely calibrated optically guided robotic systems, as well as new concepts for climate-friendly energy supply and mobility: From April 20 to 24, 2026, the KIT will present current developments from research, technology transfer, and spin-offs at Hannover Messe. The exhibits at booth B06, Hall 11 span manufacturing and automation technologies, energy solutions, and extend to quantum technologies and fusion research.
Multi-material Ceramics
The future of high-tech applications thanks to additive manufacturing
Researchers at the wbk Institute of Production Science at KIT have developed a material system that enables two different ceramic materials to be combined into a single component directly during the printing process. This provides the basis for multi-material additive manufacturing (MMAM), which makes it possible to deliberately integrate different functional, mechanical, electrical, or thermal properties within one component. The result is high-precision hybrid ceramics with locally tailored properties – for example, a hard outer edge combined with a porous core. Additional mechanical post-processing steps such as milling or turning are not required.
The process opens up new design and functional possibilities for prototyping and small-batch production wherever tailor-made, high-performance components are needed. Potential applications range from wear-resistant components in mechanical engineering and patient-specific bone and dental implants in medical technology to heat-resistant, lightweight, and high-strength structures for aerospace. Further fields include high-temperature-resistant and chemically inert ceramics for energy technologies as well as multi-material ceramic components for electronics and sensor technology.
Other Topics
- Collaborative industrial robots:
Flexible manufacturing through intelligent teamwork - Higher Accuracy for Vision-Guided Robots:
Fast, easy, and comprehensive robot calibration - Hyperloop „Polaris“:
Traveling at the speed of sound - Highly efficient gas turbines:
Energy-saving – performance-enhancing. Optimal for work with hydrogen - Open-flow electrolysis cell:
Green energy transition in the chemical industry - photreon:
From solar photons to sustainable values - Fusion – The Breeding Blanket:
The crucial step to the first fusion reactor - Quantum networks:
New possibilities for eavesdrop-proof communication
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