Summary
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For more than a century, the Detroit Region has helped define what mobility means. The automotive industry built an extraordinary concentration of engineering talent, manufacturing expertise, research capacity and supply chain knowledge here. Those strengths continue...
Some of the most consequential work in battery manufacturing takes place where a customer will never see it: in a coating on a thin sheet of metal, in the pores that must absorb liquid, in a weld whose surface can conceal a flaw. Each is a small detail. Repeated...
Battery manufacturing has always reminded me of cake baking. In both cases, you take some materials, mix them together, spread the mixture, and put it in an oven. Just like in cake baking, two people can follow the same recipe and produce completely different results....
In a new thought leadership article, Global Epicenter of Mobility CEO Justin Robinson and Automation Alley CEO Tom Kelly outline how the Detroit Region can leverage its automotive expertise to drive innovation in autonomous systems, aerospace, defense and advanced manufacturing while strengthening economic resilience, workforce development and global mobility leadership.
Fraunhofer will present its behind-the-scenes research and precision engineering driving real-world battery manufacturing at The Battery Show 2026 in Detroit (Booth #4429).
Connected digital ecosystems are enabling battery manufacturers to integrate design, engineering, production, and supply chain data, helping accelerate gigafactory ramp-ups, improve quality, reduce waste, and scale innovation more efficiently across the battery lifecycle.
