The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) is getting a new building in Stuttgart-Vaihingen. The groundbreaking ceremony on 27 September 2021 with Baden-Württemberg's Minister of Economic Affairs Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, Thomas Bauernhansl, Director of the Fraunhofer IPA, and Stephan Birk symbolically marks the start of construction work.