Overview
- Brose said it signed October partnerships with Fraunhofer EMI, Fraunhofer ISC and the Berlin Space Consortium to co-develop small satellites.
- The collaboration targets spacecraft weighing 50 to 500 kilograms and key subsystems such as electric Hall-effect propulsion.
- Series manufacturing is planned at Brose’s Würzburg plant as the company adapts its mechatronics expertise to space hardware.
- IG Metall in Würzburg welcomed the move as a milestone for safeguarding roughly 1,400 jobs at the facility.
- The initiative follows a year of losses and restructuring, with Bavaria’s economy minister praising the plan as a strong signal for the region.