Technologietransferzentrum Elektromobilität.THWS TTZ-EMO NES

What Technologietransferzentrum Elektromobilität.THWS TTZ-EMO NES does

TTZ-EMO is the Technologietransferzentrum Elektromobilität, a publicly funded technology transfer center embedded within the Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS), a Bavarian university of applied sciences. Established around 2013 and headquartered in Bad Neustadt an der Saale with a second laboratory site in Schweinfurt, the institute concentrates on applied research in electromobility across five working groups: Battery Systems, Electrical Machines, Power Electronics, Control Engineering, and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC). It serves three primary constituencies: north-Bavarian university partners collaborating through the WiKE³ graduate college (4 founding universities plus 10 additional partner universities for cooperative doctorates), automotive and e-mobility industry partners (Preh, Brose, BMZ, Siemens, Jopp, Schmidbauer, Winora, Fraunhofer ISC), and spin-off tetranes GmbH for technology commercialization. Research is anchored by EU-funded consortia (GaN4AP across six European countries; Auto-Cove 2.0) plus Bavarian state and federal German research funding.

Core technology assets include FPGA-based high-dynamic direct-current control methods (SDHC and SHC) for 2-, 3-, and 5-level power converters including SiC and GaN semiconductor designs; sensorless PMSM rotor-position estimation via model-based phase-current reconstruction; active balancing systems for lithium-ion battery packs; and digital-twin / equivalent-circuit modeling for EMC analysis. The institute distributes the PyEMMO open-source tool (Python wrapper over ONELAB/Gmsh/GetDP for automated electrical-machine FEM) and the SWAT-EM-Web simulation portal via GitHub, and holds granted patents on hysteresis current control for converter-oscillation damping and on parallel-inverter phase-current control (EP3297150). The WiKE³ platform conducts scientific colloquia and supports cooperative doctoral work with approximately 25 research associates (20 in cooperative doctoral procedures with 15 university professors from 10 universities), giving the institute research depth atypical for a Hochschule.

The institute's business model is non-commercial: revenue derives from Bavarian state funding, federal German research programs, EU Horizon 2020 grants, industry-collaboration research contracts, and indirect returns via the tetranes GmbH spin-off (founded 2021). There is no product pricing model; industry partners access research capabilities and laboratory facilities via project agreements, and student engagement (Matlab Summer School, internships, theses) is structured as academic programs rather than paid products. This places TTZ-EMO firmly in the public-sector research-institute category, with measurable outputs captured in publications, patents, and graduate-program throughput rather than top-line revenue.

Name

Technologietransferzentrum Elektromobilität.THWS TTZ-EMO NES

Legal name

Technologietransferzentrum Elektromobilität TTZ-EMO

Website

https://ttz-emo.thws.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TTZ-EMO is a publicly funded electromobility research institute at THWS in Bavaria, operating five working groups across battery systems, electrical machines, power electronics, control engineering, and EMC, and serving university partners, EU consortia, and automotive industry collaborators through applied research and the tetranes GmbH spin-off.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electromobility Research Services

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing (335314)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Electronics Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) (IMAGAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Transmission Reliability, Resilience & Emergency Restoration (NERC/ENTSO-E Compliance) (EUADAAAO)

Keywords

• Electromobility research
• Power electronics
• Battery systems engineering
• Electrical machine design
• Electromagnetic compatibility

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Neustadt / Saale

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Research Funding: Government-funded research through Bavarian state funding, federal German research programs, and the WiKE³ graduate college program supporting cooperative doctoral research.
2. EU Research Projects: EU Horizon 2020 funding through projects like GaN4AP (co-financed by European Commission and member states in ECSEL initiative) and Auto-Cove 2.0 for electromobility competency development.
3. Industry Partnerships: Collaborative research with industry partners including Preh, Jopp, BMZ, Brose, Fraunhofer ISC, Siemens, Schmidbauer, Winora, and tetranes for applied electromobility research.
4. Spin-off Commercialization: Technology commercialization through spin-off company tetranes GmbH, established in 2021 alongside the TTZ-EMO.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

TTZ-EMO is a university-affiliated technology transfer center that conducts applied research and development in electromobility across five working groups: battery systems, electrical machines, power electronics, control engineering, and electromagnetic compatibility. It delivers collaborative research, doctoral training, testing and validation services, and open-source software tools (PyEMMO, SWAT-EM-Web) to industrial and academic partners. Commercialization is supported through the spin-off company tetranes GmbH established in 2021.

Product overview

TTZ-EMO is a research institute at Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt focused on electromobility research. It operates through five working groups covering Battery Systems, Electrical Machines, Power Electronics, Control Engineering, and Electromagnetic Compatibility. The institute offers open-source software tools including PyEMMO for FEM modeling of electrical machines, and maintains the WiKE³ graduate colloquium for scientific research. A spin-off company, tetranes GmbH, has operated alongside the institute since 2021.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WiKE³: Wissenschaftliches Kolloquium für elektrische Energietechnik und Elektromobilität - Scientific colloquium for electrical energy technology and electromobility, a graduate program with professors from four Bavarian universities

Products and services

• PyEMMO (Python Electrical Machine Modelling in ONELAB) Open-source Python program for automated generation of finite element method (FEM) models of electrical machines in the ONELAB FEM software environment. Used by researchers and engineers working on electrical machine design and analysis.
• SWAT-EM-Web Web-based tool developed by the Electrical Machines working group for electrical machine analysis and simulation.
• iSEEE (Interactive Seminar Introduction to Electromagnetic Energy Conversion) Interactive seminar tool providing animated demonstrations of electrical machine principles and operation, used in teaching.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Feature7 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• Fraunhofer ISCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership with Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC, contributing to the collaborative electromobility research network of TTZ-EMO.
• PrehcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry partner Preh (automotive electronics supplier) collaborating on electromobility research and development projects.
• BrosecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrose (automotive mechatronics company) partner for joint research in electrical machines and automotive applications.
• BMZ Innovation GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBMZ battery technology company collaborating on battery systems research, testing, and development.
• SiemenscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry partnership with Siemens for collaborative research in power electronics and electrical systems.
• JoppminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJopp automotive components company participating in TTZ-EMO research network for electromobility development.
• SchmidbauerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchmidbauer participating as industry partner in electromobility research and technology transfer activities.
• WinoraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWinora Group (e-bike manufacturer) partner for electric mobility research including PedElEc project on e-bike battery aging.
• tetranes GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpin-off company from TTZ-EMO established in 2021, operating alongside the research center for technology commercialization and transfer.
• Cluster LeistungselektronikminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPower Electronics Cluster network supporting collaborative research and industry exchange in power electronics technologies.
• GaN4AP ConsortiumflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU Horizon 2020 funded project GaN for Advanced Power Applications with 35 partners across 6 EU countries (Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland) aiming to establish Gallium Nitride semiconductors as the primary power semiconductor technology.
• Estonian University of Life SciencesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner in Tartu, Estonia for international exchange through Auto-Cove 2.0 project Matlab Summer School program.
• Universities in WiKE³ NetworkflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerWiKE³ graduate college with 4 north Bavarian universities (Aschaffenburg, Coburg, Nürnburg, FHWS) and 10 partner universities for cooperative doctoral programs with 15 university professors.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• RWTH Aachen - E.ON Energy Research Center: RWTH's E.ON ERC runs large-scale power-electronics and grid-converter research with industry and EU funding — directly comparable research-institute peer in electromobility-adjacent power converter and grid-integration domains.
• TU München - Institute for Electrical Energy Conversion: TUM's EAW/EAL institute operates academic research in electrical drives, power electronics and e-mobility — overlapping with TTZ-EMO's electrical-machines and power-electronics working groups and competing for similar doctoral talent and industry funding.
• KIT - Elektrotechnisches Institut (ETI): KIT's ETI is a German university research group in power electronics, electrical drives and hybrid systems — directly comparable to TTZ-EMO in domain (drive/EMC/power-electronics research), funding type (federal/state), and doctoral-training model.
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Electric Power and Energy Systems: KTH's power-electronics and electric-machines research groups are direct academic peers to TTZ-EMO, with comparable graduate training models and EU-project participation around wide-bandgap power electronics and grid converters.
• PEMC - University of Nottingham Power Electronics, Machines and Control Group: PEMC is a globally recognised academic research group in power electronics, machines and control — a strong international peer to TTZ-EMO's Electrical Machines, Power Electronics, and Control Engineering working groups.
• Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB): Fraunhofer IISB conducts applied research on power electronics and electromobility with deep European funding access — a closely comparable research-institute peer competing for the same EU/BMBF grants, industry partners and GaN/SiC power-electronics themes that TTZ-EMO works on.

Broad incumbents

• dSPACE GmbH: dSPACE supplies FPGA-based rapid control prototyping and HIL tools that parallel TTZ-EMO's FPGA-based control methods (SDHC/SHC); comparable in working-group adjacency around power-converter control prototyping and SiC/GaN converter development.
• Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM): Fraunhofer IZM works on power-electronics packaging, EMC and integration for automotive and industrial applications — overlapping directly with TTZ-EMO's EMC working group, but at substantially larger scale and broader scope.
• AVL List GmbH: AVL is a global commercial R&D and test services provider for automotive e-mobility, including powertrain and power-electronics test benches — adjacent to TTZ-EMO's research and test-bench capabilities but operating commercially at a much larger scale.

Regional players

• Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC: Fraunhofer ISC is already a documented TTZ-EMO research partner; it serves as a comparable Bavarian/German applied-research peer in materials-side work that intersects TTZ-EMO's battery and EMC activities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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