Competitive production engineering is particularly important for high-wage countries like Germany. Working within the Cluster, scientists and researchers from Aachen contribute in various ways to ensuring that manufacturing, and thus jobs, remain in these countries. Products that address markets with a large number of customers are particularly relevant in economic terms. In particular, the researchers examine aspects of individualising, virtualising, hybridisation and self-optimising the production process. The Cluster enables companies from Germany and Europe to recognise where they have...