The final evaluation of the TRANSFORM project took place on 11 and 12 December 2024 at Bosch in Renningen and Schwieberdingen and marked the culmination of the joint effort.
Subsequently, a national final review meeting was held on 27 March 2025 at the IMA headquarters in Prague under the guidance of the Ministry of Education. The IMA was successful in the evaluation of the results by the Opponent Board.
The overarching objective of the TRANSFORM project was to build a complete and highly competitive European supply chain for silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor-based power electronics and to demonstrate the applicability of European SiC technology for various application areas. The TRANSFORM project addressed a wide range of technological innovations within the Trusted SiC Value Chain, and there were multiple technological objectives that the project sought to achieve. One of these was power modules and innovation in application areas for SiC technology.
R&D results were integrated into application-level demonstrators. The goal was to create five demonstrators using SiC components and modules in different application areas. One of the demonstrators was the Industrial Energy Converter with remote monitoring, which IMA participated in the development together with the BUT.
IMA’s main focus in the project was the development of components for a remote monitoring system for the charging process of an industrial machine battery charger.
The TRANSFORM consortium, which consisted of 33 partners from 7 European countries, collaborated on the SiC value chain for power electronics, including materials, devices, power modules, reliability and test and demonstration systems in the fields of electromobility, agriculture, industry and renewable energy. The collaborative effort has advanced state-of-the-art technologies in related fields, as demonstrated in a number of publications, patents and hardware.
SicherheitsExpo Munich 2026 offered a clear view of what customers and partners are looking for in modern access control: flexible installation, reliable smart locking technologies, secure data handling, and solutions that are easy to understand in practice.
Over two days in Munich, conversations with visitors from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland showed strong interest in smart locker systems, battery-powered locks, wireless access technologies, and the growing role of cybersecurity in everyday access management. The event also confirmed that live product demonstrations remain one of the most effective ways to explain how modern access solutions can solve real customer challenges.
SicherheitsExpo 2026 was an important opportunity for IMA to showcase what modern access control can look like when security, product quality, and innovation come together.
On July 1-2, IMA was represented at the show by our DACH sales representative, Christian Friedrich, together with Jaroslav Budka and Žaneta Dubnická.
