The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) had created a very popular and successful funding program for lightweight construction with the Lightweight Construction Technology Transfer Program (TTP-LB).
The funds from the program came from the Climate and Transformation Fund.
As a result of the ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court on the Climate and Transformation Fund and the resulting austerity measures by the Federal Government, all further funding for the TTP-LB has been cut. This means that no more projects can be funded.

At their meeting on June 12/13, 2024, the economics ministers of the federal states asked the BMWK to provide the TTP-LB with additional funds. Composites Germany, in collaboration with Composites United, underpinned this appeal by the state economics ministers with a letter from industry and research.

On 15 August 2024, representatives from industry, SMEs and research addressed an appeal to Economics Minister Robert Habeck to emphasize the crucial role of lightweight construction for the energy transition and climate protection. Lightweight construction enables considerable savings in resources and emissions, for example in the automotive and aviation industries as well as in construction.

Read the appeal to Minister Habeck here (german)

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