Fraunhofer IPA | 28,265 followers on LinkedIn. Wir produzieren Zukunft | With over 1200 employees, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA (Fraunhofer IPA) is one of the largest institutes in the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. The total budget amounts to € 95 million. The institute’s research focus is on organizational and technological aspects of production.