Frank Bürger

Frank Bürger was born in 1977 in Dresden and graduated in 2000 with a degree as a Dipl.-Ing. for Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in TGA.

During his industrial career as a "Contamination Control and Design Engineer" at Brooks Automation from 2001 to 2005, he was responsible for various projects on purity and developed customer-specific mini-environment systems, EFEMs, load ports, etc., for international clients in the semiconductor industry. Furthermore, he used the software Ansys Fluent to simulate airflow management for the design of ultra-clean plant technology.

In 2005, he moved to Fraunhofer IPA in the Department of Cleanroom and Microproduction. Since 2007, he has been responsible there as Key Account Manager for the Fraunhofer TESTED DEVICE® division. His areas of activity concerning purity also include: equipment design, manufacturing concepts for industrial production, material selection, and particle generation in vacuum.

He is actively involved in the guideline work of the VDI-2083 series (9.2; 16; 17), oversees the activities of Fraunhofer IPA on the topic of cleanroom-compatible materials (CSM), and has published contributions in book projects by Hüting and Springer publishers, as well as in other publications.

What did you want to become as a child?
First a fisherman, later a toolmaker
 
What was your first car?
Right after graduation, I traveled frequently on business internationally and learned to organize myself without a private car
 
What can you look forward to?
Angling, especially during holidays in Norway and Sweden
 
Which achievement are you particularly proud of?
The successful outfitting of a chip factory with mini-environments in Israel as one of the first projects after graduation, where I had technical responsibility, and my involvement in the international establishment of the Fraunhofer TESTED DEVICE® brand
 
Which technical achievement do you admire the most?
The steam engine as the foundation for the technological revolution

Who would you like to swap places with for a month?
One of the great conductors because I admire their organizational skills
 
In which country would you like to have a second residence?
Sweden
 
Who would you like to meet?
James Watt
 
Which book would you currently recommend?
"A Short History Of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
 
What is your favorite food?
Game meat, with a good red wine and for dessert a crème brûlée
 
What is your favorite music?
I don't have a specific favorite, but for relaxing I enjoy listening to classical music, e.g., by Bach and Vivaldi
 
What was the best advice you ever received?
Trust, observe, whom?
 
Do you have a motto?
Every good solution requires strength and patience

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Frank Friedrich Bürger
Key Account Manager Certification
Pure and Micro Production

Tel. +49 711 970 1148
Fax +49 711 970 1007
buerger@ipa.fraunhofer.de

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Created on: 03-2013 / Last modified: 05-2026

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