FraunhoferUSA Center Mid-Atlantics is a part of Fraunhofer USA, Inc., a non-profit R&D corporation located in the DC metropolitan area, and is a part of the larger Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft family--Europe’s largest organization for applied research. Fraunhofer USA, Inc., operates through technology centers partnered with major research universities in the U.S. and Fraunhofer's 74 research institutes and 24,000 employees based in Germany. Fraunhofer CMA serves a portal through which U.S. companies can engage any of the Fraunhofer centers and institutes and their technology portfolios.