The centre for research and technology for resource-efficient lightweight structures of electric mobility (Forel) is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and supported by the Project Management Agency Karlsruhe (PTKA) Dresden. Forel is a network of renowned partners participating in application-oriented research projects. In the projects, diverse simulation chains are built up for a consistent and comprehensive analysis of manufacturing technologies. The focus is on new material models and adapted links between process und structural simulation. Copyright Springer-VDI-Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Düsseldorf.