Materials engineering/New materials

The Kunststoff-Institut stands out by its many years of material engineering expertise. A main field of activity apart from expert counselling is industry- and company-specific material development for industrial applications. The interdisciplinary cooperation of the Institute’s specialist departments offers the advantage of comprehensive product development facilities. Keywords are: heat management (heat conductivity), flame protection, filler and reinforcement materials, functionality of materials systems, antibacterial surfaces, environmental stress cracking, tribology, acoustics, regrind, bioplastics.

The Kunststoff-Institut offers you its support in solving your problems in all of these areas:

• application-oriented material development
• evaluation, development and validation of functional materials for industrial solutions
• use of bio-based materials and renewable raw materials
• development and modification of special materials
• material downsizing
• introduction of recycling concepts/use of regrinds in plastics processing
• selection of materials, definition of requirements profiles
• minimisation of material types
• resource efficiency
• materials engineering training courses
• fundamental research
• joint projects