Institut für Kunststoffverarbeitung (IKV) an der RWTH Aachen

Relevant sectors of industry
Numerous research results have been taken on board and put to use by industry, leading to many valuable innovations in plastics processing. IKV research is directed at a wide variety of different plastics applications:

Automotive production and its supplier industry
Construction and household
Electrical & electronics
Aviation
Machine manufacturing
Medical technology & life sciences
Micro technology & sensor systems
Surface technology
Optical & precision engineering
Sports & leisure
Packaging
Mould and tooling manufacture
Technical equipment
Each one of IKV’s research departments has its own pilot plant or laboratory, which is equipped with highly modern machines and equipment made available by industry to IKV for research purposes. On a total area of around 9,000 sqm, more than 300 people at IKV teach, research, learn and live the plastics technology of the future.