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The IKV Institute of Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen University (IKV) is one of the biggest institutes engaged in this field of research. The Institute has more than 300 employees working on the problems encountered during the processing of the many different types of plastics that are now available.

The IKV's excellent contacts with industry, together with its outstanding facilities, ensure that students benefit from a comprehensive, practically-oriented course of study. Plastics engineering graduates from the IKV are thus sought-after experts in industry. Around 50 percent of German plastics engineers with a university degree have received their education at the IKV.

In organisational terms, the IKV is divided up into the four specialist departments of Injection Moulding and PU Technology, Extrusion and Further Processing, Part Design and Materials Technology, and Composites. The Institute also takes in the Centre for Analysis and Testing of Plastics, and the Training/Skilled Crafts department. It is run by an Association of Sponsors, which currently has a membership of more than 250 plastics companies from all over the world. The members of the Association of Sponsors exploit their cooperation with the Institute to ensure that they benefit from new developments at a particularly early stage.

Professor Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Walter Michaeli is Head of the Institute and Managing Director of the Association of Sponsors. He also holds the Chair of Plastics Processing at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University.