Press releases

IKV seeks partners for identifying opportunities for material technologies in a hydrogen economy

Hydrogen technologies | 02 Jul 2021

Hydrogen is becoming an important component for achieving a CO2-neutral economy. With the aim of identifying application possibilities for plastics...

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Call for Papers for the "2nd International Symposium on Plastics Technology" is open

International Symposium on Plastics Technology | 22 Jun 2021

On 14 and 15 March 2022, the IKV once again invites to the 2nd International Symposium on Plastics Technology. In 2020, the scientific committee of...

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Start-up IonKraft develops production technology for plasma coatings for plastic packaging

Circular economy, Plasma technology, Surface technology, Packaging | 18 May 2021

Four questions put to the founders of the start-up company IonKraft, which aims to transfer scientific findings on plasma coating in production...

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Plasma technology for recyclable plastic packaging with barrier effect

Plasma technology, Surface technology, Circular economy, Packaging | 18 May 2021

The start-up company IonKraft has its roots at the IKV - Institute for Plastics Processing in Aachen, and transfers scientific findings on plasma...

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SAMPE Innovation Award 2021 goes to IKV graduate

Pultrusion, Study, Awards | 29 Apr 2021

Felix Tischer, M.Sc., was awarded the SAMPE Innovation Prize for his Master's thesis "Theoretical and Practical Investigation of Flow Processes in...

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Girls' Day: Experiencing plastics interactively

Study | 28 Apr 2021

What exactly do we mean by the term plastics, what properties do they have and what does a plastics engineer do? These and many other questions were...

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IKV puts new LWB-Steinl injection moulding machine into operation

Injection moulding, Rubber technology | 22 Apr 2021

The Extrusion and Rubber Technology department received a new injection moulding machine from Bavarian elastomer machine manufacturer LWB-Steinl in...

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TU Ilmenau appoints Florian Puch university professor

Alumni | 09 Mar 2021

IKV congratulates its alumnus on his new position and activities in research and teaching.

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IKV mourns the death of Professor Georg Menges

01 Mar 2021

On 28 February 2021, our extremely esteemed colleague, teacher and friend Professor em. Dr.-Ing. Dr. mont. E. h.Georg Menges passed away.

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Technical Advisory Group meetings 2020 – Active dialogue also from home office

Sponsors' association | 29 Dec 2020

The aim of the annual Technical Advisory Group meetings is to provide a platform for members of the IKV Sponsors’ Association and the IKV scientists...

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Röchling Prize for Master thesis in the field of joining technology

Laser technology, Joining technology | 12 Nov 2020

Phil Knupe-Wolfgang, receives the Röchling Prize for his master's thesis on the "Development of a simulation model to calculate the temperature and...

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30th International Colloquium Plastics Technology: a premiere in several respects

Colloquium | 16 Sep 2020

The International Colloquium Plastics Technology 2020 marked both an anniversary and a premiere. It was the 30th time that IKV’s wide range of...

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IKV starts up fully networked injection moulding machine with automated quality assurance

Injection moulding, IKV pilot plants | 16 Sep 2020

Demonstrator project at K2019 for fully automatic process set-up in injection moulding will be further developed at IKV

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Successful premiere for the International Symposium on Plastics Technology

Simulation, Additive Manufacturing, Circular economy, Digitisation, Industry 4.0, Lightweight technologies, Injection moulding | 10 Sep 2020

International speakers provided unique insights into current polymer research

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IKV scientist receives the Reifenhäuser Sponsorship Award

Awards, Colloquium, Circular economy | 09 Sep 2020

Reifenhäuser Sponsorship Award goes to IKV scientist Melanie Kostka, M.Sc. for her master’s thesis in the field of sustainable plastics.

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Covestro’s CEO Steilemann awarded the Georg Menges Prize

Awards, Colloquium | 08 Sep 2020

The Georg Menges Prize, which is awarded for outstanding commitment in the interplay between research and industry, has been won in 2020 by Dr. Markus...

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Joining technology receives new ultrasonic welding system

Laser technology | 01 Sep 2020

Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co.KG from Karlsbad provided the welding laboratory at IKV with a new ultrasonic welding system of the type HiQ...

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IKV scientist receives VDI Young Talent award 2020 for his for his Master thesis

Awards | 12 Aug 2020

Max Weihermüller, M.Sc., accepted the VDI Young Talent Award in recognition of his outstanding master's thesis.

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IKV says goodbye to guest researcher Prof. Dr. Jian Wang

28 May 2020

After two years of successful research work at the IKV, the guest researcher from China is returning to the Beijing University of Chemical Technology.

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Digitisation of teaching

Study | 26 May 2020

The necessity to deal acutely with the different variants of digital teaching now means many changes, adjustments and new experiences for the IKV.

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New tape unit in the Composites technical laboratory

Composites, Lightweight technologies, IKV pilot plants | 25 May 2020

In April, the technical laboratory for fibre-reinforced plastics at IKV was equipped with a new winding machine.

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SAMPE Innovation Award 2020 goes to IKV scientist

Awards, Lightweight technologies, Composites | 26 Feb 2020

Vera Dahmen, a scientific assistant at IKV, has received the SAMPE Innovation Award for her Master's thesis "Development of production concepts for...

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IKV at K 2019

Circular economy, Industry 4.0, Plasma technology, Injection moulding | 31 Aug 2019

Digitalisation in injection moulding, additive manufacturing and plasma coating:

Three research topics live on the IKV stand, Hall 14/C16

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iComposite 4.0 – Self-regulating production of composite parts

Composites, Industry 4.0, Lightweight technologies | 23 Aug 2019

Invitation to the concluding event of the research project on 19 September 2019

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14 nations participated in the call for papers to the Symposium on Plastics Technology

International Symposium on Plastics Technology | 18 Jun 2019

The Scientific Committee is now reviewing all submitted abstracts.

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Save the date: K 2019

Fairs and exhibitions, Additive Manufacturing, Injection moulding, Industry 4.0, Plasma technology, Surface technology | 24 May 2019

For a total of eight days, the international plastics sector will meet in October in Düsseldorf for K 2019.

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Rubber meets Science – Processing of organic and silicone rubbers

Rubber technology | 20 May 2019

IKV Conference on 25 - 26 June, 2019 in Aachen

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Invitation to the Spring Hike 2019

Alumni | 12 Feb 2019

The date for the spring hike of the IKV alumni has been fixed: 11 May 2019

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Spring excursion 2018

Ehemalige | 12 Jun 2018

Instead of wandering into the distance as in the last hikes, this year's spring excursion on 1 June 2018 was held under the motto "Back to the roots"...

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