Areas of competence

Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology

In our areas of competence, long-standing collaborations with industrial partners and public funding organizations have given us the necessary know-how and experience to offer our customers individual and specific solutions. A further strength lies in the close interaction between our competence areas, which enables us to take a holistic approach and offer system solutions.

Competences and project groups

  • Applied Electrochemistry

    The Applied Electrochemistry Department is working on current and future challenges in mobile and stationary energy storage, the optimization of fuel cell systems and the development and application of advanced electrochemical sensor and analysis methods.

  • Energetic Materials

    The Energetic Materials Department is concerned with all aspects of the development, manufacture and application of propellants and explosives. Beside defense applications, security research is becoming increasingly important in the civil sector.

  • Energetic Systems

    The main research focus of the Energetic Systems Department is the characterization of energetic materials and systems in terms of their properties and effects in defense and civil applications.

  • Polymer Engineering

    3.600 Tonnen Presse mit automatisiertem Plastifikathandling für D-LFT und D-SMC

    The Polymer Engineering Department plays an important role in the application-oriented development of plastic components. Together with partners and customers, our researchers develop novel combined processing steps and continually expand the application profiles of modern polymer materials.

  • Environmental Engineering

    To contribute towards sustainable development in an ecologically and economically viable way, the Environmental Engineering Department at the Fraunhofer ICT develops environmentally-friendly synthesis, production and recycling processes. Another important research area is the environmental qualification of technical products.

  • Project Group New Drive Systems

    Drive systems for future mobility concepts, as well as energy sovereignty and sustainable energy supplies, are some of the most significant scientific and technological challenges faced by society today. The Fraunhofer Project Group for New Drive Systems consequently aims to advance applied research and pilot-level product development in these areas.

  • Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes

    In view of the finite nature of fossil resources, industrial or white biotechnology has become a key technology for the 21st century. In the long term, sustainable raw materials such as plants, straw, wood or microalgae will be able to replace petroleum as a raw material for the chemical industry.

  • Project Group Functional Lightweight Design

    The Fraunhofer project group “Functional Lightweight Design” (FIL) of the Fraunhofer ICT carries out applied research in the area of lightweight design with an emphasis on composites. Continuous-fibre-reinforced composites offer, in comparison to steel or aluminium, not only the highest lightweight potential, but also a variety of functional advantages.

  • Project Group Sustainable Mobility

    Projektgruppe Nachhaltige Mobilität an der Hochschule Ostfalia

    Research activities are focused on energy storage devices and converters for regenerative energy forms and energy management. Topics include the research and development of components such as bipolar plates, metallic and polymeric materials, comprehensive analysis and system integration.

  • Fraunhofer Project Center @Western

    Lage des FPC@Western - Joint Expertise for Local Demands

    The main research topic at the Fraunhofer Project Center for Composites Research @Western is the use of fiber composites in lightweight construction, especially in the automotive sector. Work is oriented towards the demands of the regional North American market. The FPC has a state-of-the-art press with a molding pressure of 2500t, enabling component research to be carried out on an industrial scale.