Environmental Engineering

The Environmental Engineering Department is focused on the development of sustainable synthesis, production and recovery processes, and on the qualification of technical products according to standardized or advanced and customer-specific testing procedures. The development of modern, sustainable processes requires a highly efficient use of existing resources combined with the exploitation of new material sources, such as sustainable raw materials, for the manufacture of new products.

Research areas in the Environmental Engineering Department

 

Additive chemistry (AddChem)

The group for additive chemistry synthesizes and evaluates plastic additives, in particular flame retardants, odor retardants, loop-closing additives and compounds for electrochemistry and electrolysis. In close exchange with other research groups at Fraunhofer ICT, we support partners from academia and industry in the research and development of materials, processes, products, test methods and simulation.