Company profiles
Here you can find the latest reports on companies and institutes, which are involved in the cluster.
Jürgen Spitzmüller’s goal is to create perfect profiles with perfect extrusion systems. The experienced entrepreneur has left his family business to set up the company “think-blue” aimed at commercialising innovations for extrusion systems.
The purification and fractionation of polymers using innovative methods is of huge importance in many areas, including pharmacy and cosmetics. This is due to the fact that some polymers can only exert their full effect after fractionation. WEE-Solve GmbH offers innovative methods and scientific experience in polymer fractionation and rheology.
ASA Spezialenzyme GmbH offers solutions for a broad range of applications – enzymes for quicker biogas production, enzymes for rust removal or enzymes for the production of new biopolymers in cars. The company has been coming up with innovative ideas for the biotechnology market ever since it was established in 1991.
The Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart is investigating whether it is possible to replace traditional plastics in the building industry with natural fibre-reinforced biopolymers. As part of the project, which is being funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt, the ITKE researchers are working with the Nimbus Group to develop transparent lightweight building boards from biopolymers with acoustic function.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Wittmann from the TU Braunschweig is a partner in the Biopolymers/Biomaterials cluster. He is developing mathematical models of metabolic processes to optimise microorganisms for use in biotechnology. In an interview with Christoph Bächtle, Wittmann talks about systems biology, ”drawing-board” organisms, biobased plastics and biotechnology’s capacity to complement existing large-scale methods.
TECNARO GmbH, who was awarded the Industry Prize 2009, produces sustainable materials for the automotive and packaging industries and also for the manufacturers of furniture, toys, musical instruments and shoes.
The fischer group of companies is treading an innovative path in the field of plastics technology. The new biopolyamide plug has the same values as the tried and tested product made of conventional nylon and it also takes the technology a step further towards sustainable fixing systems. The close cooperation between the cluster partners is what makes such developments possible.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB carries out applied research in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, chemistry, environment and energy. The IGB looks for sustainable solutions using nature as model.
