Press releases worldwide
Plastic pellets make up approximately two percent of all plastic waste in the environment. Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) is a voluntary initiative to minimize these pellet losses in the plastics industry – an important contribution to environmental protection. SKZ Plastics […]
The SKZ Plastics Center is participating in a project to improve post-consumer recycling. The main objective of the project is to use sensor technology to improve material flow analysis, thereby improving the sorting of plastic waste and reducing quality fluctuations. […]
In the "ProBayes" research project, the SKZ and the Fraunhofer IPA have jointly developed a process monitoring and control system for injection molding based on Bayesian networks. Using a fully networked injection molding cell in the SKZ’s technical center, the […]
The Otto von Guericke Prize is awarded annually to research projects that are particularly innovative and of industrial benefit. In cooperation with the Fraunhofer IAP in Potsdam, the SKZ Plastics Center has developed plastics that can reduce friction and wear […]
The SKZ Plastics Center is organizing the course "Coating of Plastics" from 16 to 17 April 2024 in Würzburg. The basic seminar provides an overview of the entire process of coating plastics and covers the most important success factors in […]
The European Center for Dispersion Technologies (EZD) in Selb, Germany, opened its new building with an additional 700 m² in July. From now on, scientists will have additional space for research and development to conduct intensive research on bio-based, sustainable […]