WE MAKE MATERIALS FIT FOR THE FUTURE!

Creative solutions are the key to overcoming the challenges of the present and the future - whether they be climate change, pandemics, the energy transition, structural change or new mobility concepts.

Fraunhofer IAP tackles these challenges through innovative materials, processes and technologies, targeting the entire value chain - from the idea to the customized prototype.

 

BIOECONOMY and
SUSTAINABILITY

 

We tap sustainable raw materials and enable a circular economy to reduce dependency on fossil energy sources.

 

ENERGY TRANSITION
and MOBILITY

 

The integration of innovative materials into components and products is a key to the energy transition and the evolution of new mobility concepts.

 

HEALTH and
QUALITY of LIFE

 

From arteries to wrist: For new active ingredients, products and processes for medicine, medical technology and cosmetics, we offer individual solutions from a single source.

 

INDUSTRY and
TECHNOLOGY

 

We are your competent partner along the value chain: from innovative materials to market-relevant prototypes.

NEWS

 

25.11.2025

From textile waste to bioplastic. Is it feasible?

 

21.11.2025

MOU signed at Carbon Korea 2025

TU Chemnitz, Korea Carbon Industry Promotion Agency (K-Carbon) and Fraunhofer IAP

 

13.11.2025

Bio-methane and CO₂ directly from moist biogas

 

10.11.2025

World Science Day

Three questions for Prof. Dr. Alexander Böker

 

5.11.2025

Layer by Layer, Shape by Shape

Fraunhofer IAP at Formnext 2025

 

14.10.2025

Lightweight Construction for Efficient Small Wind Turbines

 

13.10.2025

Innovative Materials for a Sustainable Plastics Industry

Fraunhofer IAP at K 2025

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CONTACT

Fraunhofer IAP

Potsdam Science Park

Geiselbergstraße 69
14476 Potsdam
Germany

Phone +49 331 568-1000
Fax +49 331 568-3000

Director

Prof. Dr. Alexander Böker

 

Curriculum vitae