Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP

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

 

20.3.2025

Hydrogen: catalysts and membranes for a sustainable future

 

20.2.2025

Polyurethane with Shape Memory: From Foil to Foam

 

18.2.2025

Customized Lightweight Solutions

Fraunhofer IAP at JEC World 2025

 

12.2.2025

Prof. Dr. Böker joins the new Scientific Advisory Board of the MPI Polymer Research

 

11.2.2025

Research is not a matter of gender!

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

 

6.2.2025

Advancing Technology, Drop by Drop

Fraunhofer IAP at LOPEC 2025

 

23.1.2025

Newsletter #1/2025

Gluing with starch
Materials for sustainable packaging
Originally packed with SmartID

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

 

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