Institute of Natural Materials Technology
The Institute for Natural Material Tehnology includes the Chair of Agricultural Systems and Technology, the Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, the Chair of Wood and Fibre Material Technology, the Chair of Food Engineering, and the Chair of Processing Machines and Processing Technology, the Chair of Technology of Productive BiofilmsWorking Group of Paper Technology. They provide excellent research to foster a circular bioeconomy.
The Institute
The Institute combines expertise in the extraction, processing and refinement of natural materials along the value chain, e.g. for food, biotechnological products or wood and fiber materials in the aim for a circular bioeconomy.
The Institute has an excellent scientific network, and is particularly well connected with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Leipzig), the PTS - Institute for Fibres & Paper gGmbH and the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV. This provides an excellent link between university education and research and industry-related research and development.
In order to develop a knowledge-based, internationally competitive bioeconomy, the German government has launched the "National Research Strategy BioEconomy 2030". The Institute of Natural Materials Technology contributes to all of the activities defined there:
- Securing global food supplies
- Sustainable organization of agricultural production
- Production of healthy and safe food
- Industrial use of renewable raw materials
- Development of energy sources based on biomass
