High-resolution spectroscopy meets applied plastics research: Together with Bruker, the Plastics Institute is bringing precise analytics to everyday materials evaluation. The company is one of the world’s leading providers of FTIR and Raman spectroscopy, and its technology enables fast, non-destructive materials analysis directly in the laboratory environment.

In cooperation with KIMW, an application-oriented solution package has been developed that takes the identification, characterization, and evaluation of plastics to a new level.

Digital thermal analysis: Together with NETZSCH, the Plastics Institute has developed a software extension that intelligently combines a materials database with thermal analysis. NETZSCH is an international leader in precision analysis instruments for thermal analysis and provides important data for material selection and evaluation.

The extension makes it possible to use thermal parameters directly in the KIMW database—practical, efficient, and tailored to the requirements of plastics processing.