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In a current project of the BMBF cluster Enable 2.0, we at Fraunhofer IVV are investigating how expectations of food produced by different label designs can affect purchasing decisions.

The disinfection or sterilization of surfaces in food production has become even more important with the corona pandemic. In order to determine the performance of filling and sterilization systems, we carry out microbiological validations in the form of challenge tests.

Especially now, in times of reduced available laboratory capacities, we offer you efficient support with our mathematical shelf-life models for developments related to food packaging.

With our patented CreaSolv® Process it is possible to recover plastics that could not be recycled before. One example is the recycling of phthalate-containing PVC flooring.

Perception is the basis for recognizing, feeling, and learning, and is hence a prerequisite for intelligent systems. Recording human perception using sensor technologies whilst at the same time teaching machines to perceive are aspects that our new »Perceptual Sensor Technology« unit headed by Dr. Tilman Sauerwald will address.

After almost 30 years at Fraunhofer IVV, the past 16 of which as Director of the Institute, Prof. Langowski is stepping down and passing on the directorship to Prof. Büttner.

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Tilman Sauerwald, a physicist and expert in gas measurement technology, to the Fraunhofer IVV. Since the start of the year he has been building up a new research team and taken on the leadership of the Campus of the Senses project at the Fraunhofer IVV.

The skincare company Beiersdorf started the Recyclist pilot project earlier this year. The development of Nivea cosmetic bottles made of 100% recycled polyethylene (PE) was realized in a collaborative project with the Fraunhofer IVV, Fraunhofer IWKS, and Pla.to GmbH.

Prof. Dr. Andrea Büttner was appointed new Institute Director of the Fraunhofer IVV in Freising as of 1 November 2019. Now, the institute is jointly headed by Prof. Dr. Andrea Büttner and Prof. Dr. Horst-Christian Langowski, the present Director of the Institute.