Fraunhofer IAP

has demonstrated keratin as a multifunctional, low-cost filler for industrial coatings and published research on a keratin-based 3D-printed tissue substitute for regenerative medicine.

Country: Germany

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Coverage

	CN	EU	US
automation-robotics	—	✓	✓
fibers-textiles	✓	✓	✓

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Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Partnership	Partnerships with Fraunhofer IPA (coatings), Enviral (coatings), Zoz GmbH (production scaling), NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute (tissue substitute)	gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de · iap.fraunhofer.de
Research focus	Applied polymer research, biomaterials and healthcare, coatings, 3D-printed tissue substitutes, nanotechnology, polymer processing, sustainable polymer materials	iap.fraunhofer.de
Facility	Processing Plant Schwarzheide, Pilot Plant Center PAZ, Center for Applied Nanotechnology CAN, High-Performance Center	iap.fraunhofer.de
Grant	PolyKARD project (funding code 13XP5087) from the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)	gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de · iap.fraunhofer.de
Publications	Research-related publications and patents are documented in the Fraunhofer-Publica database	iap.fraunhofer.de
Principal staff	Director Prof. Alexander Böker, Head of Administration Ralf Peter Jakisch, Division Directors Dr. André Lehmann, Dr. Thorsten Pretsch, Dr. Jens Buller, Prof. Ruben R. Rosencrantz, Prof. Michael Bartke, Prof. Holger Seidlitz	iap.fraunhofer.de
Headcount	277 employees (as of 2025-12-31)	iap.fraunhofer.de

Independent sources: gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de · iap.fraunhofer.de

Technologies

Name	Cluster	Risk
Keratin-based materials	fibers-textiles	Medium	→
Scale-up centers for innovative biologic small-batch production	automation-robotics	Low	→

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