Fraunhofer-Insti­tute for Pro­cess Engin­eer­ing and Pack­aging IVV — Divi­sion Bio­gen­ic Raw Materials

The Fraunhofer IVV is your part­ner for research and devel­op­ment tasks from industry. In addi­tion to indus­tri­al research, we also work on pub­licly fun­ded research projects.

In the busi­ness unit Bio­gen­ic Raw Mater­i­als, we deal with the ener­get­ic and mater­i­al util­iz­a­tion of raw and resid­ual mater­i­als from agri­cul­ture and food indus­tries. We ana­lyze, frac­tion­ate and modi­fy anim­al and plant source mater­i­als and devel­op sus­tain­able, value-adding util­iz­a­tion strategies out­side the food sec­tor, such as for bio­fuels and com­bust­ibles, cool­ing lub­ric­ants and basic mater­i­als for indus­tri­al applic­a­tions, e.g., coat­ings for pack­aging mater­i­als. The focus is on the com­plete util­iz­a­tion of raw or resid­ual mater­i­als and thus on the recov­ery and modi­fic­a­tion of (non-food) oils and fats as well as pro­teins, fibers, and sec­ond­ary plant ingredi­ents as func­tion­al fractions.