The company pursues exclusively and directly non-profit purposes through technical-scientific research and development for the process industry, notably the steel industry. It provides research services in seven operational R&D departments and offers contract research, publicly funded project work, licensing and other services. Funding is primarily from publicly funded projects at EU and national level, industry partners (works contributions) and an annual basic subsidy from the shareholder and the sponsoring association (VFaF); BFI is the sole shareholder of the subsidiary BFI Betriebstechnik GmbH. The institute's focus areas are CO2 reduction, energy efficiency, circular economy, process optimization, digitalization and process measurement technology.
Die Förderung der Allgemeinheit auf dem Gebiet der Wissenschaft sowie der anwendungsorientierten Forschung und Entwicklung. Dieser Zweck wird in erster Linie verwirklicht durch technisch-wissenschaftliche Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeiten für die Prozessindustrie. Die Forschung erfolgt auf unmittelbar und ausschließlich gemeinnütziger Grundlage im Sinne der Abgabenordnung.
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Düsseldorf Local Court, HRB 2928 (as of 21 September 2026)
Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Düsseldorf Local Court, HRB 2928 (as of 21 September 2026)
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Source: German Commercial Register (Handelsregister) Düsseldorf Local Court, HRB 2928 (as of 21 September 2026)
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