Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH

The company researches and develops technical applications and possibilities of composite materials and transfers existing knowledge to companies, research institutions and interested individuals. The IVW works closely with the relevant departments of the Rheinland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau and other university and non-university research institutions and conducts technology transfer in industry cooperations. The institute is organized in four program areas (materials science, component development, processing technology, digitalization) and primarily delivers research projects, technology transfer, teaching and further training. As a non-profit research institution, IVW is financed institutionally by a core budget (2024: EUR 5,946,000) as well as by public project funding and industry contracts.