Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWSOutstanding research is the foundation of our offerings to customers. The results achieved in our projects impress industry partners and regularly receive scientific awards. See for yourself the quality and impact of our work with the examples listed here.
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Scientific Awards
Here is an overview of the awards won by our scientists.
Year |
Award |
Award recipients |
| 2026 | Third place in the category "Most Innovative Applied Research Projects" for an innovative method for manufacturing sandwich lightweight structures, enabling complex-shaped, highly stable components in a production-ready process suitable for serial production. |
Ralf Schlimper |
| 2025 | JEC Award in the category “Automotive & Road Transportation – Process” for the development of a manufacturing process suitable for processing thermoplastics in mass production. |
Ralf Schlimper |
| 2007 | Nova Institute Innovation Award Development of a shelving system made from a wood-polymer composite (Wood Plastic Composite) in collaboration with the design studio "mehrwerk". The innovative material consists largely of renewable raw materials and thus contributes to sustainable resource efficiency. |
Fraunhofer IMWS scientists and the “mehrwerk” design studio team. |