When it comes to technology, you cannot bypass Thuringia. No more so with Messe Erfurt, which for years has provided a platform to key industrial topics in the areas of environment, energy or manufacturing technologies by means of conferences and trade fairs.
Since 1999, Messe Erfurt has organised the international symposium “naro.tech – Materials made of Renewable Resources“. The focus of the 9th edition on 5th and 6th September 2012 at the trade fair's CongressCenter is new developments in fibre composite materials and market and application development in the field of biologically based polymers and cellulose materials or even the use of biologically based adhesives and products made of fibreboard materials. In addition to energy use, the material use of renewable raw materials is becoming more important. Renewable raw materials are already used as a material or even as a resource to a considerable extent. Worldwide, the use of renewable raw materials is higher than total steel and plastic production. (When it comes to technology, you cannot bypass Thuringia. No more so with Messe Erfurt, which for years has provided a platform to key industrial topics in the areas of environment, energy or #
Around 200 process engineers, chemists, manufacturers and material scientists from 15 countries will share ideas on the state and perspectives of this development in this context. Experts from university and industry research and development report on their latest results and ideas in 57 presentations and through numerous poster presentations.
At the accompanying technical exhibition in the foyer of the CongressCenter, companies will take the opportunity to showcase their innovative products and services to an international specialist audience and to meet researchers and operators.
Products made of natural materials are in fashion. All industries are now using materials made from renewable resources. There is a correspondingly large range of tailored recipes on offer, which are created from a large number of biologically based polymers, reinforcing fibres of natural origin, adapted additives etc.
As a cross-cutting topic, the materials made from renewable raw materials are relevant in various sectors. The plastics industry, automobile industry and mechanical engineering are three growth areas stated in the "trend atlas" of the Thuringian Ministry of Economics in which renewable raw materials play an important role. Biotechnology, medical technology and GreenTech also address the issue. The Thuringian Kunststoff-Cluster PolymerMat e.V. handles bioplastics as one of its key projects for the coming years.
The current "technology study of plastics technology" by the TU Ilmenau has identified bio-based raw materials and fibre-reinforced plastics composites (which can partly be reinforced with natural fibres) as two of the 15 technology trends of the plastics industry.
Professional partners of the symposium are the research association Werkstoffe aus Nachwachsenden Rohstoffen, the Thüringisches Institut für Textil- und Kunststoff-Forschung in Rudolstadt/Thuringia and Thüringer Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft.
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