• Efficient product and process development of sustainable product solutions

• Professional formulation of technically innovative compounds

• Efficiently equipped in-house technical center

• Extensive material testing and supporting analytics

• Regular participation in research projects and round robin tests

• Comprehensive additional offers for the development of customer-specific processes or test series on the scale of industrial production

• Plant flexibility due to extensive machinery

• Energy-efficient production

• Scale-up and scale-down capability of all compounding lines

• Modular strand, underwater and dry cut pelletizer

• Close-meshed quality controls throughout the entire process for a high level of batch safety

• In-house material cycle to reduce polymer waste

• Precise metal detection throughout the entire production process

• DIN EN ISO 15512 Determination of water content

• DIN EN ISO 294-1 Injection molding of thermoplastic test specimens

• DIN EN ISO 11358-1 Thermogravimetry (TG) of polymers

• DIN EN ISO 11357 Dynamic differential thermal analysis (DSC)

• FTIR Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

• MIK Stereomicroscopy

Rheology:

• Determination of melt mass flow rate (MFR) and melt volume flow rate (MVR) of thermoplastics DIN EN ISO 1133-1

Mechanics:

• Determination of charpy properties DIN EN ISO 179-1
• Determination of tensile properties DIN EN ISO 527-1/-2
• Determination of indentation hardness with a durometer ( Shore hardness) DIN EN ISO 868

Thermal properties:

• Determination of Vicat softening temperature DIN EN ISO 306

Optical properties:

• Measuring conditions for body colors ISO 7724/1 / DIN 5033-7
• CIE 1976 L*a*b* color space DIN EN ISO/CIE 11664-1
• Determination of gloss value at 20°, 60° and 85 DIN EN ISO 2813
• Visual comparison of color DIN EN ISO 3668

Other features:

• Determination of ash DIN EN 1172
• Determination of textile glass and mineral filler content DIN EN ISO 1183
• Determination of bulk density DIN EN ISO 60
• Determination of processing shrinkage DIN EN ISO 294-4
• Flammability testing of plastics for parts in equipment and applications UL 94

You can find a detailed overview of our laboratory services here.