Fraunhofer IGB brief profile

Climate change and the excessive use of global resources are threatening our livelihoods, while the world's population continues to grow rapidly at the same time. In the industrialized countries, an aging society and diseases of civilization are dominating the situation, while infectious diseases are on the rise again worldwide.

Sustainable technologies for human health and the health of our planet

Fraunhofer IGB develops and scales up biotechnological and engineering processes for health and nutrition, sustainable chemistry, as well as the environment and climate protection, and translates them into industrial applications. 

Industrial processes of the future

Now more than ever, innovative processes and products call for the convergence or constructive interplay of different disciplines in systems approaches. Through our research in biotechnology and process engineering, we develop industrial processes of the future—robust, scalable, and sustainable—to enable competitive, responsible, and resilient value creation.

Partnering industry and public authorities – from laboratory to pilot-scale applications

One of the IGB’s main goals is to translate its research findings into economically viable, sustainable processes and products for industrial application. By doing so, the institute is helping to shape the society of tomorrow. Fraunhofer IGB provides its customers and partners with research and development services encompassing the entire material value chain, accompanied by a wide range of analysis and testing services. The ability to deliver end-to-end solutions, from laboratory to pilot-scale applications, and a demonstration of the developed processes, is one of the institute’s unique selling points.

This all-round service makes IGB a reliable partner for industrial companies, small and medium-sized enterprises operating in many different sectors, local authorities and special-purpose associations. The institute also performs contract research for the EU as well as Germany’s federal and regional governments.

Research for the market