On 25 November 2026, nine companies launched the KI4KI consortium project at the Plastic Innovation Centre 4.0 at the IKV. At the kick-off event, the partners’ key requirements were analysed, initial AI use cases were identified and valuable insights from the industry were gathered.

Fiber-reinforced plastics are key materials for lightweight construction – but recycling them remains a challenge. With vitrimers, IKV is developing a new matrix class that enables the material recycling of continuous fiber composites. IKV shares initial findings at the 33rd International Colloquium on Plastics Technology.

IKV is developing new strategies for the 3D printing of technical components – from non-planar slicing and adaptive process chains to stabilizing pressure-advance algorithms. Results will be presented at the 33rd International Colloquium on Plastics Technology.

How can AI methods be used to enhance established analytical and numerical models, enabling more informed decisions in development and design? This question will be addressed in various sessions at the 33rd IKV Colloquium.