Contact and directions
Your contact persons at the institute
How to find us
IKV – Institute for Plastics Processing
in Industry and Craft
at RWTH Aachen
Seffenter Weg 201, 52074 Aachen
Zentrale
Information for visitors and callers

Institute management and scientific directorate

Christian Hopmann
Head of Institute

Rainer Dahlmann
Scientific director and Head of Center for Analysis and Testing of Plastics (KAP)

Martin Seeliger
Plant engineer

Hans-Dieter Plum
Managing Director of the Department for Training and Further Education

Achim Grefenstein
Scientific Director

Kai Fischer
Scientific Director

Mauritius Schmitz
Scientific director

Ina Neubert
Secretariat of the Management Board
Margret Nieradzik
Secretary of the Institute’s management
Research Areas

Jonathan Alms
M. Sc.
Head of the Department FRP and Polyurethanes

Hakan Çelik
M. Sc.
Head of the Department Structure Calculation and Materials Science

Rainer Dahlmann
Scientific director and Head of Center for Analysis and Testing of Plastics (KAP)

Lisa Leuchtenberger-Engel
Head of the Extrusion and Rubber Technology Department

Christoph Zimmermann
Head of department Injection Moulding and Additive Manufacturing