{"id":5899,"date":"2024-04-09T08:15:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T06:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/plastics-innovation-center-pic-4-0-officially-opened-at-the-institute-of-plastics-processing\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T09:10:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:10:29","slug":"plastics-innovation-center-pic-4-0-officially-opened-at-the-institute-of-plastics-processing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/en\/plastics-innovation-center-pic-4-0-officially-opened-at-the-institute-of-plastics-processing\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastics Innovation Center (PIC 4.0) officially opened at the Institute of Plastics Processing"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n    #single-header-block_1e1e4e0c0b5b03d896d5bcc1770dfbf6 .swiperThumbsNavi .swiper-slide {\n        opacity: 0.4;\n    }\n\n    #single-header-block_1e1e4e0c0b5b03d896d5bcc1770dfbf6 .swiperThumbsNavi .swiper-slide-thumb-active {\n        opacity: 1;\n    }\n<\/style>\n    <section id=\"single-header-block_1e1e4e0c0b5b03d896d5bcc1770dfbf6\" class=\"block-single-header theGridWrapper \">\n        <div class=\"theGrid12\">\n            <div class=\" col-start-2 col-span-10 md:col-start-3  md:col-span-8\">\n                <h2 class=\"font-serif font-semibold text-blue text-sm w-4\/5\">\n                                    <\/h2>\n                                    <div class=\"mt-base text-blue text-sm font border-l-8  border-blue pl-base my-12 leading-normal \">\n                        At the IKV, a fully digitised research centre for the plastic production of the future has been established. During the opening, NRW Minister Mona Neubauer also joined via video.                    <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aachen, April 2024<\/strong> &#8211; The Plastics Innovation Center 4.0 (PIC 4.0) at the Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen University was officially inaugurated with an opening ceremony. The new center marks a milestone in research and development in the field of plastics production and its digitalization.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\" relative flex flex-col gap-2xs mb-xs md:mb-l xl:mb-xl\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\" w-full  \"  src=\"https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110135-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110135-2-748x562.jpg 748w, https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110135-2-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110135-2-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1154\" alt=\"P1110135-2 eng\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><span class=\" text-copyright order-3 justify-end text-right w-full  w-full \">&copy; IKV<\/span><figcaption class=\" w-full  text-figcaption justify-end text-right \">Bernd Reifenh\u00e4user, CEO of the Reifenh\u00e4user Group, welcomed the participants as Deputy Chairman of the IKV Support Association.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PIC 4.0, which is located on the Melaten Campus, presents itself as a state-of-the-art research center equipped with a fully digitised infrastructure. This infrastructure enables comprehensive and practical research into the challenges of digitalisation in plastics production. The construction of PIC 4.0 was supported by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) with a total financial volume of 19.5 million euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-custom-t-rkis-cyan-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-e0364c657f6c23e4405ac7c9249e9183 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PIC 4.0 serves as an important point of contact for medium-sized companies in the plastics industry to receive support with technical and organisational issues in connection with digitalised processes. At the same time, innovative technologies and approaches to digitalisation are tested here in order to make abstract concepts tangible for industrial application and their benefits transparent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mauritius Schmitz, Scientific Director for Digitalisation at IKV, presented PIC 4.0 and its objectives. He emphasised the importance of digital methods to overcome the complexity of the challenges in plastics production. The PIC 4.0 is closely linked to the Internet of Production Cluster of Excellence at RWTH Aachen University and acts as one of the hubs for pioneering research in the field of digital engineering on the Melaten campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The opening of the PIC 4.0 was attended by personalities from politics, science and business, including NRW Minister Mona Neubaur, who praised the center in a video message and emphasised its strategic importance for the transformation to a circular plastics economy, which must also be a digitalised economy. The Rector of RWTH Aachen University, Professor Ulrich R\u00fcdiger, also emphasised the central importance of PIC 4.0 for the entire RWTH Aachen University and the Internet of Production Cluster of Excellence. He welcomed the opening and emphasised the university&#8217;s and IKV&#8217;s passion for research. He expressed his firm belief that pioneering technologies will be researched at PIC 4.0 that can be successfully transferred into industrial practice. He also paid tribute to the creation of the center, which was realized as a courageous project despite challenging circumstances during the construction phase. While supply chains had been disrupted since 2020 during the construction phase and building materials were subject to extreme price increases, a deadline that had to be met for the planned financing hovered over everything. In view of this, he is all the more pleased about the successful cooperation between IKV and RWTH Aachen University, in which very good and consensual decisions were made at key points, which contributed to the success of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n    #single-thumbslider-block_906ae99cf96117d47f5ca0325503602b .swiperThumbsNavi .swiper-slide {\n        opacity: 0.4;\n    }\n\n    #single-thumbslider-block_906ae99cf96117d47f5ca0325503602b .swiperThumbsNavi .swiper-slide-thumb-active {\n        opacity: 1;\n    }\n<\/style>\n\n<section id=\"single-thumbslider-block_906ae99cf96117d47f5ca0325503602b\" class=\"block-thumbslider   thumbslider  run_single_thumbslider \">\n\n    <div class=\"theGrid12  \">\n        <div class=\"swiper swiperBigSingleThumbslider\n            col-span-12\n            h-[50dvh]\n            md:h-[45vh]\n            lg:h-[50vh]\n            w-full\n            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https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110092-2-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1538\" alt=\"P1110092-2 eng\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><span class=\"\n                                                img_title\n                                                col-start-8\n                                                col-span-2\n                                                row-start-12\n                                                row-span-1\n                                                hidden\n                                            \">P1110092-2 eng<\/span><span class=\"\n                                                img_description\n                                                col-start-7\n                                                col-span-4\n                                                md:col-start-9\n                                                md:col-span-2\n                   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                                          !w-full\n                                                text-xs\n                                                lg:text-sm\n                                                pl-xs\n                                                text-left\n                                                self-end\n                                            \">Professor Christian Hopmann (IKV) welcomes the visitors to the opening ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"swiper-slide grid grid-cols-12    \">\n                                <div class=\" col-start-1 col-span-12  overflow-hidden \">\n                                    <figure class=\"\n                                            grid\n                                            grid-cols-10\n      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no-select\n                                                object-contain\n                                            \"  src=\"https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110096-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110096-2.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110096-2-748x562.jpg 748w, https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110096-2-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110096-2-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1538\" alt=\"P1110096-2 eng\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><span class=\"\n                                                img_title\n                                                col-start-8\n                                                col-span-2\n                                                row-start-12\n                                                row-span-1\n                                                hidden\n                                            \">P1110096-2 eng<\/span><span class=\"\n                                                img_description\n                                                col-start-7\n                                                col-span-4\n                                                md:col-start-9\n                                                md:col-span-2\n                                                row-start-12\n                                                text-xs\n                                                lg:text-xs\n                                                text-right\n                                                sm:text-left\n                                                self-end\n                                                \">&copy; IKV<\/span><figcaption class=\"\n                                                img_caption\n                                                col-start-1\n                                                col-span-10\n                                                sm:col-start-1\n                                                sm:col-span-6\n                                                md:col-start-1\n                                                md:col-span-8\n                                                row-start-11\n                                                sm:row-start-12\n                                                !w-full\n                                                text-xs\n                                                lg:text-sm\n                                                pl-xs\n                                                text-left\n                                                self-end\n                                            \">Mona Neubauer, Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection, and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, welcomed the participants via video message.<\/figcaption><\/figure>                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"swiper-slide grid grid-cols-12    \">\n                                <div class=\" col-start-1 col-span-12  overflow-hidden \">\n                                    <figure class=\"\n                                            grid\n                                            grid-cols-10\n                                            grid-rows-12\n                                            grid-rows-[repeat(9,1fr)_minmax(0,1fr)_minmax(0,1fr)]\n                                            gap-x-xs\n                                            gap-y-2xs\n                                            w-full !h-full\n                                            overflow-hidden\n                                            relative\n\n                                            \"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"\n                                                col-span-10\n                                                row-span-9\n                                                sm:row-span-11\n                                                dn-no-drag\n                                                w-full\n                                                h-full\n                                                object-left-middle\n                                                no-select\n                                                object-contain\n                                            \"  src=\"https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110123-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110123-2.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110123-2-748x562.jpg 748w, https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110123-2-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110123-2-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1538\" alt=\"P1110123-2 eng\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><span class=\"\n                                                img_title\n                                                col-start-8\n                                                col-span-2\n                                                row-start-12\n                                                row-span-1\n                                                hidden\n                                            \">P1110123-2 eng<\/span><span class=\"\n                                                img_description\n                                                col-start-7\n                                                col-span-4\n                                                md:col-start-9\n                                                md:col-span-2\n                                                row-start-12\n                                                text-xs\n                                                lg:text-xs\n                                                text-right\n                                                sm:text-left\n                                                self-end\n                                                \">&copy; IKV<\/span><figcaption class=\"\n                                                img_caption\n                                                col-start-1\n                                                col-span-10\n                                                sm:col-start-1\n                                                sm:col-span-6\n                                                md:col-start-1\n                                                md:col-span-8\n                                                row-start-11\n                                                sm:row-start-12\n                                                !w-full\n                                                text-xs\n                                                lg:text-sm\n                                                pl-xs\n                                                text-left\n                                                self-end\n                                            \">Professor Ulrich R\u00fcdiger, Rector of RWTH Aachen, emphasised in his speech the excellent collaboration between the IKV and the university in carrying out the PIC 4.0 project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"swiper-slide grid grid-cols-12    \">\n                                <div class=\" col-start-1 col-span-12  overflow-hidden \">\n                                    <figure class=\"\n                                            grid\n                                            grid-cols-10\n                                            grid-rows-12\n                                            grid-rows-[repeat(9,1fr)_minmax(0,1fr)_minmax(0,1fr)]\n                                            gap-x-xs\n                                            gap-y-2xs\n                                            w-full !h-full\n                                            overflow-hidden\n                                            relative\n\n                                            \"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"\n                                                col-span-10\n                                                row-span-9\n                                                sm:row-span-11\n                                                dn-no-drag\n                                   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col-start-8\n                                                col-span-2\n                                                row-start-12\n                                                row-span-1\n                                                hidden\n                                            \">P1110135-2 eng<\/span><span class=\"\n                                                img_description\n                                                col-start-7\n                                                col-span-4\n                                                md:col-start-9\n                                                md:col-span-2\n                                                row-start-12\n                                                text-xs\n                                                lg:text-xs\n                                                text-right\n                                                sm:text-left\n                                                self-end\n                                                \">&copy; IKV<\/span><figcaption class=\"\n                                                img_caption\n                                                col-start-1\n                                                col-span-10\n                                                sm:col-start-1\n                                                sm:col-span-6\n                                                md:col-start-1\n                                                md:col-span-8\n                                                row-start-11\n                                                sm:row-start-12\n                                                !w-full\n                                                text-xs\n                                                lg:text-sm\n                                                pl-xs\n                                                text-left\n                                                self-end\n                                            \">Bernd Reifenh\u00e4user, CEO of the Reifenh\u00e4user Group, welcomed the participants as Deputy Chairman of the IKV Support Association.<\/figcaption><\/figure>                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                                                                        <div class=\"swiper-slide grid grid-cols-12    \">\n                                <div class=\" col-start-1 col-span-12  overflow-hidden \">\n                                    <figure class=\"\n                                            grid\n                                            grid-cols-10\n                                            grid-rows-12\n                                            grid-rows-[repeat(9,1fr)_minmax(0,1fr)_minmax(0,1fr)]\n                                            gap-x-xs\n                                            gap-y-2xs\n                                            w-full !h-full\n                                            overflow-hidden\n                                            relative\n\n                                            \"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"\n                                                col-span-10\n                                                row-span-9\n                                                sm:row-span-11\n                                                dn-no-drag\n                                                w-full\n                                                h-full\n                                                object-left-middle\n                                                no-select\n                                                object-contain\n                                            \"  src=\"https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110166-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ikv-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/P1110166-2.jpg 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                      col-span-4\n                                                md:col-start-9\n                                                md:col-span-2\n                                                row-start-12\n                                                text-xs\n                                                lg:text-xs\n                                                text-right\n                                                sm:text-left\n                                                self-end\n                                                \">&copy; IKV<\/span><figcaption class=\"\n                                                img_caption\n                                                col-start-1\n                                                col-span-10\n                                                sm:col-start-1\n                                                sm:col-span-6\n                                                md:col-start-1\n                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                             \">&copy; IKV<\/span><figcaption class=\"\n                                                img_caption\n                                                col-start-1\n                                                col-span-10\n                                                sm:col-start-1\n                                                sm:col-span-6\n                                                md:col-start-1\n                                                md:col-span-8\n                                                row-start-11\n                                                sm:row-start-12\n                                                !w-full\n                                                text-xs\n                                                lg:text-sm\n                                                pl-xs\n                                                text-left\n                                                self-end\n                                            \">At PIC 4.0, the participants of the opening ceremony toured various experimental setups.<\/figcaption><\/figure>                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                        <\/div>\n            <!-- If we need navigation buttons -->\n            <div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"col-span-12 h-20 md:h-24 lg:h-32 py-xs \">\n            <div thumbsSlider=\"\" class=\"swiper swiperSinlgeThumbsNavi h-full \">\n                <div class=\"swiper-wrapper  \">\n                                                                                                                                    <div class=\"swiper-slide   \">\n                                    <figure class=\"\n                                                w-full\n                                                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He emphasized the crucial role of PIC 4.0 as a test laboratory for innovative ideas before they are transferred into industrial practice. As the managing director of a medium-sized company, he knows from experience that digitalisation requires a comprehensive rethink. &#8220;Digitalization not only means introducing new technologies, but also adapting and expanding knowledge, procedures and qualifications. The opportunity to test ideas on a laboratory scale before they are transferred to industrial practice on a large scale can save companies a lot of time and money. PIC 4.0 offers all possible starting points for this.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reifenh\u00e4user and IKV Institute Director Professor Christian Hopmann concluded by expressing their delight at the start-up and entrepreneurial spirit of the Institute&#8217;s two latest spin-offs, OSPHIM and Layer Performance, which have already successfully turned ideas from research into digitalization at PIC 4.0 into marketable products and solutions. The short presentation by Louisa Desel, co-founder of the start-up OSPHIM, showed how intelligent process optimisation in injection moulding can work with the help of data-based methods and expert knowledge. Layer Performance is also focusing on the possibilities of digitalisation and developing software that enables the creation of three-dimensional machine paths for additive manufacturing. Both companies represent the courage and innovative spirit that the plastics industry now needs, emphasized Bernd Reifenh\u00e4user in conclusion, before all visitors to the opening ceremony were invited to take a live tour of the PIC 4.0.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PIC 4.0 at IKV represents a pioneering initiative to strengthen the plastics industry through digitalisation and make it fit for the future. It is expected that the facility will make a significant contribution to the further development of the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related links<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.layerperformance.com\/de\">About Layer Performance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.osphim.com\/\">About OSPHIM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Plastics Innovation Center 4.0 (PIC 4.0) at the Institute of Plastics Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen University was officially inaugurated with an opening ceremony. 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