The idea for the joint research platform for Sustainable PlastIcs and Related IoT-Applications – SPIRIT grew out of a long collaboration between the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology and the Instituto de Capacitación e Investigación del Plástico y del Caucho – ICIPC. The two institutes with their complementary fields of activities intend to cooperate closely in their research on smart Plastics.
“Our research will focus not only on the societal challenges involved in the sustainable use of plastics, but targets the Colombian industry and German companies in Colombia”, said Dr. Markus Eisenhauer, initiator of the project at Fraunhofer FIT. Together with Dr. María del Pilar Noriega Escobar, the director of ICIPC, he signed the cooperation agreement in the festive opening Event.
Fraunhofer FIT will bring their expertise in R&D on the Internet of Things, user-centered design (UCD) and smart data to the cooperation, while ICIPC, a not-for-profit organization, will contribute their experience in the production and processing of polymer plastics and their excellent contacts to the Colombian and German industry.
About ICIPC
ICIPC is the leading Colombian technology center developing technologies for the plastics, rubber and related industries. The not-for-profit organization offers innovative, high-quality services in materials sciences and plastics processing, targeting the needs of national as well as international companies. In 2017, research, development and engineering accounted for 68 percent of ICIPC 's services to Colombian companies, while lab services accounted for 15 percent and education and training for 13 percent.
