Research Partnerships
To continuously improve our product we seek strong relationships with our customers as well as with research institutes. Thus, we make sure to keep up with state of the art technology in the processing of plastics, rubber, LSR, thermosets and PIM.
German Institute for Rubber Technology, Hannover
In conjunction with the DIK we primarily work on projects in the area of elastomer.
Institute of Plastics Processing in Industry and the Skilled Crafts at RWTH Aachen University
In conjunction with the IKV we primarily work on projects in the areas of thermoplast, elastomer and thermoset.
Institute of Polymer Technology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
In conjunction with the LKT we primarily work on projects in the areas of thermoplast and thermoset.
Networks
SIGMA Engineering GmbH is part of the following networks:
- INNONET Kunststoff (http://www.innonet-kunststoff.de/)
- GKV/TecPart Verband Technische Kunststoff-Produkte e.V. (http://www.tecpart.de/index.php/de/)
- Kunststoff-Netzwerk Franken e.V. (https://www.kunststoff-netzwerk-franken.de/)
- kunststoffland NRW e.V. (http://www.kunststoffland-nrw.de/)
- Kunststoff Cluster (http://www.kunststoff-cluster.at/)
- Trägergesellschaft Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid e.V. (http://kunststoff-institut-luedenscheid.de/traegergesellschaft/)
- MIM Expertenkreis (http://mim-experten.de/de/)
- Fördervereinigung des IKV Aachen (https://www.ikv-aachen.de/foerdervereinigung/)