Annual Report 2025/26

Our goal and commitment is to conduct cutting-edge research for business partners that benefits us all: humans and animals, our planet's resources, the environment, and the climate. We achieve this by combining biotechnology and process engineering at the interfaces with chemistry and materials science. At the same time, our biotechnological production approach and circular thinking strengthen supply security and economic resilience.

Last year, we were able to recruit Professor Petra Kluger, an experienced and internationally renowned scientist, to expand the institute's management team. New areas of expertise in medical biotechnology and biofabrication ideally complement and deepen the existing competencies at Fraunhofer IGB. In addition, this allows us to tap into additional markets in the fields of health and nutrition, which you can read about in this report. As Professor of Interfacial Process Engineering at the University of Stuttgart, combined with her role as Director of the Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology (IGVP), Petra Kluger now once again forms the bridge to basic university research.

We completed our strategy process this past year and reorganized the institute: Our expertise is now bundled into six topic-oriented research divisions.

We wish you an inspiring read and interesting insights into our research. Please feel free to get in touch with us – we look forward to working with you!