Events/Trade Fairs

Fraunhofer UMSICHT is participating in »Infratech 2026« in Essen. Felix Kugler's presentations provide information on current research into CO₂-neutral brick production, where a wood gasifier has been successfully integrated, and also offer an insight into various storage technologies. Dr. Thomas Fehn will present the innovative INNOTEER process for recycling and decontaminating tar-containing asphalt and road rubble.

Fraunhofer UMSICHT is participating in the ACI event »Future of Chemical Recycling Europe 2026.« In their presentation, Manfred Renner, Director of the Institute, and Matthias Franke, Deputy Director of the Sulzbach-Rosenberg branch, will discuss current research and development approaches for promoting the recyclability of plastics.

Fraunhofer UMSICHT is participating in BIOKET 2026 (BIOeconomy Key Enabling Technologies) in Fribourg (Switzerland), organised by Bioeconomy for Change. In his presentation, Robert Daschner, Head of the Advanced Carbon Conversion Technologies department, will talk about an innovative approach to producing stable, high-quality pyrolysis oils from biogenic residues. These serve as an alternative, non-fossil carbon source for the petrochemical industry. The presentation will focus in particular on applications in the plastics sector and on marine fuels produced from bio-oils.

Fraunhofer UMSICHT participates in the »Go Circular Summit 2026« in Mannheim. Matthias Franke, Head of the Sulzbach-Rosenberg Institute, will present the scaling of an autocatalytic recycling process for the production of high-purity aromatics from plastics that are difficult to recycle. In addition, Thomas Fehn, Group Manager for Chemical Recycling and Downstream Processes, will report on the European research project AUTOLOOP, which deals with integrated recycling technologies for textile waste.

Fraunhofer UMSICHT is participating in the 15th European Conference on Industrial Furnaces and Boilers (INFUB-15) in Porto. Felix Lehner from the Clean Combustion and Process Heat department will give a presentation on »Oxyfuel Combustion of Biogenic Pyrolysis Gas for Process Heat Supply and CO2 Capture«.