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Current download concerning flexible barrier materials:
"Flexible transparent ultra-barrier materials" (180 KB, in German)

The POLO Alliance

The Fraunhofer Alliance for Polymer Surfaces brings together the individual expertise of seven Fraunhofer Institutes and develops innovative concepts for the functionalization of polymer surfaces.
Fraunhofer POLO is the ideal partner for companies that manufacture and process plastics and for users of plastics.

We find solutions for your specific problems and customize ideas to your particular situation.

Facilities

The POLO Institutes possess state-of-the-art analytical equipment for the characterization and analysis of polymeric materials, surfaces and thin layers. The pilot-plant facilities for surface coating and surface modification are second to none.

last update: 2012-04-03

Download concerning barrier layers - POLO Brochure 2009:
"Transparent ultra-barrier films" (pdf, 610 KB)

Core POLO Expertise

The POLO Institutes have expertise in the following areas:

 Processing polymers: IAP

 Encapsulation of polymeric materials: IAP

 Development of functional coating materials: ISC

 Laminating / bonding: IFAM, IVV

 Molecular design, characterization of polymer structures: IAP

 Polymer processing technology: Flat products, injection moulding, deep-drawing, manufacture of laminates, coating,
surface modification: FEP, IFAM , IGB

 Roll-to-roll processes for web materials as well as techniques for high-area flat substrates and 3-dimensional components: IFAM, FEP

 Scale-up, process reliability and automation of treatment and coating processes: IPA