Fraunhofer-GesellschaftThe Fraunhofer Group for Resource Technologies and Bioeconomy VRB (Fraunhofer VRB) pools the expertise, know-how and technical infrastructure of its four member institutes, Fraunhofer IGB, IME, IVV and UMSICHT, as well as the two guest institutes Fraunhofer IAP and IWKS. It develops solutions for resource efficiency, the bioeconomy, the circular economy and the sovereignty of value creation cycles.
Our vision is to become a system partner that enables a sustainable resource economy and a healthy environment.
Business and society are seeking responsible “system solutions” that require collaborative R&D partnerships. Fraunhofer VRB offers a system partnership for sustainable resource management and bioeconomic solutions on the path to the circular economy.
Our expertise and resources
For sustainable and safe resource use, it is important to design production processes that not only protect the environment and resources but are also economically viable in the long term. We focus on the principles of the circular economy and bioeconomy. To this end, we pool the following expertise:
- Process and product design from the laboratory to industrial scale, including digital solutions
- Demonstrator and prototype development
- Sustainable extraction, production and conversion of raw and residual materials
- Development of products and recycling processes that fit a circular economy
- Methods and technologies for analytics, sensors and diagnostics
- System analysis and evaluation of environmental impact, consumer safety and economic efficiency
- Consulting on advancing technology-based business models
- Patents
- National and international networks
- (Specialist) databases, substance libraries, strain collections, environmental specimen bank
Our business units
We provide innovative solutions for a competitive and sustainable economy in four business units:
- Efficient and Safe Resource Utilization
- Bioeconomy
- One Health Approach
- Circular Economy