On 11th July 2017 Mrs. Alexandra Pichler-Jessenko (member of the Styrian Landtag) paid a visit to the PCCL in order to get an idea of the innovative activities of the leading non-university research company in the field of plastic technology and polymer science.
The series ‘Advances in Polymer Science’ presents current trends in polymer and biopolymer science. The series addresses a target audience of scientists at universities and industry who aim to gain a comprehensive and expert overview of current research topics. ‘Advances in Polymer Science’ has a long tradition, in which this series has earned a good reputation in the scientific community.
Within the framework of the American Chemical Society's half-year meetings, selected lectures by the participants of the conference will be recorded as a video, aiming to make the scientific content accessible to the interested public even after the end of the conference. The contributions of Klaus Luef and Frank Wiesbrock were recorded as a presentation-on-demand during the Autumn Meeting in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) in 2016. After successful examination by the board of the American Chemical Society, they were included in their database (Database of American Chemical Society).
Last night, Semperit and the Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (PCCL) received the European innovation award EARTO 2016 in Brussels for the development of Sempermed® Syntegra UV, the first anti-allergenic surgical glove worldwide. With innovative production technology, unique product characteristics and an energy-efficient manufacturing process, both development partners prevailed against a total of 35 competitors. A unique feature of this product is that the surgical glove - which is made from polyisoprene, a material similar to natural latex - is cured using UV light instead of potentially allergenic chemical accelerators.
from 11th until 14th September 2016 the Plastic Pipes Conference XVIII was held in Berlin.
The research team "Kunststoffrohre" of Dr. Andreas Frank (PCCL) and Prof. Gerald Pinter (Montanuniversität Leoben) visited the long-term research partner AGRU Kunststofftechnik GmbH in Bad Hall.
The biggest and most important composite conference of Europe, the ECCM17, was held from 27th until 30th June 2016 in Munich ICM (International Congress Center).
PCCL and its long-time partner Semperit are nominated for the european innovation award EARTO 2016 for the world´s first anti-allergen surgical gloves Sempermed® Syntegra UV.
As part of the research project OPtima a top-level consortium with the participation of PCCL aims to improve the production of plastic components for semiconductor machines.
Since its foundation, Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (PCCL) has steadily developed its expertise for innovative solutions with plastics and increased its headcount to more than 100. Upon having been awarded the status of a K1 centre of excellence, PCCL has now arrived in the Champions League.
Polymers, published by MDPI, is a fully open-access journal, providing unrestricted access to its scientific contents. With its current impact factor of 3.7, it is ranked in the first quadrantile of polymer journals (position 13 of 82).
