The Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (PCCL) remains on course for success.

Following an intensive evaluation by a panel of experts from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), the outstanding level of performance was confirmed. The PCCL is now delighted to have received approval for a further four-year funding period for the COMET research center "Centre for Circularity, Functionality and Digitalization in Polymer Technologies", with a total volume of approx. 22.6 million euros.
The Centre will be funded by the FFG and the Austrian federal provinces of Styria via SFG, Upper Austria and Vorarlberg for the period from 2025 to 2028.

The declared goals are to contribute to the solution to current global problems related to the production, application and disposal of polymer-based products and to provide answers with high socio-economic impacts. With its active role in the circularity and sustainability of polymers, our consortium of 18 scientific and 40 company partners will increase its contributions to both the UN Sustainability Goals and the Green New Deal for Europe. Therefore, 16 individual projects were jointly defined in an ambitious research programme.