Research Institute of Leather and Plastic Sheeting (FILK), Freiberg/Sa.

Joint research for small and medium enterprises in the leading branch institute for plastic sheets Classical coating Thinnest-film coating Sheeting and layers made from synthetic and natural polymers Foams, coagulates, extrudates Functional layers Surface modification Industrial research in the oldest German Leather Institute New leather-making and -finishing processes Obtaining and processing of collagen and other biopolymers Quality assurance and environmental protection	Tests and investigations in our accredited test laboratory in accordance with German and international standards (DIN, EN, ISO, VDA, SAE and other) Physical tests Chemical analyses Emissions Haptics (handle) and surface properties Tests of: - leather and leatherboard - collagen - artificial leather and plastics - textiles - relative materials and composites Special investigations Damage analysis and expertise Full tests in accordance with technical specifications (e. g. automotive industry)
Services and tests for customers on very well equipped pilot-scale plants Pilot-scale plant for plastics processing, i. a. equipped with - calender - coating - extruding and -compounding devices - sputtering devices - normal-pressure plasma - gas-phase fluorination Pilot-scale plant for leather manufacture and tannery laboratory - process development in lab scale - pilot-scale experiments	Manufacturing of special products Freiberg hide powder for the gravimetric analysis of vegetable tanning agents and extracts Special leather types, also to customer´s specification Collagen standards for analytical purposes Electrically conductive, flexible plastic sheetings and sheeting composites

Research Institute of Leather and Plastic Sheeting nonprofit company direktor: prof. dr. rer. nat. Michael Stoll partner: Verein zur Förderung des FILK (registered association)

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