Research partners & scientific advisory board
Our research partners
At Modellfabrik Papier, we are committed to scientific excellence. Leading scientific institutes and technical universities are involved in our research work. Our partner institutions come from a wide range of disciplines, specializing in different sub-areas and process stages of industrial paper production. Together with our research teams, they work closely together in an interdisciplinary manner to develop innovative solutions for the paper industry. From idea to innovation, from the laboratory to industrial application.
Jointly driving transformation
Rethinking industrial paper production? That is our research mission. We question existing processes in part or in whole. In order to research fundamental changes in production, from material preparation to paper laying to drying the paper web, we need bright minds from research and science.
- Cooperation
- Innovation
- Optimization
- Knowledge transfer
Our scientific advisory board
Prof. Dr. Markus Biesalski
Institute Director MAP
(Technischen Universität Darmstadt)
– Chairman –
“The Modellfabrik Papier has the potential to set milestones on the way to climate-neutral paper production and thus play an important role nationally and internationally as an active building block in the implementation of the bioeconomy strategy.“
Dr. Thorsten Voß
CEO
(PTS)
– Deputy Chairwoman –
”The paper industry is in the midst of a profound transformation, driven by a growing awareness of environmental issues. By integrating circular concepts, increasing the use of renewable resources and developing innovative, environmentally friendly packaging solutions, it is actively contributing to the global agenda for environmental protection and sustainability. Modellfabrik Papier and its partners play a crucial role in this and make important contributions to the promotion of climate-neutral paper production, which is driving the transformation in the industry.”
Prof. Dr. Isabel Kuperjans
Executive Director
(FH Aachen)
“From a thermodynamic point of view, the paper process offers fascinating combination possibilities for the provision of heat, electricity, water and raw material requirements. Together with my team, I am contributing to making paper production climate-neutral by working on the work package “Resource management with a focus on energy systems“.“
Dr. Christian Möbitz
Head of Nonwoven Technologies
(RWTH Aachen)
“Paper and nonwovens are platform technologies for economic and ecological transformation. The process worlds complement each other synergistically and can learn and benefit from each other through their different technologies. The cooperation between the research centres and shareholders of Modellfabrik Papier in Düren is inspiring and sustainably strengthens the ecological development of both industries.”
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schurr
Institute Director IBG-2
(Forschungszentrums Jülich)
“The paper industry is an essential part of the bioeconomy. I would like to strengthen the connection of the paper industry of the future with other sectors of the bioeconomy in the Modellfabrik Papier – regionally in the structural change, but also supraregionally with new raw materials, technologies and circular approaches.“
Prof. Dr. Samuel Schabel
Head of department PMV
(PMV)
“The Modellfabrik Papier is very close to my heart, and I have supported the project since the first ideas and concept proposals. The Modellfabrik Papier can lay the foundations for the sustainable paper production of the future. I want to be part of that.“
Prof. Dr. Frank Miletzky
Honorary professor
(Technischen Universität Dresden)
”Future through progress. Progress through technology. Technology with responsibility. I want to ensure that the innovations and disruptive ideas developed by the Modellfabrik Papier are considered in the overall system of the paper industry and successfully implemented.”
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Belle
Professor of Process Engineering
(Hochschule München)
– Permanent guest –
„Manufacturing paper offers many opportunities for optimizing the use of raw materials, water and energy. What’s more, products are manufactured cost-effectively on the basis of renewable raw materials. The future of the paper industry lies in these fields of work. The team from Munich University of Applied Sciences is happy to be involved in the model factory in order to make our industry more resilient and establish it as a future-oriented sector.“
Prof. Dr. Markus Wildberger
Professor of Sustainable Science and Technology
(Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg)
– Permanent guest –
„With the open innovation approach of the Modellfabrik Papier, the aim is to bridge the gap between research and industry, sustainability and decarbonisation. I am particularly pleased that the Modellfabrik Papier has a very strong interdisciplinary and competent scientific base.”
