Neue Materialien Bayreuth GmbH

Material and process development for the products of tomorrow

The NMB is a non-university research institute for sustainable material solutions in the fields of plastics, metals and material combinations. We develop innovative material variants and energy-efficient processing methods. To do this, we use state-of-the-art equipment and a range of facilities up to industrial scale, digital technologies and take sustainability requirements into account.

• Material expertise for plastics, metals and material combinations from a single source
• Process development for efficient and sustainable processes
• Process-related life cycle assessment
• Material analysis and testing
• Material development for additive manufacturing (metal powder)

• Integration and functionalization
• Particle foam process technology
• Additive manufacturing with plastics and metals using a wide range of processes
• Special injection moulding processes
• Thermal arc spraying
• Coating processes and surface technology (PU, plasma)
• Material combination
• Thermally assisted material processing 
• Sampling, prototyping, small series