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The guiding themes of the Innovation Compass describe the products and processes that will sustainably determine market developments in the plastics and rubber industries over the next few years.

In the area of raw materials/auxiliaries these include:


* Optimisation of standard plastics and rubber
* Plastics from renewable raw materials
* Plastic and rubber modifications involving
   nano-scale particles
* Functionalised plastics, components and surfaces
* Plastic and rubber for lightweight engineering,
   such as foams
* Fibre composite materials and their processing
* Materials – hybrids


The area of Machinery/Equipment covers the following segments:


* Cutting of production times
* Increased throughput
* Shortening of production changeover /
   resetting times
* Integrated manufacturing processes
* Optimisation of part processes
* Energy efficiency
* Material efficiency