Prof. Dr. Rainer Marutzky, former Director of the Fraunhofer WKI was awarded the Beuth Medal by the German Institute for Standardization.

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At LIGNA, the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research presents WKI wood-polymer materials on the basis of polypropylene and polyethylene which have been permanently joined together – with no cost-intensive surface pre-treatment.

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The organisation of the Fraunhofer Application Centre for Wood Fibre Research HOFZET at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, officially inaugurated in 2012 by Prof. Wanka (at the time Lower Saxony’s Research Minister and now Federal Research Minister), is also being dynamically supported by the University’s new executive committee.

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Under the motto “Holz auf dem Prüfstand” (Putting wood to the test), large numbers of young people were able to discover the Fraunhofer WKI on March 25th. The 21 pupils took part in the “KIWI-Forschertagen” (KIWI Research Days) organised by the Braunschweig “Haus der Wissenschaft” (House of Science) and spent two variety-filled hours at WKI.

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Hannover, May 6th - 10th 2013 Stand J35 / Hall 27

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Are e-cigarettes harmful to users? An unresolved question. It’s harder still to judge the danger to bystanders. How many different substances do e-smokers exhale – and what are they? A new study brings light to the shadows.

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Professor Dr. Rainer Marutzky, former Head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research WKI in Braunschweig, joined toxicologist Professor Dr. Volker Mersch-Sundermann and Dr. Richard Gminski from the University of Freiburg in receiving the 7,500 euro 2nd Josef Umdasch Prize 2012.

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