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Fraunhofer IVV
Open courseware on responsible food packaging
Fraunhofer's Institute ofr Process Engineering and Packaging (Germany)
Fraunhofer's Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging is active in the development of products and processes primarily in the area of food ingredients, food development, functional packaging materials, product safety, food quality, biogenic raw materials as well as plastics recycling. IVV transfers knowledge in food and packaging to industrial partners and students of six universities.
Involved persons
Horst-Christian Langowski
Prof. Dr. Horst-Christian Langowski is a physicist. After 10 years in industry, he joined the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in 1991. He headed the Chair of Food Packaging Technology at the TU Munich from 2003 and the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging from 2004, both until his official retirement at the end of March 2020. He now continues to work for the Fraunhofer IVV as a scientist and for the TU Munich as a lecturer. His areas of expertise are plastic packaging, especially for food, its consideration under functional and recycling aspects, and the converting of plastic materials.
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