The construction of the new hall on the Mechanical Engineering Campus has been growing steadily since the end of 2019, despite the pandemic and the associated material bottlenecks. Now the time has come: in addition to ten other institutes, the IKK has also set up additional hall space, laboratories and offices in SCALE.
SCALE offers a good framework for further expanding research at the Mechanical Engineering Campus with a focus on scaling up a wide range of industrial processes, as the name suggests. The modern infrastructure, totalling almost 50 million euros, was financed equally by the state of Lower Saxony and the federal government.
Prof Endres is enthusiastic: ‘Although the IKK was only established at the Mechanical Engineering Campus in the year the foundation stone was laid for SCALE, we can develop and scale up processing and recycling strategies at SCALE. Another research focus is the investigation of the degradation behaviour and persistence of plastics in the aquatic environment. Here we are closing the gap between laboratory tests and real field experiments. I am delighted that the state and federal government have joined forces here to further establish cutting-edge future research and innovation at the University of Hannover.’
