We at the IWT develop the technologies that will be used in future metalworking. We are committed to putting our comprehensive know how and our
broad range of technical equipment at your service, with the aim of solving
your particular metalworking problems.

The IWT emerged from the former Institute of Hardening Technology in Bremen and is an institution with a rich research tradition of more than 50 years. The overall objective of the IWT is to carry out multidisciplinary basic and applied research in metalworking. The IWT is the only research centre in Germany that has united the three disciplines materials science, process engineering and manufacturing technologies as equal-ranking divisions working together under one roof. Thanks to this structure, the IWT is able to solve technological problems for metalworking companies on the interdisciplinary level without the usual time-consuming process of “coordinate and consent”. Established at the campus of the University of Bremen, the IWT’s know-how is supplemented through close networking with other research institutions and fields of the faculty Manufacturing Process of the University of Bremen.

Board of directors

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. H.-W. Zoch (managing)
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. L. Mädler
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. E. Brinksmeier

Legal form:

• Foundation under private law

Founders:

• AWT (Association for Heat Treatment and Materials Science)
• Land Bremen

Funding:

• ca. 15 % by basic funding of the founders
• ca. 85 % by orders from industry and by governmentsponsered
  technology projects (DFG, AiF, BMBF, EU Commission)

Personnel:

• 150 employees
• 70 scientists
• 50 technical workers

Building:

• total ca. 6700 m