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Materials & Production

The race to establish sustainable consumption and production patterns is intensifying across multiple sectors, making this one of the EPO’s three largest technology communities. If you have expertise in any of the following areas, it could well be the community where you gain unique insights into the latest developments and associated innovation while pursuing a career at the EPO.

  • Technical areas
     

    • additive manufacturing & metallurgy
    • electrochemistry
    • polymeric compositions
    • plastics and packaging (methods and materials)
    • separation methods (mechanical – e.g. filtration, distillation, flotation, etc.; and chemical – e.g. catalytic)
    • membranes
    • unit operations
    • organic and inorganic chemistry

     


Explore further

> Tomorrow’s plastics
> 3D printing / additive manufacturing

Check some exceptional inventors in this field:

Using carbon dioxide to make greener plastics

Turning pineapple leaves into a sustainable alternative to leather

Higher-performance plastic recycling ready for industrial reuse