RWTH Aachen Campus

As the official Center for “Composite-based lightweight Production” of RWTH Aachen Campus, AZL Aachen GmbH specialises in composite-based lightweight technologies!
RWTH Aachen University is one of the world’s leading technical universities in the field of production technology & mechanical engineering. At the Campus, 750 scientists and 1,200 student from 8 Institutes work on tomorrow’s technologies for lightweight production. AZL Aachen GmbH is partnering with these institutes covering the fields of plastics and composite materials, lightweight design, production technology, automotive production, production-integrated measurement technology and quality assurance.
8 Composite Tech-Centers
- AZL – Aachen Centrum for Integrative Lightweight Production
- IKA – Institute of Automotive Engineering
- ISF – Welding and Joining Institute
- SLA – Institute for Structural Mechanics and Lightweight Design
- WZL – Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production
- IKV – Institute of Plastics Processing in Industry and the Skilled Crafts
- ILT – Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology
- IPT – Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology

As a one-stop shop for lightweight production technology, we offer you holistic and cross-industry solutions for your business:
The diverse and locally highly concentrated research landscape along the entire composite value chain makes AZL’s environment unique in Europe. It enables close networking between the traditional mechanical engineering disciplines of RWTH Aachen and innovative machinery and tools equipment, as well as their linkage to production lines. Through our close cooperation with our partners, we also have direct access to the necessary infrastructure for components, materials, tools, and machinery and plant components which we can test in continuous full-scale process chains, as well as develop or establish from scratch.
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