Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Non Ferrous Metals

Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Non Ferrous Metals (Łukasiewicz-IMN) is a leading European research and technology centre of non-ferrous industry. The scope of provided by Łukasiewicz-IMN activities includes R&D on new, innovative technologies development, optimization of industrial processes, modernization of production lines, construction of equipment, measuring and analytical services. Complex activities cover all stages of metallic materials production: from ore treatment to technologies for production of modern product meeting all environmental standards.

Institute has about 500 highly-qualified employees and for 70 years has been conducting comprehensive activities in the following areas: ores, other minerals and secondary materials treatment, pyro- and hydrometallurgy, environmental protection, metals processing, material engineering – new advanced materials, nanotechnologies, chemical power sources, analytical chemistry. Łukasiewicz-IMN key activities covering following areas:

• sustainable economy and energy (effective environmentally safe enrichment technologies of primary and secondary mineral resources; material recovery - technologies for circular economy, technologies for pollution emission reduction, advanced technologies for additive manufacturing materials and products for electrical grids),

• smart mobility (electricity storage, renewable energy sources, high-performance power systems for electromobility, advanced technologies in the automotive industry),

• health (advanced materials for medicine and medical nanotechnologies, antibacterial coatings, composite materials for reconstructive and regenerative medicine),

• defence and security (materials for defence - 3D technology application, power supply technologies, special purpose thermal battery technologies). Łukasiewicz-IMN provides innovative and high-tech quality solutions, among others, these include: • non-ferrous metals processing: developing technologies in the field of designing chemical composition of new materials based on non-ferrous metals, smelting and refining processes, casting, extrusion, rolling, production of drawn products, additive manufacturing technologies, production of composites, • technologies for production of innovative new-generation materials for power electronics, energy, transport and medicine: soft magnetic nanocomposites, amorphous and nanocrystalline materials, additive manufacturing and magnetocaloric materials for magnetic cooling, • composite materials and powders: development of functional coatings produced by plasma spraying, production of metallic and composite micro- and nano-powders by chemical methods, by mechanical synthesis and by grinding and recycling of materials using plasma and chemical technologies.