SKZ – Das Kunststoff-Zentrum
Plastics ManufacturingBavaria, Germany201-500 Employees
SKZ – Das Kunststoff-Zentrum, based in Würzburg, Bavaria, operates as Germany's largest plastics institute, delivering practical, customer-focused solutions across the plastics sector for more than 50 years. The organization supports product policy and market access through quality testing and quality assurance, and it leads in education and knowledge transfer with more than 13,000 participants annually. Its research activities emphasize market-driven development of products and production technologies, while certification of management systems helps clients improve performance and economic outcomes; it also provides industrial consulting across the entire value chain from development to deployment. SKZ is a founding member of the ZUSE-Gemeinschaft. In 2026, SKZ KFE GmbH partnered with WeSort.AI and Hoffmann + Voss GmbH on the SoliD-Q project to demonstrate AI-assisted sorting, data-driven compounding, and digital quality verification to improve recycled material quality.