Time and time again, the Test and Research Institute Pirmasens e.V. (PFI) receives enquiries in which pupils express their interest in the shoe manufacturing profession. And 15-year-old Latisha...
When Sandra Weeser, FDP member of the German Parliament, visited the Test and Research Institute Pirmasens e.V. (PFI), it was a significant occasion to draw attention to the ongoing projects and the...
The ReProcessShoe research project aims to revolutionize the recycling processes of shoe components by developing innovative methods for dismantling and recycling. PFI is working on a fractionation...
From December 5th to 8th, 2023, we welcomed one of our long-standing customers to the training rooms of the ISC department. Within four days, the participants were taught the basics of shoe production...
Module 2 of the IHK-certified product manager course is all about 2D design and basic model creation. Participants make templates and draw their designs directly onto the last. This is what our...
On December 6th and 7th, 2023, this year's Cads Info Day took place at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT in Oberhausen. Our Institute Director, Dr....
On December 4th, 2023, the kick-off event of the Rhineland-Palatinate Innovation Agency took place together with 150 network partners. An official kick-off for innovation and networking.
Footwear, Design, Processes & fabrication: these were all topics that our lecturers Steffen Eichhorn, Alexander Palm and Sebastian Schlüter were able to address on Friday, December 1st, 2023 at the...