Menue
- October 1, 1948
Foundation of a textile research institute at the spinning mill Mitteldeutsche Spinnhütte Pirna-Copitz near Dresden to be developed to an institute of the Dresden College of Advanced Technology - January 1, 1950
Integration into the Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (German Academy of Sciences) as Institut für Technologie der Fasern(Institute of Fibre Technology) - April 1, 1984
Renamed to Institut für Technologie der Polymere (Institute of Polymer Technology) - January 1, 1992
Refoundation by Federal government and Saxon government as Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V. (Institute of Polymer Research) - April 2002
Opening of the Max Bergmann Center for Biomaterials - April 2004
'Leibniz' becomes part of the official name of the institute - July 2007
Inauguration of the new building Werkstofflaborgebäude - 2010
DRESDEN-concept network of science institutions in Dresden established, IPF founding member - 2015
Latest successful evaluation of the institute (external evaluation procedure launched by the senate of the Leibniz Association) - the institute has undergone evaluation on regular basis since 1990 - December 2019
Inauguration of a new building at Kaitzer Str. 4
