The Materials Centre Leoben Forschung GmbH (MCL) is an authority centre in the area of the material technology (material physics, materials development, material processing - production engineering, application of materials) and concentrates its activities on the following five main points of research:
• Bases and Tools for the materials development
• Modelling and simulation
• Pulvertechnik
• Surface technique
• Adding technology
One of the most substantial characteristics represents here the strong focusing on material-physical, chemical and process engineering bases.
Nine research institutes at three different locations educate the core team of the MCL:

Leoben:
• Institut for metallurgy and testing of materials, University of Leoben
• Institut for mechanics, University of Leoben
• Institut for structure and function ceramic(s), Universtity of Leoben
• Institut for metal physics, University of Leoben
• Laser center Leoben, JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
• Erich Schmidt Schmidt-Institut for material science, Austrian Academy of Science

Graz:
• Institut for materials technology, welding engineering and clamping lots formgebungsverfahren, technical Graz University of Technology

Vienna:
• Institut for chemical technology of inorganic materials, Vienna University of Technology

Address:
Material Centrer Leoben Forschung GmbH
Franz Josef Strasse 13
A-8700 Leoben
AUSTRIA
Telephone: +43 3842 45922
Fax: +43 3842 45922 5
Web: http://www.mcl.at

Main contact: Reinhold EBNER