Dr.-Ing. Martin Dauner studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe with a focus on Medical Engineering and Polymer Physics. After two years at REHAU Plastics GmbH & Co. KG he joined in 1986 the Biomedical Department at DITF where he developed processes for bio-based degradable polymers. From year 2000 he formed a new research group dealing with filament and nonwoven technologies. In 2005 under his guidance a filament spinning facility with a 4 thread POY, a laboratory and again a 4 thread bicomponent line was built up which is available to the project.