Together with the global players in the pharmaceutical industry, the K1 Competence Center Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (RCPE) performs cutting-edge research in the field of process and product optimization. The main focus is on the development of new drug delivery systems and the associated production processes and their monitoring. Thus, being a link between science and industry, RCPE carries out state-of-the-art business-oriented research, as witnessed by many experts in the field. However, RCPE's successful performance during the last years is largely due to its experienced international team and to the close interaction with different Universities in Graz, Austria and on an international level.