The DGM technical committee aims to make modified property profiles of cellular materials of all material classes available for new applications. In this, its main focus is the research and development of the production processes and above all, the functionalisation of cellular materials.

Through a suitable characterisation process, as broad an understanding as possible of the underlying phenomenon and mechanisms of structure formation and material properties should be achieved. In the future, cellular materials should be developed in new fields of use.

In order to achieve its aims, in addition to the technical committees multi-facteted cooperation with specialised and industrial associations as well as with international partners, it also builds on an interdisciplinary collaboration of areas from chemistry, physics, materials science, technology and engineering as well as economics. At the committee meetings which are held twice yearly, representatives from universities, research institutes as well as small, medium and large businesses take part.