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Innovative Core Biotechnology
Berlin-Brandenburg is one of the leading life science locations in Germany. Here is where the strongholds of medicine, scientific research, and training are at home. The key drive behind all this innovation is the…
Synthetic DNA in the fight against product piracy
Marcus Weichert, Managing Director of the Adlershof company SecuTech Europe GmbH, is all too aware of the threat posed by product piracy to authorities and enterprises. His company has developed a biomolecular marker…
Find, measure, identify
Analytical methods made in Adlershof measure contaminant concentrations in potentially explosive environments and identify antibodies for improved tumour therapy.No sparking, no high temperatures, no static buildup –…
By order of the customer
The work of a service provider poses particular challenges for research oriented companies in Adlershof. One specialist in contract research for pharmaceutical companies is ASCA GmbH, whereas ifp Institut für…
The custom hunt for the drugs of tomorrow
Costly clinical tests, controversial experiments on animals, and undesired side effects for patients – the development of new drugs has many obstacles to overcome. With its modern analytical methods, biotechnology is…
Metamorphosis of a Technology Centre
Fifteen years ago, the Environment and Biotechnology Centre opened its doors in the Adlershof Technology Park. Although this initially attracted companies operating above all in the field of environmental analytics,…
Bioanalytics is booming
The Adlershof location is becoming an increasingly attractive prospect for biotechnology companies and institutes. The field is positively flourishing. Leo Tristram, Managing Partner of RiNA GmbH, and his good two…
SOLON Receives Order for 8 MW Solar Power Plants in Israel
Together with ELCO Contracting & Services, the solar power company SOLON will be building two turnkey solar power plants in Israel. They will be built in the kibbutzim Kramim and Idan and have an output of 5 and 3…
Scienion offers new sciFLEXARRAYER S1 model for Applications in Research Labs
Scienion launches the new version of its sciFLEXARRAYER S1 at European Lab Automation in Hamburg, May 30-31. The small compact non-contact piezo dispensing roboter with an increased throughput and versatility offers…
Berlin Adlershof - Facts and Figures
April 2012:
Berlin Adlershof is one of the most successful high-tech locations in Germany. Embedded in an overall urban development concept, this integrated Science, Business and Media location has been growing on an area of 4.2…
Space Technology Hall of Fame Award for IQ Wireless and DLR
Successfull Fire-Watch System :
Space Foundation congratulates on the IQ Wireless’ innovative efforts which resulted in the selection of the FireWatch for induction into the 2012 Space Technology Hall of Fame. IQ Wireless’ role in the successful…
PicoQuant reinforced team
With two excellent specialists in lasers, single photon counting applications:
To meet the increased requirements of a high quality customer support and service level resulting from a continuous growth, PicoQuant has strengthened its sales and marketing team with two excellent specialists in…
Adlershof Special 22: Microsystems and materials
Where snails are giants :
Innovation cluster for Microsystem Technology in Berlin/Brandenburg // Where snails are giants // The translators // Top quality training // New material for greater energy efficiency // Good neighbours // Evolving…
Innovation cluster for microsystemtechnology in Berlin/Brandenburg
For over twenty years, microsystem technology (MST) has been providing an essential basis for innovative products. Its success can be put down to the use of new manufacturing technologies.As a rule, the added value…
Where snails are giants
Dimensions, especially those that are hard to conceive, are the subject of the artist Margund Smolka. At the new Microsystems and Materials Centre ZMM, she plays with the inconceivability of dimensions in modern…
The Translators
In 2006, on the initiative and with funds from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research BMBF, six application centres with close ties to research set out with entrepreneurs to explore the possibilities of…
Top quality training
“No acute shortage of skills at microtechnology companies”. This conclusion was published by IVAM, the professional association for microsystems, in early 2011 following a survey of its member companies. At the same…
New material for greater energy efficiency
Almost every electrical device has them, whether computer network componentry, solar modules or electric cars. Power converters convert ac to dc and vice versa and make sure that the voltage from the grid is just…
Good Neighbours
The former grounds of a TV Electronics Plant in Oberschöneweide are providing a new home to microsystem technology companies. A new cluster is in the making that is profiting from neighbouring companies in the…
Evoling magnificently
Wolfgang Gries was one of the first tenants at the new Microsystems and Materials Centre ZMM. Set up just recently, his company DirectPhotonics GmbH manufactures industrial lasers for processing materials, e.g. for…