In conversation with Katrin Sirach, provider of the professional partner agency optinoo:
Freedom is the highest good for Katrin Sirach. This might be one reason why she gave up a high-paid job at a pharmaceutical company with a corporate university to jump in the deep end. There, she founded optinoo GmbH…
Numerous spin-offs of FBH and BAM prove how cooperation is boosted in Adlershof:
Laser, proteins, plasma – every day a vast network of scientists works to advance research of new and improved products for the benefit of society. Cooperating with the private sector can prove essential for research…
TruTraTrec is breaking new ground in wastewater treatment:
Mohammed Mehrjouei always knew he wanted to start his own company. ‘I have many ideas,’ says the 41-year-old. Seeking to break new ground in wastewater treatment, Mehrjouei conceived and developed a new photoreactor,…
Adlershof start-up VINS 3D develops digital scanners for measurement and inventory:
“Long-term forestry is unthinkable if the timber supply from our forests is not calculated with sustainability in mind.” In his treatise on the taxation of the forests, the forest scientist Georg Ludwig Hartig coined…
AiBrain aims to develop a completely autonomous artificial brain:
The small business AIBrain has big plans: to develop an artificial intelligence that thinks, learns, remembers and solves problems like a human. The artificial brain is already working in the company’s first products.…
At the Adlershof Founder’s Lab the start-up ProMetronics is working on flawless functional microsurfaces:
The young Adlershof company ProMetronics UG combines 3D microscopy with artificial intelligence to inspect the quality of functional microsurfaces already in the manufacturing process. If defects are detected, the AI…
In conversation with Madlen Dietrich, innovation scout for the UVB Business Associations Berlin-Brandenburg:
Madlen Dietrich knows where to look for good ideas and how they channel into economic growth. She has been the innovation scout at the UVB Business Associations Berlin-Brandenburg since 2016. Her focus is on digital…
The Adlerhof-based talent hub looks back on a positive year:
The start-up support programme Adlershof Founder’s Lab has been active for a year now. The programme fosters technical and technology-based team start-ups on campus. Time to look back. The head of sales needs…
At the age of 79, Dietmar Harting founded the Perinet GmbH:
Everybody is talking about ‘Industry 4.0’, the digitisation of manufacturing. The founders of the Adlershof-based Perinet GmbH are taking action. They are creating the IT infrastructure necessary for digitally…
Quick tests for breast milk and sewing pattern software – meet two science talents with ideas geared towards practical application on their way to becoming business owners:
When Anna Raysyan is on stage, she is like fish in water. Convincingly and full of energy, she presents her idea that she hopes will soon help many women: a test for breast milk. The prototype is no larger than a…
The start-up dive solutions uses new algorithms to simulate currents, ensuring clear drainpipes and friction-less gear transmission:
An oily-looking, auburn liquid drips off a turning gear wheel, fills the gaps between the cogs, and then creates fierce splashes. In another video, blue liquid flows into a container. When it reaches the tight outlet,…
The start-up Sensical seeks to use fibre-optical measurement technology to examine buildings and develop maintenance plans:
Forty-three people died when a bridge collapsed in Geneva in mid-August. A ruptured cable was the likely cause. In Germany, too, the bad condition of many bridges regularly makes the headlines. In Berlin, many busy…
Virtual reality worlds are interactive adventure stories for the whole family:
On Sophienstrasse, in the utmost centre of Berlin, there is a gate do a different world. An infinite number of worlds, to be precise. A head-high metal frame on a plywood pedestal, a fan and a smell generator on the…
neurocat GmbH tricks self-learning systems and makes them more reliable:
The Adlershof-based neurocat GmbH increases the security of artificial intelligence applications. The company’s young team is leading efforts for developing the industry’s security standards – which it is pushing…
Start-ups evaluate their participation in accelerator programmes for a survey of the University of Applied Sciences Cologne:
A study carried out by the University of Applied Sciences Cologne for the first time surveyed 110 start-up entrepreneurs, who had taken part in accelerator programmes, as well as operators, investors, and managers of…
At the Technology Park Adlershof, the start-ups of A² are realising pilot projects with renowned industrial partners:
The “A² Adlershof Accelerator ‘Smart City’” is kicking off on 23 August 2018. Five young companies - AR4 GmbH (Graz), Breeze Technologies UG (Hamburg), dive solutions GmbH (Berlin), M2MGo GmbH (Berlin), S O NAH UG…
Tenants in Coworking Space IM.PULS benefit from each other:
“Sitting close together promotes contact,” claims Tobias Kirschnick, Head of the Innovation and Setup Centre and responsible for the coworking space IM.PULS inaugurated in November in Adlershof. This meets with José…
Thomas Pfeiffer develops affordable desalinisation and irrigation systems:
It started with a chance discovery in his inbox. Thomas Pfeiffer said to his business partner: “That sounds like a good idea. Let’s do it and see what happens.” The tender from Adlershof popped up on Pfeiffer’s screen…
The Gründerwerkstatt is the anchor tenant of a new co-working space:
They are all the rage: open spaces for working, networking and trying new things. Berlin is the world capital of co-working spaces and now the Technology Park has one its own. The newly-founded Gründerwerkstatt…
A recent setup, the INAM network intends to introduce brilliant ideas to the field:
No basic research, no advanced materials. Yet all too often, pioneering knowledge fails to leave the laboratory because scientists shun the step to the product. It is important that all players join forces in the…