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SCIENION appoints Frauke Hein as CEO
Hein to lead as SCIENION plans for long-term profitable growth:
SCIENION GmbH, a BICO company and the precision liquid handling technology company powering life sciences and diagnostics for the future of health, today appointed Dr. Frauke Hein as co-Chief Executive Officer (CEO)…
Sensitive work
The healthcare marketing experts of PEIX:
It is only since 2012 that it is legal to show medical work wear like scrubs in advertising and it is illegal to advertise prescription drugs and their “promise of efficacy”. “Marketing in every sector has its…
“We are experiencing a change in mentality”
FORLIFE makes products for ostomy, tracheostomy, wound care, and incontinence:
At its location in Adlershof, the company FORLIFE makes products for ostomies. Although these are something very common all over the world, the company is one of its kind in Germany. “We use high-tech and handcraft…
SCIENION celebrates the laying of the foundation stone for new headquarters in Berlin Adlershof
The biotechnology company, founded in 2001 in the Technology Park, plans to move into its new building in mid-2023:
Together with numerous guests from politics, economics and science, SCIENION GmbH celebrated the laying of the foundation stone of its new headquarters in Berlin Adlershof. The building complex will be constructed on…
HPS Home Power Solutions partners with property developer Hausdorf
Hausdorf plans to build twelve single-family homes powered by picea, HPS’s year-round electricity storage system:
HPS Home Power Solutions (HPS), provider of picea, the world’s first year-round electricity storage system based on green hydrogen, today announces its collaboration with Hausdorf, a property developer in the Munich…
Nice and flexible
This is how working at a distance and dealing with constantly changing demands succeeds:
The world of work has been changed substantially by the coronavirus pandemic. Working at a distance and digital meetings have become commonplace. They have done so to everyone’s benefit—as is shown by two companies…
The new normal
How much did our workplaces change during the pandemic?:
Change is the only constant. During the pandemic, this wisdom saying received an additional dimension. How are Adlershof-based companies and institutes dealing with this new world of work? We asked around. We see the…
“Everybody feels more comfortable”
How diversity impacts on a positive company culture:
A stronger focus on diversity can be fruitful for an entire company. Two companies, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies GmbH and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, have also experienced this, albeit in different ways. Jennifer…
In conversation with Michaela Weiske
The HR administrator at Reiner Lemoine Institute ensures a good work climate:
To Michaela Weiske, taking care of employees is the recipe for a well-functioning company. She is an HR administrator at Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI), which conducts research on the transformation of energy systems…
Hybrid international sales meeting 2022 successfully completed
Training on devices of the new LUMiSpoc® product line & new applications in battery and hydrogen research strengthen LUM GmbH in the world:
From January 20th to 21st, the International Sales Meeting of LUM GmbH took place for the 23rd time in a row. Despite the ongoing pandemic, the traditional face-to-face event could be held in a hybrid variant. The…
Stifterverband certifies Helmholtz Centre Berlin for strategies in dealing with diversity
HZB is the first non-university research institution to complete the Diversity Audit “Vielfalt gestalten”:
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) is the first non-university research institution to have undergone the Stifterverband's diversity audit "Vielfalt gestalten". The certification attests to the HZB's…
Fast, faster, Adlershof!
The Technology Park is on the way to becoming the best-connected place within a 1,000 kilometre radius. This will soon include an exclusive 5G campus network that will create some crucial benefits. :
This is where future is made. And it could not be made without high bandwidth, robust connections, and little to no latency. In short: it could not be made without 5G. The newest mobile network generation.…
River water and deep storage
BTB is making energy supply greener:
As long as it works, we don't even notice it. The infrastructure of our cities is just there, under our feet and above our heads. Most of us simply take it for granted. Until it blacks out—then we notice. To prevent…
Digital processes
A WISTA facilities manager shows us what the new world of work looks like:
WISTA.Service GmbH looks after around 100 buildings with a combined floor space of several 100,000 square metres, including the most cutting-edge science institutes and technology centres that feature sophisticated…
Designing trams and subways
What will the next generation look like?:
Whenever new tram or U-Bahn vehicles roll on the tracks, it is likely that IFS Design UG from Adlershof were involved in producing them. The same goes for J/JK, a new U-Bahn model series that will go into series…
Ferdinand Braun Institute recognized for its efforts to promote young talents
Closer cooperation planned with the Employment Agency:
Mario Lehwald, Chairman of the Management Board of the Employment Agency Berlin South, has awarded the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut for its "outstanding commitment to vocational training". He presented the official…
25 years of PicoQuant, specialist for photonic components and instrumentation
A look back on becoming market leader in time-resolved optical measurements while not forgetting social responsibility:
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Berlin-based PicoQuant, a worldwide leader in the development and manufacturing of high quality photonic components and instrumentation. Rainer Erdmann, Managing Director and…
Because it’s better!
Adlershof-based institutes and companies demonstrate how sustainability works:
Even without adhering to politically agreed upon goals, Adlershof-based institutes and companies are working and researching sustainably. One could say, it’s part of their DNA. We asked around which ideas and actions…
Environmentally friendly construction
The demands to energy-efficient building are now also increasing in the industrial construction sector:
Earlier this year, the public debate on whether single-family homes are a sensible way of supplying housing has shifted the focus to an aspect of sustainability that typically gets little attention: land consumption.…
How to communicate in a crisis?
A field report from the WISTA communications team following a year of the coronavirus pandemic:
How do humans react to danger? With fight, flight, or playing dead. When Germany was suddenly shut down on 14 March 2020 and the operating company of Adlershof Technology Park with it, which choice did the…