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How do you manage a co-working space?
In conversation with Marina Salmon, who in addition to WISTA’s co-working space is also in charge of the Long Night of the Sciences and the science slams in Adlershof:
Marina Salmon runs the show at the WISTA’s co-working space at Rudower Chaussee 17. When the Technology Park’s first-ever co-working space was founded in November 2017, the business economist also ventured into new…
The cyber sentry
Johannes Klick consults companies on IT security issues:
A massive airstrike, a lightning attack in a computer game, or radiation that wreaks havoc in a computer’s processor? ‘Wikipedia’ provides several possible explanations as to what an ‘Alpha Strike’ may be. Johannes…
The future makers
Adlershof brings forth high-tech founders, not copycats:
Starting a business in Adlershof is almost certainly a ticket to success. The strategies pursued by the founders, however, show that very different paths can lead them there. What unites them is that Adlershof turns…
A user’s guide to starting a business
The Business Plan Competition Berlin-Brandenburg turns 25 / 2nd Meet-up at the Technology Park Adlershof on 13/02/2020:
On 13 February 2020, founders, entrepreneurs and jurors will meet up at the 2nd Meet-up of the Business Plan Competition Berlin-Brandenburg (BPW) in Adlershof. One of the most well-known business plan competitions of…
The water testers
The company Blue Biolabs develops microbiology test kits for wells:
Blue Biolabs GmbH moved to the Technology Park Adlershof in last autumn. The analysts at the company’s laboratories trace iron bacteria and other sources of water pollution. Berliner Wasserbetriebe, Berlin’s public…
Dynamism meets experience
Innovative start-ups and established companies successfully collaborate in the A² Adlershof programme:
Finding a parking spot with an app, documenting a house’s mains connections using a smartphone, testing the functionality of your home’s heating with a camera, or checking whether the waste at recycling locations…
Secret ingredient for silver conductors
Start-up Nano-Join develops custom-made silver sintered pastes to improve efficiency of lasers and high-performance electronics:
Improving efficiency of lasers, high-performance electronics, and other (opto-)electronic systems often has to do without taking up additional space in a device. However, the higher the performance density, the more…
High-strength printing
A PSC start-up team is producing high-purity silicon carbide with 3D printers:
For a tenured professor to give up his position to start up a business, he must be extremely convinced of his idea. This is exactly what happened to Sigmund Greulich-Weber when he founded PSC Technologies GmbH in…
Riding the waves low-noise and emissions-free – a perfect day out on the water
Start-up Greenboatsolutions helps boat owners convert to electric engines:
Electric cars, bikes and scooters: out on the streets, the electrification of transportation is well underway. But how about on the water? Germany has more than 500,000 boats on inland waters and in coastal areas.…
“Pharma Parship”
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…
From research into practice
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…
PhoCatZo, or the fourth step
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,…
Forest Rangers and Woodpile Scanners: About smart forestry
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…
Adlershof Intelligence
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…
AI analysis for the superficial
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…
At the interface of start-ups and established companies
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…
Jumpstarting businesses at the Adlershof Founder’s Lab
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…
Future technologies have no age limit
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…
Real-world ideas
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…
Everything flows
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,…