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Turbopumps and diaphragm pumps utilized in laboratory technology, analytics and biotechnology

Lightweight for mobile applications / High compression for light gases / Reduces energy consumption by up to 90 percent:

Pfeiffer Vacuum, a leading global supplier of vacuum technology, will be introducing new turbopumps and new diaphragm pumps at the analytica show in Munich from May 10 to May 13. HiPace 30: Smallest, high…

5th. International Evening in Adlershof الأمسية الدولية

On the 20th of April 2016, WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH had greeted refugees and supporters from companies and institutions in the Science and Technology Park Berlin Adlershof. This event was the 5th  International Evening…

Bessel Prize for Prof. Dr. Gabriele Travaglini

45.000 EUR for research at the institute of physics and IRIS Adlershof:

  Prof. Dr. Gabriele Travaglini from Queen Mary University London receives the Friedrich-Wilhelm Bessel Prize from the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation. The prize will enable him to spend one year of research at the…

Work smarter - LUM and the New Generation of High Pressure Homogenizers

LUM GmbH starts exclusive distribution of PSI-homogenizers in several countries:

With immediate effect LUM GmbH, Berlin, Germany, starts the exclusive distribution of PSI instruments in Germany, Austria, France and China. The distributorship agreement between the manufacturer Particle Solutions…

Adlershof start-up UVphotonics awarded with Leibniz-Gründerpreis 2016

UV photonics will bring innovative UV-LED technology to market:

FBH's start-up company UVphotonics NT GmbH has been awarded with the Leibniz-Gründerpreis (Founder Award) 2016. The prize is endowed with 50,000 Euro and is intended to help promising start-up companies with their…

Measuring chemistry

Local fingerprint of hydrogen bonding captured in experiments:

A team from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has been able for the first time to measure how new bonds influence molecules: they have reconstructed the “energy landscape” of acetone molecules using measurement data from the…

Recharge invests in Graciosa Project

Green investor takes majority stake in the 24 million Euro Younicos system:

The game-changing approach we are pioneering on the island of Graciosa has convinced Recharge A/S, a Danish financial investor focused on sustainable and green energy systems with strong impact potential, to take a…

Thomas Elsaesser is the 2016 recipient of the Ellis R. Lippincott Award

Director at the Max-Born-Institute is honored for his seminal research contributions:

Thomas Elsaesser, Director at the Max-Born-Institute and Professor for Experimental Physics at Humboldt University, Berlin, receives the Ellis R. Lippincott Award for his “seminal contributions to the understanding…

Berlin Adlershof: Facts and Figures

The Berlin Adlershof Science City is one of the most successful high-technology sites in Germany and Berlin’s largest media site. It is home to 1,013 companies and scientific institutions (Jan 2016) on an area of 4.2…

Adlershof Journal March/April 2016

Catwalk of Things: the Fascination of Form and Function:

Industrial Design That Will Outlive Our Grandchildren: Trends in Product Design // A Moveable Office: Experts for interior design set up shop // The Perfect Illusion: The camera robot Milo Long Arm steals the show…

Couches and Chameleons

Design is ingrained in our everyday life:

Essay by Norman Kietzmann, a freelance journalist for architecture, design, and fashion. He lives and works in Milan. There’s no way around it. Regardless of where we travel, how we live, how we dress, or what we do…

Digital Design

Stephanie Kannegießer develops video games in Adlershof:

Becoming a make-up artist was also an option for Stephanie Kannegießer. “I always enjoyed being creative,” she says. After finishing school in Freiburg, she moved into a shared flat and met a nice young man who…

Design Is a Must

Adlershof companies are balancing form and function:

Good industrial design bridges the gap between fine form and first-class function. Well-designed devices are user-friendly and enjoyable. Not every designer succeeds in accomplishing this. However, many companies on…

Industrial Design That Will Outlive Our Grandchildren

Product design should be robust and timeless so that products last for several life cycles:

A small number of industrial countries are using up the earth’s raw material deposits. According to Professor Sebastian Feucht from the University of Applied Sciences Berlin, this is partly caused by deficient product…

WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH will focus more on service

In conversation with CEO Roland Sillmann:

Roland Sillmann became managing director of WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH on January 1st. He got on board as co-managing director last summer alongside Hardy Schmitz, who has since gone into retirement. However, Sillmann is…

Using the power of emotions

The Adlershof company Emolyzr measures emotions for other companies. They can be pivotal to the success of advertising and products.:

The curve on the emotional barometer at the bottom of the picture rises steeply while a commercial shows a curly blond saying about his dad: “It’s a pity he can’t play football.” In the film, the little kid ineptly…

A Moveable Office

Experts for interior design set up shop:

The interior design experts of Legler Objekt und Konzept GmbH (OK) took off in January with new offices at the Europa-Center Adlershof. 270 square metres of ample space for inviting and advising people, for browsing…

The Perfect Illusion

The camera robot Milo Long Arm steals the show with its special effects:

Actors appearing multiple times in one frame, dwarves fighting giants, superheroes flying through a metropolis, or battling masses made up of thousands of warriors – hardly any blockbuster production is complete…

The New Guys at IGAFA

The metrologist Gerhard Ulm and the materials scientist Matthias Bickermann bring fresh blood to the team:

The IGAFA network was founded in Adlershof in 1992. It is the scientific association representing the Technology Park’s non-university research institutes. In January 2016 a metrologist and a materials scientist were…

A Throbbing Thoroughfare

Latest Developments at the Rudower Chaussee:

The closing of several remarkable deals along Rudower Chaussee thoroughfare in late 2015 has continued the location‘s success story. Supplement for Adlershof Special 42. Landeslabor Berlin-Brandenburg (LLBB) With…