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The next generation
Christian Scholz took the corporate helm faster than anybody had thought. His company, LTB Lasertechnik Berlin GmbH, is a leading capacity in the field of short pulse lasers for medicinal analysis, laser based measuring systems and high resolution spectrometers. His father founded it in 1990. Sören Schmahl does not consider himself second generation. Together with his father Wolfgang he started the Institute of Facility Management.:
Until 2008 LTB had five partners. When four business shares were offered for sale from mid 2007 father and son did not want to see the company fall into the hands of outside investors. Without further ado junior took…
Founders never stop learning
“Raising a child is generally more challenging than creating a child”, this was the conclusion drawn by Inc., the US magazine for entrepreneurs – and the same goes for firms and products.:
Well, as a father of two sons and cofounder of a startup, I can imagine what the author is trying to tell us. In 2002 it was really a simple decision to found the company eagleyard Photonics GmbH: At last we had the…
Angela Merkel's road to power...
...led her more than once to Adlershof:
Few traces remain of the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry in the suburb of Adlershof, part of the East German Academy of Sciences. The campus is now a business park, and the building where Merkel had her…
Matchmaking Event with Otaniemi Science Park
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Contact Carolin Domann WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH // International CooperationRudower Chaussee 17, D-12489 BerlinPhone: +49 (0) 30 6392 2223Fax: +49 (0) 30 6392 2204E-mail: domann@wista.de Downloads …
Adlershof Special 9: Microsystems
Cover Story: Well equiped: Product miniaturisation:
Microsystems engineering in Berlin – a success story // Research as the driving power // Keyhole medicine and turbine inspections // Fresh meat guaranteed // New Center for Microsystems and Materials: A vibrant place…
Research as the driving power
In Adlershof the policies of strategic partnerships culminate in successful spinoffs in many fields of microsystem technologies. One of the drives behind this trend is the Ferdinand Braun Institute for High Frequency…
Keyhole medicine and turbine inspections
The tip is occupied by the camera, hidden in the endoscope’s shaft. Designed by the Adlershof company MGB Endoskopische Geräte GmbH Berlin to help doctors gain a better view in the abdominal cavity the device presents…
Fresh meat guaranteed
The controller aims his scanner like a pistol at the joint of pork. The small yet subtle difference: He won’t be making any holes. Instead the laser light is reflected and returns a wealth of information on the…
Center for Photonics and Optics
Location: Carl-Scheele Str. 16, 12489 BerlinUse: Offices, LabsArchitects: Matthias Sauerbruch, Louisa Hutton, Coordination: Fraunhofer Management mit Bauplanung Stoessel, Buildt: June 1996 - Mach 1998Investment: 51…
Center for Bio Technology I
Location: Volmerstraße 9, 12489 BerlinUse: Offices, LabsArchitects: Eisele + Fritz, Bott, Hilka, Begemann (Darmstadt)Coordination: Fraunhofer Management GmbH, München, mit Bauplanung Stoessel, MünchenBuildt: August…
A vibrant place for encounters
A whole shelf of folders bears the letters ZMM, the abbreviation for the Centre of Microsystems Engineering and Materials whose foundation stone was laid in the summer of 2009. Over thirty million euros was invested…
Living environment with intelligence
Dr. Klaus-Dieter Lang, deputy director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration, on challenges, possible application and the leap from micro- to nanosystems Smart system integration is seen to…
Center for Bio Technology II
Location: Magnusstraße 11, 12489 BerlinArchitect: Büro Henn Architekten München/Berlin More on Bio Technology.
Center for IT and Media Technology
Location: Albert-Einstein-Str. 14, 12489 BerlinUse: Offices Architects: CEPECED bv, Delft (Michiel Cohen und Jan Pesman), DGI Bauwerk Berlin (Bernd Tibes)Coordination: Drees & Sommer GmbH, BerlinBuildt: December 1996…
Johann von Neumann- House
Location: Albert-Einstein-Str. 14, 12489 BerlinUse: Offices of Humboldt-UniversityArchitects: Dörr Ludolf Wimmer Architekten BDA, BerlinCoordination: Drees & Sommer GmbH, BerlinBuildt: November 1996 - Dezember…
Microsystems engineering in Berlin – a success story
Today trendsetting, competitive products are virtually inconceivable without microsystems engineering – and Berlin is ideally equipped for this trend, adopting as it does a top position in a nationwide comparison of…
Well equiped
Product miniaturisation enjoys equally great significance for both science and industry. The range of applications for Microsystems is virtually unlimited, extending over logistics, security, quality surveillance in…
Adlershof Special 8: Real Estate
Location quality as a formula for success: Adlershof as a role model of site development:
A Quality Location – Recipe for Success // Thinking Big: Significance of Adlershof as a location // Networks and ideas: Dachland's new head office // Sustainability in Development and Architecture: „Wohnen am Campus“…
Thinking Big
Today, after almost two decades of planning and development, a look at the significance of Adlershof as a location past, present and future reveals surprising insights and opens up new perspectives. The city of…
A Quality Location – Recipe for Success
Adlershof – developed into a successful science and technology park within the space of only a few years – today stands as a model of location development, thanks to a forward-looking approach to planning and a…