For the first time ever, Analytica is working with Germany's Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology (BMWi) to promote select start-ups from Germany
At the Made in Germany joint exhibit at Analytica 2008, 20 small companies will have a chance to present their business ideas and innovations to an international audience of trade professionals.
The prerequisites for participating in the Made in Germany stand, a joint exhibit sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), are strict: interested companies must submit an application to the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA), an upper federal office subordinate to BMWi.
Applicants must be new, innovative and legally independent companies with newly developed products and/or techniques.
They must be based in and do business in the Federal Republic of Germany, employ no more than 50 people, have an annual balance-sheet total of no more than ten million euros and have been active on the market for no more than ten years.
The joint promotion program sponsored by Analytica and BMWi was very well received.
According to Hans-Joachim Heusler, managing director at Munich International Trade Fairs and responsible for Analytica, "We originally planned to have ten company presentations at the joint exhibit.
"Then we decided to double that number.
"Now twenty start-ups from throughout Germany will be able to take part in the programme and present their companies, their business ideas and their products at the international trade fair for analysis, laboratory technology and biotechnology in Munich.
Visitors who stop by the Made in Germany exhibit in Hall A3 can gather information about innovative products in nearly every segment of the analysis, laboratory technology and life-science industries.
For example, Acuros , a spin-off of Humboldt University in Berlin, will present a new technology for driving micropumps.
The drive energy is based solely on osmotic processes, eliminating the need for electrical and mechanical components.
As a result, the micropump can simply be disposed of after use.
Dresden-based HiperScan's exhibit will revolve completely around a compact and sturdy near-infrared spectrometer that is ideal for use in quality control, routine inspections and process control.
Perfect applications for the scanning grating spectrometer include the food and animal foodstuff industry, plastics, recycling, and the chemical and pharmaceuticals industry.
PlasmonicBiosensor has developed a technology for detecting particles such as bacteria or antibodies in food that makes it possible to precisely measure the number of bound particles using just a few microlitres and to monitor the process in vitro in real time, which is indispensable when developing drugs and in diagnostics.
The bioinformatics company SequentiX Digital DNA Processing in Klein Raden (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania) has developed its own high-tech software that makes it possible to perform the complex and time-consuming process of analysing and processing DNA data in a fraction of the time previously needed.
Besides saving time, this also helps to reliably identify, analyse and visualise different DNA patterns.
As a result, the company or research organisation that orders the job does not need to perform additional analyses.
RiNA Netzwerk RNA-Technologien in Berlin will have an exhibit that revolves around ribonucleic acid (RNA).
RiNA Netzwerk pools its scientific and commercial expertise in the field of RNA technologies, the objective being to support research efforts and develop marketable products.
To create synergies and promote the transfer of technology-based know-how within Germany, groups of researchers from universities and institutes work together with pharma and biotech companies within the RiNA network.
At Analytica, the network will introduce its new service portfolio, which includes cell-free protein synthesis solutions including kits, RNA synthesis and the production of customer-specific cell-free E.coli expression systems.
