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The new SENSILO plant was officially opened with the traditional band cutting. (Photo: JUMO)

14.06.2025
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New building

Official opening of the new SENSILO plant in the Fulda-West Technology Park / Around 48 million euros for the manufacturing of temperature and pressure sensors / Commitment to the Fulda economic region / Plant focused on sustainable production

SENSILO Opening: Million-dollar investment in the future viability of the corporate group

The JUMO Group of Companies opened the new Plant 2 ("SENSILO") in Rodges on Thursday. In addition to the Juchheim family, representatives from politics, business, and administration, as well as numerous customers, partners, distinguished guests, and employees, gathered on Böcklerstraße in the Fulda…

Lief Science Entrepreneurship Program 2025: Healthcare Shapers accompany young founders to the pitch. (Copyright: Healthcare Shapers)

14.06.2025
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Networking

Healthcare Shapers accompany young life science founders to the pitch

Life Science Entrepreneurship 2025: Crowning Finale in Mainz

The Life Science Entrepreneurship Program Rhine-Main (1), initiated and organized by the University Medical Center Mainz (2) and supported by speakers and mentors from the Healthcare Shapers consulting network (3), has in the past six months provided over 20 young researchers from various research i…

The new research building has a usable area of approximately 1,150 m², which includes offices, laboratories, meeting rooms, and a seminar area. © HENN

Groundbreaking ceremony for the new construction of the Fraunhofer ITMP-IIP (from left): Prof. Dr. med. Michael Hoelscher (Head of the Fraunhofer ITMP site IIP Penzberg/Munich and Director of the Institute for Infectious and Tropical Diseases at LMU Klinikum Munich), Andrea Jochner-White (District Administrator of Weilheim-Schongau County), Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Geißlinger (Director of the Fraunhofer ITMP), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Hanselka (President of the Fraunhofer Society), Judith Gerlach, MdL (Bavarian State Minister for Health, Care and Prevention), Hubert Aiwanger, MdL (Deputy Bavarian Minister-President and Bavarian State Minister for Economy, Regional Development and Energy), Dr. Rolf-Dieter Jungk (State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space), Prof. Dr. Francesca Biagini (Vice President of Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich), Prof. Dr. Markus M. Lerch (Medical Director of LMU Klinikum), and Stefan Korpan (First Mayor of Penzberg). © Fraunhofer ITMP / Maik Kern

13.06.2025
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New building

Groundbreaking ceremony for the new building of Fraunhofer ITMP in Penzberg

The Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP is researching innovative therapies to better understand and treat diseases. At the Penzberg site, diagnostic systems are to be developed together with partners Roche, the LMU Klinikum Munich, and Ludwig-Maximilians-University…

13.06.2025
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Furnishing

Compact, powerful, and versatile

Analytik Jena presents new ICP-OES device series PlasmaQuant 9200

Analytik Jena, a leading provider of analytical measurement technology, is expanding its portfolio in chemical element analysis with the new ICP-OES series PlasmaQuant 9200. The devices combine market-leading spectral resolution with high matrix tolerance and enable precise analyses even with comple…

Dates of the Kesterke Technology Days 2026 (Image credit: KB Peter Kesterke GmbH)

Peter Kesterke welcomes guests at the Kesterke Technology Day 2025 (Image credit: KB Peter Kesterke GmbH)

13.06.2025
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Trade fair

Kesterke Technology Days: Expansion to Southern Germany and four events in 2026

In the coming year, four Kesterke Technology Days will be held for the first time. In addition to the established venues in the North, the compact industry meeting will premiere in Southern Germany in 2026. Each event offers space for around 50 exhibitors and the opportunity for about ten lectures…

12.06.2025
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Universities

New large-scale equipment ‘Pathfinder’ strengthens pharmaceutical process engineering at TU Braunschweig

Paths through unexplored territory

The Centre for Pharmaceutical Process Engineering (PVZ) at Technische Universität Braunschweig has expanded its biotechnology facility with a state-of-the-art plate separator from the GEA Group. With continuous progress in biopharmaceutical research, the need for high-performance technical infrastru…

The smallest of their kind: The innovative microvalves and actuators for fluid control by memetis with Shape-Alloy-Memory technology. (Copyright: memetis GmbH)

The smallest of their kind: The innovative microvalves and actuators for fluid control from memetis with shape-memory alloy technology. (Copyright: memetis GmbH)

12.06.2025
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Standard-, operating-parts, valves, connectors, ...

Memetis from Karlsruhe relies on shape memory alloys for its innovative microvalves and microactuators – enabling even more compact and efficient devices, among other applications for life sciences.

The smallest of their kind: The innovative microvalves and actuators for fluid control by memetis with shape-memory alloy technology

In many areas of engineering, the trend is towards miniaturization. This also applies to valves and actuators used in fluid control, for example in medical technology or in the life sciences. The Karlsruhe-based company memetis relies on shape-memory alloys (Shape-Memory-Alloy/SMA) for its solutions…

The Smart Syringe Box from Schreiner MediPharm enables digital tracking and temperature monitoring in clinical trials. © Schreiner MediPharm

12.06.2025
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Award

Smart Syringe Box: Intelligent Packaging for Precise Therapy Monitoring

Schreiner MediPharm Presents Smart Packaging Solution for Tracking Syringes Administered in Clinical Trials

Recognized with the 2025 FINAT Innovation Award, the new Smart Syringe Box from Schreiner MediPharm shows how modern packaging solutions can optimize clinical trials. Thanks to integrated electronics, various types of syringe packaging can now be digitalized. The box enables precise tracking of drug…

12.06.2025
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Transfer systems

Whether in the pharmaceutical industry, electronics manufacturing, medical technology, or food production – wherever the highest product quality is required, cleanrooms play a central role.

Cleanroom conveyor belts as the key to flawless production

In many high-tech industries, cleanrooms are indispensable: medical technology products such as catheters, syringes, or blood bags must be manufactured and transported under controlled conditions to ensure sterility. In semiconductor manufacturing, even microscopic dust particles can cause failures…

Decontamination: © Mufid Majnun, Unsplash

11.06.2025
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Planning

Planning competence for laboratories of biosafety levels 3 and 4

Work in Biosafety Levels (BSL) 3 and 4 laboratories involves handling highly dangerous biological agents – including viruses, bacteria, prions, fungi, and parasites. These substances are classified into risk groups from 1 to 4 based on their danger. For the highest risk group, strict safety regulati…

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