Press Releases

27.10.2017

Ultrashort pulse laser applications for material machining and medical technology: LaserForum in Switzerland brought together photonics experts

The LaserForum initiated by the IVAM Microtechnology Network focused on both scientific-technical results in the field of ultrashort pulse lasers and the exchange of experts from Switzerland, Austria, France and Germany in this autumn. 
20.10.2017

Project ToGeTher prepares for phase II

The BMWi-funded cooperation network ToGeTher continues its work successfully. Halfway through the first phase, the consortium of the public funded project is already preparing several project proposals. Networking activities are particularly strong in the fields of smart textiles and intelligent wound dressings
13.10.2017

IVAM Product Market presents future intelligent medical technologies at COMPAMED 2017

The demand for smart, miniaturized components for medical devices and for efficient and highly precise manufacturing processes also continues to grow rapidly. he IVAM Microtechnology Network is therefore once again presenting an international joint pavilion, the product market "Hightech for Medical Devices" at COMPAMED.
06.09.2017

IVAM’s LaserForum visits the Swiss canton of St. Gallen with the topic ultrashort pulse lasers

On October 17, 2017 the LaserForum visits the city of Buchs in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen with the topic "Ultrashort pulse lasers: new technologies, materials processing & medical applications". 
22.08.2017

Creative high-tech packaging: IVAM Marketing Prize recognizes convincing technology marketing for the tenth time

How advanced technology can best be packaged for marketing has been demonstrated by the companies that applied for the IVAM Marketing Prize in the past nine years. In April 2018 the prize will be awarded for the tenth time.
31.07.2017

Personalization, demography and connectivity determine technical progress in medical technology

In the past years, no other target market has stimulated the microtechnology industry as much as medical technology and health care. The trend towards personalized medical, demographic developments and digitalization, but also health policy and cost pressure are driving technological progress in medical technology and health care.
17.07.2017

MST Conference and Health Business Connect: international experts of miniaturized and individualized medicine met in Dortmund

On July 5 and 6, 2017 the city of Dortmund in Germany turned into a hub for miniaturized and individualized medicine. The combined events MST Conference and Health Business Connect gave international experts a unique opportunity to share information about technical developments and trends in medicine and healthcare and to trigger new business.
07.06.2017

Microtechnology industry does not back German automotive industry unconditionally

Being part of the automotive supplier industry, the microtechnology industry has a great interest in a strong automotive industry. Representatives of these suppliers, however, believe that the interests of the German automotive industry should not be protected under all conditions: no concessions should be made to climate protection in the interest of the industry and the economy; fraud attempts such as exhaust gas manipulation should not be tolerated; and it is necessary to work more intensively on alternative drive technologies.
22.05.2017

14th Dortmund MST Conference presents Individualized Healthcare Solutions with micro and nanotechnology

The 14th Dortmund MST Conference on July 5 is demonstrating how micro- and nanotechnologies contribute to individualized methods of prevention, diagnostics, treatment, regeneration and rehabilitation in medicine and healthcare.
19.05.2017

Expert meeting “Health Business Connect” will connect international medical technology companies in Dortmund

For the second time the IVAM Microtechnology Network, in cooperation with the French partner Pôle des Microtechniques, is going to organize  the ‘Health Business Connect – Micro & Nano MEETS Medical Innovation” on July 6, 2017, this time in Dortmund, Germany.
15.05.2017

11th COMPAMED Spring Convention: Microfluidics is the basis for innovative medical technology

The 11th COMPAMED Spring Convention on May 3 in Frankfurt focused on microfluidics, an essential aspect of advanced medical technology. As a so-called "enabling technology", microfluidics is an indispensable technical prerequisite for mobile diagnostics, but also for fast and cost-effective laboratory analyzes.
25.04.2017

The digital transformation is no disruption to the microtechnology industry

The advancing digitalization is expected to lead to major changes in industry, economy and society in the years to come and is perceived as a great challenge. The innovative microtechnology industry, which has always played a key role in technological advances, does not think of the digital transformation as a disruption.
04.04.2017

Strategies for digitalization for high-tech SME were topic at the 1st IVAM High-Tech Summit

The kickoff of the new annual conference “IVAM High-Tech Summit” by the IVAM Microtechnology Network was a great success. More than 80 international representatives from the IT and micro- and nanotechnology industry met on March 23, 2017 in Dortmund to discuss the importance and strategies of digitalization.
24.03.2017

Ginolis Ltd. wins 9th IVAM Marketing Prize

Ginolis Ltd. from Oulunsalo, Finland, was awarded the 9th IVAM Marketing Prize on March 23, 2017. Ginolis had applied with a holistic marketing campaign around the product "LFDA-3". 
10.03.2017

Europe's microtechnology industry is attuned to growth

Global economic, social and political developments as well as technological disruptions like the digital transformation do not leave the representatives of the European microtechnology industry unaffected. Nevertheless, growth forecasts for the next three years are distinctively positive. 
08.03.2017

Key Enabling Technologies at HANNOVER MESSE 2017

Within the new focus area MICRO-NANO-AREA, the IVAM Microtechnology Network and Deutsche Messe will pool the “Key Enabling Technologies” Micro- and Nanotechnology, MEMS, Photonics and Advanced Materials. With these technologies, production of structures, components and devices is becoming more precise, more reliable, more flexible and faster. 
01.03.2017

nano tech in Tokyo: IVAM joint pavilion presented the enormous range of nanotechnology

nano tech in Japan is the world's largest international nanotechnology exhibition and conference. More than 53,000 international experts visited the nano tech at the "Big Sight" exhibition ground in Tokyo in the middle of February and caught up on the latest developments and results in the fields of nanotechnology products, applications and processes.
21.02.2017

The Micro Nanotech area at MD&M West has been successfully established

MD&M West in Anaheim is considered to be the world's largest trade fair for design and manufacturing in medical technology. The joint booth of the IVAM Microtechnology Network in hall c was again branded as “Micro Nanotech“ area and bundled the high-tech component manufacturers for the supply market.