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Reliable cleanroom

monitoring

TITEL

Reliable cleanroom monitoring

thanks to Rotronic RMS

Due to increased regulatory requirements, DendroPharm

GmbH, a company operating in the pharmaceutical sector,

had to upgrade its cleanroom. In order to reliably measure

temperature, humidity, and pressure, and monitor them in

accordance with GMP, the company now relies on the Rotronic

Monitoring System (RMS) from DwyerOmega.

DendroPharm GmbH is a biotechnology company focusing on innovative

drugs based on nanomaterials. It develops, produces, manufactures,

and analyzes semi-solid and liquid formulations for the

human and veterinary markets. The Berlin-based company was

founded in 2013 by Dr. Sam Dylan Moré and has been growing ever

since. Its goal is to improve the effectiveness of drugs and reduce

side effects.

In order to meet the increasing requirements in the pharmaceutical

environment, the biotech company has gradually built up a

hygiene zone in recent years with the aim of upgrading to a Class

C clean room. This is mainly used for non-sterile production steps

and preparatory process phases. With a view to future projects, including

possible expansion into the Chinese market, the area had

to be retrofitted with a modern monitoring system for temperature,

humidity, and pressure. This requirement was also set by the Berlin

State Office for Health and Social Affairs (LAGeSo) for the upcoming

inspection. A negative assessment would have significantly

restricted production. Fortunately, it did not come to that: the team

of inspectors was impressed by the solution and accepted it without

reservation.

Efficient monitoring system

The company built the hygiene zone with clean room itself and easily

retrofitted it with the RMS to meet all requirements.

While searching for a suitable monitoring system, DendroPharm

came across the Rotronic Monitoring System (RMS) from DwyerOmega

on several occasions. After an initial discussion with Sales

Manager Jan Wendel, the decision was quickly made, as Managing

Director Sam Moré explains: „We were looking for a reliable and

affordable system that would meet our current requirements. We

found that in the RMS.“ Alternative suppliers were out of the question:

„Other systems were significantly more expensive and offered

DendroPharm GmbH develops and produces semi-solid

and liquid formulations for the human and veterinary markets.

A reliable monitoring system such as the RMS is therefore

essential (50L mixer and filling system).

The Rotronic data loggers reliably measure temperature, humidity,

and pressure in the clean room.

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functions that we didn‘t need. A simple, clear

monitoring system was important to us,“ he

continues. Another advantage is that the existing

infrastructure can continue to be used, so

there was no need to install a new ventilation

system. Since DendroPharm has so far been

largely financed by research funds for the development

of new formulations based on nanotechnology,

and the service area for the manufacture

of non-sterile drugs for third parties

will not start until the first quarter of 2026, cost

efficiency was a key factor.

High time pressure

The biggest challenge of the project was the

tight timeframe: there were only two weeks

between initial contact and installation. „That

was an ambitious target for us too,“ recalls Jan

Wendel. However, he and his team were able

to master it without any problems. „Dendro-

Pharm had very precise ideas about what they

needed, which simplified the process,“ says

Jan Wendel.

Both sides are extremely satisfied with the

collaboration: „The contact and the process

were very straightforward. We quickly had a

contact person who accompanied us through

the entire process,“ says Sam Moré.

There is an additional challenge in that

the hygiene zone is not in continuous operation.

Monitoring is therefore carried out

specifically during production times and not

around the clock. „This also works with the

RMS, even though we are currently still working

on a more elegant switching solution,“

says Leo Sagurna, who was responsible for

coordinating and installing the RMS at DendroPharm.

Clear software and expandability

The user interface of the dashboard also impresses

DendroPharm GmbH and Leo Sagurna

in particular: „The software is very clear,

the operation is intuitive, and the measured

values are easy to understand.“

In addition, the RMS can be expanded as

required. „It was essential for us to purchase

an expandable system. We plan to equip another

room with the RMS next year,“ says Leo

Sagurna, who uses the system the most.

JANUARY 2026

Dear cleanroom professionals,

The new year has begun and we wish you all the best,

good health, happiness, peace and success.

The new YEARBOOK is looking very good and

is expected to be published in early February and

sent to subscribers. In the meantime, you can

find the latest information in the new

CLEANROOM NEWSLETTER.

Here is a brief overview of the contents of

this newsletter:

> Reliable cleanroom monitoring thanks

to Rotronic RMS

> Sustainable and efficient solutions to cleaning

challenges faced by electronics and

semiconductor manufacturers

> Containment: Safely compressed

> Laser draws made-to-order magnetic landscapes

> Next-generation edge AI for Europe

> . . .

With kind regards

Reinhold Schuster

Process Sensing Technologies PST GmbH

Einsteinstraße 17-23

D 76275 Ettlingen

Telefon: +49 7243 6019000

eMail: de.rotronic.sales@dwyeromega.com

http://www.processsensing.com/de-de/

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Customized planning, documentation, and commissioning of the

automation solution for the cleaning system, as well as its

integration into existing production lines, round off the company‘s

range of services. (Photo: acp systems AG)

The scalable quattroClean snow jet process is also used for

cleaning Front-Opening Unified Pods (FOUP) to ensure the

cleanliness of wafers in semiconductor manufacturing during

storage and transport. (Photo: acp systems AG)

quattroClean snow jet technology - dry and production-integrated cleaning

Sustainable and efficient solutions to

cleaning challenges faced by electronics and

semiconductor manufacturers

The electronics and semiconductor manufacturing industries

face a number of challenges. Increasingly smaller

structure sizes, rising demands concerning the power density,

dependability and safety of electronic components,

as well as new manufacturing technologies call for greater

precision and higher levels of technical cleanliness. The

growing shortage of skilled workers is reinforcing the trend

toward automated work steps, including cleaning. Furthermore,

specifications regarding sustainability and resource

consumption are also becoming more stringent. The dry and

scalable quattroClean snow jet technology meets all these

demands. The sustainable cleaning process requires neither

water nor energy-intensive drying and can be automated as

required.

Whether smartphones, household appliances, automobiles, medical

devices or even aerospace equipment - semiconductors, integrated

circuits, and microchips are the basis of all these modern applications.

During their manufacture, the components undergo complex

processes that are becoming increasingly demanding due to rising

requirements in terms of performance, product quality, and durability,

as well as new manufacturing technologies such as advanced

packaging. This applies not only to precision, but also to the degree

of technical cleanliness that must be achieved. The benchmark is

the level of cleanliness deemed necessary for subsequent processes

or the end application. The limit values for residual particulate

contamination are often in the submicrometer range, and for filmic

organic and inorganic contaminants even in the nanometer range.

The scalable quattroClean snow jet technology from acp systems AG

has been proven to meet these sometimes extreme cleanliness requirements

in series production in a dependable and reproducible

manner. And this has been shown to be the case for a wide variety of

full-surface or selective cleaning tasks, such as removing flux/solder

residues or tiny particles, wafer dicing, cleaning PCBs, masks, imagers

(e.g., CCD or CMOS sensors), and exposure optics, as well as for

before and after bonding.

Dry cleaning process – efficient and gentle on resources

In contrast to wet chemical cleaning, which is still frequently used

and requires not only water or solvents but also energy-intensive

drying, the quattroClean technology is a dry process. The cleaning

medium is liquid carbon dioxide which has been recycled and treated

from chemical production processes and energy generation

from biomass. The carbon dioxide is guided through a freely-adjustable,

wear-free, two-substance ring nozzle and expands on exiting

to form fine snow crystals. These are bundled by a separate jacket jet

of compressed air and accelerated to supersonic speed. When the

easily-focused jet of snow and compressed air impacts on the surface

to be cleaned, a combination of thermal, mechanical, solvent


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The dry, resource-saving quattroClean snow jet technology

meets the high cleanliness requirements in electronics manufacturing

in a robust and reproducible manner. Here is an application from

medical technology in which both a chip and its packaging are

cleaned. (Photo: acp systems AG)

The manufacturer has its very own cleanroom technical center

for designing processes and determining the optimal cleaning

parameters for specific applications. (Photo: acp systems AG)

and sublimation effects occur, forming the basis of the cleaning action.

The crystalline carbon dioxide sublimates entirely during the

process, leaving the treated surfaces completely dry. The detached

contaminants are then extracted together with the process gas, thus

preventing re-contamination of the parts or contamination of the

surroundings.

To underpin its contribution to sustainability, the quattroClean

process in combination with process gas from Linde has been

GreenScreen Certified®. The certification confirms that the process

medium used in cleaning processes, especially in the electronics industry,

does not contain any chemical substances which are harmful

to humans or the environment.

Adaptable to clean environments

acp systems tailors the cleaning solution optimally to the respective

task, company-specific requirements, and production situation.

To this end, the company designs systems based on standardized

modules or plans them individually. For use in clean manufacturing

environments, the cleaning systems, which are made entirely

of stainless steel, are designed and equipped to comply with the respective

cleanroom class specifications. This ensures a cleanliness

of 99.995 percent for the treated liquid carbon dioxide and a quality

of 1.2.1. according to ISO 8573-1:2010 for the compressed air. In order

to meet semiconductor manufacturing requirements, for example,

a gas scrubber that filters out traces of organic substances can also

be integrated into the ultra-pure media supply for compressed air

(XCDA).

Space-saving with needs-based automation

A further advantage of the quattroClean technology is its compact

size and ability to be automated as required using robot handling or

linear systems, which also allow very short cycle times. On request,

the equipment manufacturer takes on the customer-specific planning,

documentation, and commissioning of the automation solution

for the cleaning system, as well as its integration into existing

production lines - even for so-called flexible materials such as flexible

printed circuit boards. Machine vision-based solutions enable

accurate automatic positioning and calibration of parts in production

lines, as well as precise process monitoring and documentation.

Process design in cleanroom technical center

acp systems designs processes in its very own technical center,

which has an ISO 7 Class cleanroom with zones up to Class 5 according

to ISO 14644-1. Under these realistic production conditions,

process parameters such as volume flows for compressed air and

carbon dioxide, the number of nozzles, the area to be cleaned and

the duration of the jet, are adapted to the respective application,

while also taking material properties, the type of contamination and

required level of cleanliness into account.

The dry quattroClean snow jet technology is an answer to the

challenges posed by various cleaning tasks in electronics manufacturing.

The process ensures the necessary cleanliness of electronic,

mechanical, optical and sensor components in a robust, energy- and

resource-saving manner. Furthermore, it meets the demand for endto-end

automated manufacturing processes.

acp systems AG

Berblingerstraße 8

D 71254 Ditzingen

Telefon: +49 7156 480140

eMail: info@acp-systems.com

Internet: http://acp-systems.com


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2090i WiP with isolator technology for process equipment

and air management systems.

Solutions for highly active ingredients

Containment: Safely

compressed

New pharmaceuticals are becoming increasingly effective

and giving patients new hope. In this context, highly active

ingredients are growing in importance. Safe containment

solutions from Fette Compacting avoid risks to personnel

and the environment.

With rapid growth in the market segment for highly active ingredients,

Containment concepts are increasingly becoming the focus

of tablet production. Containment uses technical and organizational

measures to ensure that operating personnel and the environment

are reliably protected from active and highly active ingredients and

that there is no cross-contamination with other substances.

Due to the significant health risks, active and highly active ingredients

are subject to strict regulatory requirements. Standards such

as Occupational Exposure Bands, Occupational Exposure Limits,

and Permitted Daily Exposure specify the maximum permissible

concentration of active ingredients in the air. For highly active substances,

known as HPAPIs (High Potency Active Pharmaceutical

Ingredients), these limits are very low – often in the range of a few

micrograms, in some cases even in the nanogram range per cubic

meter of air.

A vivid comparison illustrates the extreme requirements: if a

single sugar cube were to be ground up and spread throughout the

Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, this would correspond to

an indoor air concentration of 5.5 micrograms per cubic meter. This

is a limit value that containment systems must comply with on a daily

basis and in some cases even fall significantly below.

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Operating personnel use glove ports to perform Manual

interventions without interrupting containment.

The Rapid Transfer Port allows Operators to safely insert

and replace tableting tools into the tablet press.

Comprehensive services and consulting

Hermetically sealed window flaps protect the operating personnel.

For the most demanding scenarios in the high-containment area,

Fette Compacting relies on isolator technology with integrated process

technology. This completely encapsulates the production area

and creates a hermetically sealed working environment. These highcontainment

systems also offer wash-in-place technologies, WiP for

short, which enable automatic and safe cleaning. Thanks to modular

extensions, the systems can be ideally adapted to specific production

requirements.

Fette Compacting has been using Containment Guard since

2017 to reliably validate protective measures. This process

systematically measures the containment performance of the

systems and documents the safety standards achieved. This ensures

that the systems are optimally tailored to the respective

requirements.

In addition to technology, Fette Compacting offers comprehensive

services: individual consultations, targeted training for users,

and ongoing technical support. Fette Compacting also provides validation

support to meet regulatory requirements and ensure the best

possible safety for personnel and products.

Apart from assigning the limit values to the substance systems, it is

also hard to imagine the magnitude of the concentrations.

From dust-tight to high-secure

Modern containment solutions are as diverse as the requirements

themselves. The range extends from dust-tight basic equipment

to complex high-security systems. Many tablet presses from Fette

Compacting already operate in a dust-tight manner and under constant

negative pressure in their standard version.

For increased safety requirements, Fette Compacting offers extended

containment packages for tablet presses and other devices

such as isolators or process equipment. These include:

– Hermetically sealed window flaps

– Permanently installed glove ports for manual interventions

without interrupting containment

– Rapid transfer ports (RTP) for the safe transfer of components

– Manual suction devices for manual pre-cleaning

– Permanent negative and positive pressure monitoring

Containment: From necessity to strategic advantage

The future of containment lies in comprehensive, integrated approaches.

Instead of isolated individual solutions, Fette Compacting

develops holistic strategies that accompany the entire process from

the laboratory to large-scale production. An essential part of this approach

is the seamless integration of containment into continuous

manufacturing, which makes the production of pharmaceutical products

even more efficient and safer.

Innovative technologies such as washable air management, VRsupported

training for operating personnel, and advancing digitalization

are promoting this development and supporting the implementation

of holistic solutions. This approach transforms containment

from a technical necessity into a strategic advantage: Pharmaceutical

companies can combine the highest safety standards with

economic efficiency and optimally prepare themselves for the challenges

of the growing HPAPI market.

Fette Compacting GmbH

D 21493 Schwarzenbeck


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Digital Repair and Breakdown

Management for Optimized Production

Support in Vetter’s Cleanroom Operations

Cleanrooms are among the most

tightly controlled production environments.

Prescribed gowning and

disinfection steps, clearly defined

airlocks, and logged entries are essential

to prevent particles and microbes.

Every entry – even for minor

technical interventions on equipment

– increases the risk of contamination

and interrupts the process.

The consequence in day-to-day operations:

The process is sensitive, time-consuming,

and can affect production. Between

gowning, coordination, and waiting times, valuable

time passes while production personnel and equipment

rely on rapid support from technicians.

How these challenges can be addressed through digital repair

and breakdown management is demonstrated by Vetter’s practical

example with the implementation of Maintastic maintenance software.

The focus is on fewer cleanroom entries, structured collaboration

and documentation, and efficient, cross-locational knowledge

management.

Vetter Relies on Digital Processes

Vetter is one of the leading CDMOs (Contract Development and Manufacturing

Organizations) specializing in aseptic manufacturing of

injectable products. The family-owned business is headquartered

in Ravensburg, Germany, employs over 7,000 people, and operates

production sites in Europe and the United States.

To increase reliability in cleanroom operations, Vetter was looking

for software tailored to the specific requirements of repair and

breakdown management. At the end of 2024, the CDMO implemented

Maintastic as a maintenance management solution.

The Situation Before

Implementation

Vetter faced the following

challenges in cleanroom

production:

– Unnecessary cleanroom

traffic: Various controlled

zones must be passed before

entering the cleanroom.

Even for minor problems,

technicians often had to

be physically present in the

cleanroom, which increased

both the risk of contamination and the time required.

– Collaboration between multiple stakeholders: Information

needed to resolve technical issues was spread across several

stakeholders, including production personnel in the cleanroom,

technicians in related production areas, and external machine

suppliers. Coordinating all stakeholders was time-intensive and

prone to delays.

– Efficient knowledge management: Limited access to equipment

histories or previous service cases slowed knowledge sharing

between departments and sites. As a result, resolving recurring

technical problems became more difficult.

KI generated

Process Improvements in Cleanroom Operations

To overcome the previously identified challenges and optimize cleanroom

operations, Vetter uses the following Maintastic features:

– Live collaboration from inside the cleanroom: Through Maintastic,

technicians can collaborate with production personnel in real

time via video and chat. Augmented Reality annotations (AR),

KI generated


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background blurring, and face anonymization support secure,

context-rich communication.

– Centrally accessible solutions knowledge: Technical documentation

of service cases is maintained in the integrated ticketing system.

Each ticket is linked to the corresponding asset, is filterable,

and enables finding and reusing completed solutions. Collected

knowledge thus becomes more accessible to service teams across

sites.

– Connection to the existing ERP system: Asset data, including

equipment master records and technical location, is transferred

one-way from SAP to Maintastic. SAP remains the authoritative

source, while data consistency in operational support is ensured.

Implementation with Impact: Results in Cleanroom Production

Maintastic is now used daily by more than 350 professionals in

production and maintenance. The following developments are

visible in operations:

– Faster communication and higher equipment availability:

Targeted collaboration shortens time to problem resolution.

Avoiding unnecessary cleanroom entries saves 20 to 30 minutes

per incident.

– Improved documentation and shared knowledge: Tickets

include structured entries with images, videos, and comments.

This increases data quality and supports knowledge transfer

between production sites.

– Scalable, future-ready platform: A second rollout phase is

underway, bringing additional production personnel on board.

Planned usage expansions include AI-supported voice input for

incident reporting and modules for preventive maintenance.

Conclusion: Faster Response Times and Higher Availability

Introducing digital repair and breakdown management at Vetter

has shortened response times and increased equipment availability.

Fewer cleanroom entries and direct communication between production

personnel and maintenance leads minimize time to the first

effective action. Documentation in tickets and linking to assets makes

solutions searchable and reusable. Overall, implementing Maintastic

strengthens the ability to ensure reliable operation of critical

production equipment, reduce downtime, and thereby support the

continuous supply of vital medications.

Maintastic GmbH

D 52074 Aachen

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Wirthwein builds new

production site in Cerkezköy, Turkey

New production site positions

Wirthwein‘s medical division for

further growth

Since 2015, the Wirthwein Group has been producing plastic components for the

home appliances and mobility sectors in Turkey with around 500 employees. The

company, called “Farel Plastik A.Ş.,” is located in the industrial city of Çerkezköy,

around 80 km from Istanbul. As Turkey offers interesting markets, particularly in

medical technology, the new subsidiary Wirthwein Medikal A.Ş. was founded in

2024 to become active in this market segment in Turkey and in the Middle East

and North Africa (MENA) region. The Çerkezköy plant is currently a key investment

focus for the Wirthwein Group, with a new production facility set to be built

here in the coming months.

Groundbreaking ceremony on October

27, 2025 for the new construction and thus

Wirthwein‘s entry into the Turkish medical

technology market, from left: FabYapı,

Ekrem Öztürk and Nuri Yaşar Öztürk of the

contracted construction company, as well

as Muhammet Tekin, Halit Büyükkuşoğlu,

Marcus Wirthwein, Ömer Burhanoğlu,

Murat Peker, and Fuat Cengiz of the

Wirthwein and Farel companies.

Among other things, an ISO Class 8 clean

room with automated assembly is being built

for the newly founded company in Turkey,

where high-quality, customer-specific

plastic systems will be manufactured in the

future, such as disposable diagnostic items,

hospital consumables, primary packaging

materials, and pharmaceutical devices. Modern

production, storage, and office space

will be created on 3,000 m². The production

and logistics center is scheduled to go into

operation in fall 2026.

Turkey offers great potential in the medical

technology sector

With Wirthwein Medikal Türkiye, the Wirthwein

Group is expanding its capacities

in the medical technology division and

bringing the expertise of its subsidiary Wirthwein

Medical from Mühltal near Darmstadt

to the Turkish market and thus to new

regions. “The aim is to establish medical

technology as a further business area at our

existing location – and thus become a pro-

Visualization of the new production building for Wirthwein Medikal Türkiye in Çerkezköy,

right next to Farel‘s existing site. The building will be constructed to

state-of-the-art standards, including an ISO 8 clean room.

duction and logistics center for the Middle

East and North Africa (MENA) region and

selected EU markets,” explains Marcus Wirthwein,

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

of Wirthwein SE.

“At Wirthwein Medikal Türkiye, we are investing

not only in production facilities, but

also in people, quality, and long-term regional

value creation. This step reflects our

strong commitment to innovation, localization,

and building a sustainable production

base for the future of healthcare in Europe,

Turkey, the MENA region, and beyond,”

explains Muhammet Tekin, Managing Director

at Wirthwein Medikal Türkiye. “With

this investment, we are consistently taking

the next step in our planned internationalization

in the medical technology business

segment,” adds Dr. Thomas Jakob, Managing

Director at Wirthwein Medical GmbH

& Co. KG.

Wirthwein Medical GmbH & Co. KG

D 64367 Mühltal/Nieder-Ramstadt


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Groundbreaking at SÜDPACK

in Erolzheim: Production expansion

for PharmaGuard®

The symbolic groundbreaking ceremony held on November 25, 2025 marked the

start of a new and significant construction project – not only for the film manufacturer

but also for the region as a whole. By the end of Q3 2027, new production

facilities for PharmaGuard®, along with a unit for the regranulation of production-related

plastic waste, will be built on the grounds of the SÜDPACK logistics

center in Erolzheim. The award-winning blister concept developed by SÜDPACK

Medica for solid applications is based on a PP mono-material and offers a sustainable

alternative to conventional, non-recyclable packaging concepts – and has

seen strong market demand since its launch.

At an early hour – 8:30 a.m. on November

25 – numerous honored guests gathered for

the official ceremony, followed by a traditional

breakfast of Weißwurst (veal sausage).

Among those in attendance were Jochen

Ackermann, Mayor of Erolzheim; Stefan

Redle of Redle Architekten; Georg Grimbacher

and Björn Glass of the construction

firms Grimbacher and Glass; Denis Geggier,

Site Manager at SÜDPACK Erolzheim; and,

of course, the owners and managing directors

of the SÜDPACK Group and SÜDPACK

Medica, represented by Carolin Grimbacher,

Johannes Remmele, Thorsten Seeexisting

hall will be converted to house an

ISO 7-certified cleanroom that will enable

GMP-compliant production and accommodate

a new extrusion line as well as a slitting

machine. A completely new building extension

is also planned to house the technical

infrastructure, including a regranulation

unit for processing production waste.

If all goes according to plan, construction

will be completed by June 2026, with

installation of the production equipment to

follow in the months thereafter. Commissioning

and start-up are scheduled for Q3 2027.

hars, Andreas Braun, Christoph Angstl, and

Thomas Freis.

The ceremonial groundbreaking ...

... marked the official start of construction

work in Erolzheim – and represents a major

milestone in the history of this family-owned

company. Due to rising demand for

PharmaGuard®, the current production

capacity at the company’s main site in Ochsenhausen

will no longer be sufficient in the

long term.

In the first phase of expansion, an

Voices from the ceremony

Mayor Jochen Ackermann, who has actively

supported the construction project from the

outset, expressed his enthusiasm, stating:

“SÜDPACK continues to demonstrate its

strong commitment to Germany as a business

location – even under challenging economic

conditions. As a successful, forwardlooking

company and one of the region’s

major employers, it is creating new jobs.”

Indeed, around 50 new positions will be

created to operate the new facilities. With

further expansion phases in the pipeline, an

additional 120 jobs are expected to be added

by 2030.

For the second-generation leaders of

the family business founded in 1964, Johannes

Remmele and Carolin Grimbacher

– who have boldly and consistently steered

it toward growth, internationalization, and

above all, sustainability – the expansion of

PharmaGuard® production sends a strong

signal to the market and a clear message to

their employees: “Our forward-looking packaging

concept already meets the future

sustainability requirements of the global

pharmaceutical industry – as well as those

outlined in the PPWR. As a recyclable mono-material,

it offers a significantly reduced

climate impact (in CO2 equivalents) compared

to laminates made from aluminum

and PET. With innovations like this, we’re

not only securing our future – we’re actively

driving the green transformation and the

circular economy within the plastics and packaging

industry.”

SÜDPACK VERPACKUNGEN SE & Co. KG

D 88416 Ochsenhausen


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Lauren Riddiford, Aleš Hrabec, and Jeffrey Brock (from left to right) in the cleanroom at Park Innovaare

– located right next to PSI. This is where novel magnetic structures are created and precisely

modified using laser technology. © Paul Scherrer Institute PSI / Mahir Dzambegovic

Laser draws made-to-order

magnetic landscapes

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, in collaboration

with the National Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST) in Boulder, Colorado, have for the first time succeeded

in using existing laser technology to continuously

vary the magnetic properties of two-dimensional materials.

This simple and fast method should make a large number of

applications possible, including techniques for data storage

and processing.

Sometimes using conventional tools in a novel way produces astounding

results. That‘s what happened when researchers used the

high-tech laser equipment in PSI‘s cleanroom for something it was

not intended to do. It was originally purchased for photolithography

– a process for producing tiny 2D structures. Normally, the laser irradiates

a photoresist with light of different intensities, thus creating

different exposure levels. This so-called grayscale lithography produces

a three-dimensional relief that can then be transferred to the

desired material. One important application area for this technology

is modern microoptics; it can be used, for example, to fabricate lenses

for smartphones.

«We‘re using this tool for something other than its original purpose,»

explains Aleš Hrabec: «We are using it to create two-dimensional

continuous changes in magnetic properties in materials that

are important for a variety of applications.» Hrabec is a scientist in

the Mesoscopic Systems research group, which is led by Laura Heyderman

and belongs to both PSI and ETH Zurich. What the researchers

mean by the term mesoscopic is systems with dimensions on

the scale of a few micrometres. For comparison: A human hair has a

diameter many times larger, around 100 micrometres.

A crazy idea that works

If you want to change the properties of a magnetic material, you can,

for example, heat it in an oven. But this changes the entire sample.

In search of a method for locally constrained changes, the PSI researchers

came up with the idea of putting a thin film of a magnetic

material, without photoresist, into the existing lithography device.

«It was a crazy idea, so I was very surprised that it worked right away,»

says Lauren Riddiford, a postdoc in the Mesoscopic Systems group:

«When we looked at the magnetic contrast under a special microscope,

we could immediately see the continuous changes in the magnetic

properties.»

The laser essentially acts like an oven, but its effect changes

the magnetic properties with pinpoint accuracy. The laser is used

to scan the surface of the material sample, modulating the light intensity

as desired. This heats very small areas only 150 nanometres

in size. The process is called direct-write laser annealing, or DWLA

for short. Such targeted heating causes local changes in a material

– it oxidises, crystallises, or alloys two metals. This can change the

strength or direction of the magnetisation and influence interactions

at the interface between two materials.

The local, gradual approach has a unique ability to create gradients

of magnetic properties that can take on arbitrary shapes. Until

now, it was only possible to produce lateral, one-dimensional gradients

of such material properties. Now circles, spirals, or even more


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From laser light to snowflake: This magnetic structure was created at PSI using an industrial laser – not for decoration,

but as a demonstration of precise material modification with potential for data storage, AI, and photonics.

© Paul Scherrer Institute PSI / Aleš Hrabec, Lauren Riddiford, Jeffrey Brock

complex shapes are possible, as Riddiford demonstrates in a video

showing the creation of a magnetic structure in the shape of a snowflake.

«When we apply a field to the processed sample, the magnetisation

in the center first changes direction from upwards to downwards.

When the field becomes stronger, this switching spreads

radially,» the researcher explains. In the areas around the snowflake,

the material was heated sufficiently with the laser to ensure that it is

no longer magnetic.

Faster, more efficient, and more secure

The researchers‘ aim is not to make pretty pictures but rather to

enable concrete applications, for example in data storage technology.

Small magnets have long been used to save data on computer

hard drives. Depending on which direction the pole of a magnet is

pointing, this corresponds to a one or a zero, that is, the value of a

bit. Above the rotating hard drive is a coil that reads and writes information

using a magnetic field. «With our technique, we want to

find out which magnetic materials and properties are best suited to

producing storage devices that no longer have moving parts and do

not require the use of magnetic fields,» says Jeffrey Brock, another

postdoc in the Mesoscopic Systems group.

Because of the continuous changes in the magnetic properties in

the storage medium, no magnetic field is needed to change the magnetisation

of the bits. An electric current can be used to write and

read the information. Such storage elements already exist. «However,

we believe that our approach to locally altering material properties

is much simpler and faster than the technologies currently used

to create such patterns,» Brock says. Data storage devices switched

with electricity are faster, and more data can be stored in a smaller

space. The researchers also want to apply this to a special class of

materials called synthetic antiferromagnets. This would make data

storage more permanent and secure, as this material is immune to

an external magnetic field.

Computing and storage on the same chip

One other possible application is so-called in-memory computing

– in which data processing and storage take place on the same chip.

In today‘s electronic devices, data is constantly transported back

and forth between the fast processor and the much slower storage

unit, which costs a lot of time and energy. Using a single chip would

enable an extreme increase in speed. Four years ago, a research collaboration

between PSI and ETH Zurich succeeded for the first time

in carrying out logical operations in a magnetic material in which

simultaneous data storage is also possible – an invention that was

patented. But the material used to date is not suitable for the manufacturing

processes that today‘s semiconductor industry relies on.

«We‘re hoping we can use the laser technique to produce a magnetic

material that is compatible with these standard processes,» Hrabec

says.

Another new research field of interest is so-called neuromorphic

computing – an approach to data processing inspired by the brain

and the network of nerve cells, that is, neurons. Here, for example,

tiny magnets in different configurations are intended to interact

with each other like neurons in biological networks. «But the brain

does not consist of one simple material,» Hrabec says. «Therefore

you can‘t just use a thin layer of a single magnetic material such

as cobalt for this purpose; you need something more complex.» An

ideal task for the new laser technology, which can be used to create

arbitrary magnetic landscapes.

Hrabec is convinced that the research team‘s work will open

up many other applications, for example in the fields of sensor

technology and photonics, in which light is used to transmit information.

Laser heating and crystallisation in a material can change

its refractive index and thus its optical properties. The big advantage

of laser annealing is that the equipment used is a commercial

device that is already available in many laboratories around the

world. It does not require a vacuum or other special conditions.

Also, it can achieve in a matter of seconds what would take hours

in an oven. Hrabec sums it up in this way: «The great strength of

this technology is that it is relatively inexpensive, very fast, and

easily available.»

Paul Scherrer Institut

CH 5232 Villigen PSI


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The PREVAIL consortium makes future technology accessible

Next-generation

edge AI for Europe

Many innovative European companies working on edge AI

technologies have, until now, been dependent on international

supply chains. To reduce this dependence, research

organizations from four EU countries – including Fraunhofer

– are setting up a European pilot line for next-generation

edge AI technologies.

Edge AI applications process data where it is generated. This offers

advantages in terms of the security and speed of AI systems, and it

is increasingly being used in areas such as robotics, autonomous

driving, and medical technology. Edge AI enables real-time decision-making

with very low latency. Access to these advanced semiconductor

technologies can be challenging for innovative European

companies because they often rely on suppliers from Asia and the

US due to a lack of in-house manufacturing capacity.

To enable research institutions, universities, start-ups, and

SMEs to develop next- generation edge AI systems in the future,

the PREVAIL consortium has spent the past two years establishing

a pilot line for producing this technology in Europe. The four participating

research institutions aim to facilitate access to these future

technologies and ensure Europe‘s technological sovereignty.

European cooperation

The research and technology organizations (RTOs) involved in the

PREVAIL project – CEA- Leti (France), Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

(Germany), imec (Belgium), and VTT (Finland) – complement each

other in their areas of focus. As a result, the project strengthens

scientific cooperation at the European level and can cover the entire

spectrum of technologies relevant to edge AI.

These include the areas of “embedded non-volatile memories,”

“3D integration,” and “silicon photonics and connectivity.” As part

of the PREVAIL project, an early-stage technology demonstrator is

being developed for each topic. The project partners are collaborating

to contribute their expertise. Each demonstrator is being developed

jointly by at least two RTOs.

As an example of the topic area “3D integration,” the aim is to

show how various mix- pitch connection technologies can be implemented

on an advanced silicon interposer substrate. In addition to

CEA-Leti and imec, Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID and Fraunhofer EMFT

are contributing on this demonstrator.

Four Fraunhofer institutes from the Fraunhofer Microelectronics

Group and the Research Factory Microelectronics Germany

(FMD) are involved in the PREVAIL project:

– Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID – Center All Silicon System Integration

Dresden, a leader in 300 mm technologies in the field of advanced

packaging and 3D wafer- level system integration, contributes

to the field of 3D integration.

– The Center Nanoelectronic Technologies (CNT) at Fraunhofer

IPMS is contributing its 300 mm CMOS-compatible nanoelectronic

technologies based on ferroelectric materials for embedded

non-volatile memory, among other things.

– Fraunhofer EMFT will contribute chip-to-film integration and

physical analysis for Trust.

– Fraunhofer IIS will contribute to the design, measurement, and

testing of integrated CMOS circuits, drawing on its many years of

experience with advanced semiconductor technologies down to

structure sizes of 22 nm.

State of the art for small and medium-sized enterprises

To implement these cutting-edge technologies, Fraunhofer IZM-

Funding from the PREVAIL project enabled Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID to

purchase six new machines that will become part of a European edge AI

pilot line. © Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID

© Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID


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ASSID procured six new systems, which are now being integrated

into the existing 200/300 mm process line for 2.5D/3D system integration.

Participating countries and the European Commission

provided a total of €155.99 million in funding to establish the “Multi-hub

Test and Experimentation Facility (TEF) for edge AI hardware.”

More than 80 percent of this was invested in new equipment.

This infrastructure is therefore particularly available to external

partners and companies interested in edge AI technologies. The broad-based

PREVAIL consortium is capable of handling a wide range

of potential development projects. The pilot line covers everything

from design development, prototyping, and small-batch hardware

production to validation and analysis.

Fraunhofer-Institut für Zuverlässigkeit und Mikrointegration IZM

D 13355 Berlin

Development of quantum algorithms // Joint project between TRUMPF, Fraunhofer Institute for

Laser Technology ILT, and FU Berlin // Aiming to increase efficiency in laser technology

Research project: TRUMPF aims to

improve its lasers with quantum computers

The high-tech company TRUMPF, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser

Technology ILT, and the Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum

Systems at the Department of Physics at Freie Universität Berlin are

researching the fundamentals of laser physics with the help of quantum

algorithms. The long-term goal is to use quantum computers

to significantly accelerate the development process for new lasers

in the future. “If we understand the physical processes involved in

generating and amplifying laser light more precisely, we will be able

to make our products even more efficient and increase their performance

in the future,” says Daniel Basilewitsch, who is responsible

for the project at TRUMPF. The central question is whether quantum

computers can simulate the complex quantum mechanical processes

that take place in lasers better than the conventional highperformance

computers that TRUMPF has used to date.

Focus on CO₂ lasers and semiconductor lasers

Laser development at TRUMPF (Photo: TRUMPF)

The project partners are focusing their research on CO₂ lasers and

semiconductor lasers. „In addition to their use in data transmission,

in sensor technology in smartphones, and in the future in autonomous

driving, semiconductor lasers are the backbone of most industrial

laser applications, either as a pump source or in direct application.

The impact of better prediction of amplification properties

using quantum algorithms can be correspondingly large. The goal

is to use quantum computers to calculate the quantum mechanical

processes in semiconductor lasers,“ says Prof. Carlo Holly, head

of the Data Science and Measurement Technology department at

Fraunhofer ILT and head of the RWTH Aachen University Chair of

Optical Systems Technology. However, it will still be some time before

quantum computers can be widely used in industry. Although

the first prototypes already exist, they are currently still unsuitable

for complex industrial tasks. “Nevertheless, it is important to build

up the expertise today so that quantum computers can be used in

industry in the future,” says Basilewitsch.

The project partners contribute their respective expertise

Fraunhofer ILT is a leader in the simulation of semiconductor lasers,

while the Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems is a leader

in the modeling of molecular collisions. TRUMPF is developing the

first quantum algorithms and coordinating the project. The German

Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding the project

with around 1.8 million euros as part of its “Application-Oriented

Quantum Informatics” funding program.

First, the researchers are analyzing existing simulation approaches

and testing initial quantum algorithms. „The core of the project

is the translation of the physical modeling of the desired and undesired

energy transfer processes occurring in the CO₂ laser from

classical to quantum computers. A better understanding of these

processes will then serve to optimize the laser design,“ explains Prof.

Dr. Christiane Koch from the FU Berlin. ”The project is an important

step toward making energy-intensive chip production more sustainable,

where our CO₂ lasers are used today,“ says Basilewitsch.

TRUMPF SE + Co. KG

D 71254 Ditzingen


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Breakthrough enables scalable, high-precision biosensing applications

in life sciences and healthcare

Imec demonstrates first wafer-scale

fabrication of solid-state

nanopores using

EUV lithography

1. Imec has achieved the first successful wafer-scale fabrication of

solid-state nanopores using EUV lithography on 300mm wafers.

This innovation transforms nanopore technology from a lab-scale

concept into a scalable platform for biosensing, genomics and

proteomics.

2. Nanopores are hailed as gamechangers for genomics and proteomics, but until

now, solid-state nanopores were never mass-produced due to variability and integration

challenges. Imec’s breakthrough paves the way for high-throughput, CMOS-compatible

biosensor arrays that could accelerate personalized medicine, rapid diagnostics, and

molecular data storage.

3. Wafer-scale fabrication using EUV lithography on 300mm wafers of nanopores as small

as ~10 nm with high uniformity across the wafer. The fabrication process shows promise

for achieving pore sizes below 5nm with further enhancements to process integration

techniques. Electrical and bio-molecular translocation characterization revealed a high

signal-to-noise ratio of 6.2.

Imec pioneers full waferscale

(300mm) production

of solid-state nanopores

with EUV lithography, as

shown on photo. © imec

At this year’s IEEE International Electron

Devices Meeting (IEDM 2025), imec, a

world-leading research and innovation hub

in advanced semiconductor technologies,

presents the first successful wafer-scale fabrication

of solid-state nanopores using extreme

ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. Solidstate

nanopores are emerging as powerful

tools for molecular sensing but haven‘t been

commercialized yet. This proof of concept

is a crucial step towards their cost-effective

(mass) production.

Solid-state nanopores are tiny holes -

just a few nanometers wide - etched into Silicon

Nitride membranes. When immersed

in fluid and connected to electrodes, they

allow individual molecules to pass through,

generating electrical signals that can be

analyzed in real time. Because the pore size

can be easily adjusted, they offer a wide range

of applications, from virus identification

to DNA and protein analysis. This label-free,

single-molecule detection method is key to

next-generation diagnostics, proteomics,

genomics, and even molecular data storage

applications.

Cross-sectional and top-view TEM of the fabricated solid-state nanopore,

Biological nanopores, on the other hand,

formed by proteins in lipid membranes, have

enabled commercial sequencing platforms,

but they are limited by stability and integration

challenges. Solid-state nanopores

overcome these limitations with robustness,

tunability, and compatibility with semiconductor

manufacturing, making them ideal

for scalable, high-throughput sensing. But

achieving nanometer-level precision and

uniformity in solid-state pores across large

areas remains a challenge. Current fabrication

techniques are often slow and limited

to the lab, delaying their widespread use for

sensing applications.

In a new paper presented at IEDM 2025,

imec reports successful fabrication of highly

uniform nanopores with diameters down to

~10nm across full 300mm wafers. The team

combined EUV lithography with a spacerbased

etch technique to achieve nanometer-level

precision and reproducibility - two

long-standing challenges in nanopore technology.

The nanopores were embedded in silicon

nitride membranes and electrically characterized

in aqueous environments. Trans-


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location experiments with DNA fragments

also confirmed high signal-to-noise ratios

and excellent wetting behavior, validating

the nanopores’ sensing performance with

biological material.

“Imec is uniquely positioned to make

this leap. We can apply EUV lithography -

traditionally reserved for memory and logic

- to life sciences. By leveraging our lithography

infrastructure, we’ve shown that solidstate

nanopores can be fabricated at scale

with the precision needed for molecular

sensing,” said Ashesh Ray Chaudhuri, first

author and R&D project manager at imec.

“This opens the door to high-throughput

biosensor arrays for healthcare and beyond.”

Looking ahead, this feat can enable rapid

diagnostics, personalized medicine, and

molecular fingerprinting. Building upon the

EUV nanopore advancements, imec is currently

developing a modular readout system

with scalable fluidics as a platform for application

relevant chemistry development. The

team invites life science tool developers to

use this platform to test their concepts and

requirements.

At the 2026 IEEE International Solid-

State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), the

paper “A 256-Channel Event-Driven

Readout for Solid-State Nanopore Single-Molecule

Sensing with 193 pArms

Noise in a 1 MHz Bandwidth” will be

presented, showcasing a proof-of-concept

ASIC readout developed by imec,

to support next-generation custom nanopores.

IMEC Belgium

BL 3001 Leuven

SynTiso: No more questions. Only answers.

What if Annex 1 compliance was guaranteed? What if your filling line processed

600 containers per minute with 100% in-process control? And what if every

container reached the patients flawlessly? Then you have arrived in the future of

aseptic commercial-scale pharmaceutical filling.

Some call it a game changer; some call it

a groundbreaking revolution. Syntegon

couldn’t agree more: SynTiso is the world’s

first gloveless, fully automated, Annex 1

compliant commercial fill-finish line. It

reduces operator intervention to a minimum.

Moreover, its contactless, suspended

transport system protects product integrity

across vials, syringes, and cartridges, of

course also in the trending ready-to-use

(RTU) segment.

It‘s all in the numbers

The numbers speak for themselves: with an

output of up to 600 containers per minute

including 100 percent in-process control

(IPC), SynTiso is the fastest aseptic liquid

filling line in the market. On top of that,

operator intervention is reduced by 35 percent

and batch changeover times even by 50

percent. This enables you to increase your

overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) by

an amazing 30 percent.

that innovation requires teamwork. SynTiso

is the perfect example of how co-creation

leads to co-success. It was developed together

with two of the world’s leading pharmaceutical

companies – making sure it answers

their exact challenges and integrating

pharmaceutical processes into the system

design of SynTiso right from the start.

Syntegon Technology GmbH

Blaufelder Straße 45

D 74654 Crailsheim

Telefon: +49 7951 4020

eMail: packaging-ph@syntegon.com

Internet: http://www.syntegon.com

Cocreate. Cosucceed.

As a strategic partner to the pharmaceutical

and biotech industry, Syntegon knows


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SLM Kunststofftechnik has relied on Sumitomo (SHI) Demag for 27 years

More Than a Business Relationship

Continuity, trust and technological excellence define the

partnership between SLM Kunststofftechnik and Sumitomo

(SHI) Demag. Since its foundation in 1998, the automotive

supplier from Oebisfelde has relied on injection

molding machines from Schwaig. Today, the company operates

a fleet of 75 machines – clear evidence of sustained

growth and confidence in a collaboration that has lasted

almost three decades.

From start-up to established automotive supplier

When SLM was founded 27 years ago, it began with just a few machines

and a clear vision: to deliver high-quality plastic parts for the

automotive industry. Today, the company employs around 300 people

and produces more than 40 million components each year. Its

product portfolio includes exterior parts such as bumper covers as

well as highly complex two-component water deflectors, requiring

maximum precision and process reliability. The main customers are

the Volkswagen Group and other leading international OEMs.

View into Injection Molding Hall 3.

Technological excellence and energy efficiency

A key driver of this success has been the close technological partnership

with Sumitomo (SHI) Demag. In addition to outstanding

machine availability and process stability, the fully electric IntElect

series plays a particularly important role. SLM now operates 13 IntElect

machines. They enable energy-efficient and highly precise

production, reduce downtime, and contribute to the company’s sustainability

goals. “With the IntElect machines, we have significantly

increased our energy efficiency while further optimizing the quality

of our parts,” explains Managing Director Gunnar Kasprzyk.

Embracing digitalization

Beyond machine technology, SLM is also investing in digital solutions.

The integration of myConnect and myAssist provides closer

service connectivity, predictive maintenance, and faster troubleshooting.

In addition, all machines are fully connected to the company’s

MES, enabling seamless process monitoring and data analysis.

These steps lay the foundation for a future-proof, fully networked

production environment in line with Industry 4.0 standards.

The IntElect 130-450 produces radar-capable plastic

covers for the VW Group.

A growing partnership

For SLM, the collaboration with Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is far more

than a supplier relationship. It is built on mutual trust, technological

expertise, and a shared commitment to quality. “Our partnership

with Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is a cornerstone of our competitiveness

and growth. We truly value the reliability, service, and innovative

strength they provide,” emphasizes Kasprzyk.

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag

D 90571 Schwaig

The IntElect 130-450 produces radar-capable plastic

covers for the VW Group.


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Collaboration with leading semiconductor manufacturers pivotal in optimizing

the key modules for 2D-material device integration

Imec advances 2D-material based device

technology beyond state of the art in support

of the future logic technology roadmap

– Imec, in collaboration with leading semiconductor manufacturers, addressed key challenges in advancing

2D-material device technology, which is considered a long-term option for extending the logic technology roadmap.

– Collaboration with TSMC resulted in record performing WSe2 -based pFETs (with Imax as high as 690µA/µm),

using a fab-compatible process flow.

– Partnership with Intel led to improved fab-compatible modules for source/drain contact formation and

gate stack integration (with reduced equivalent oxide thickness (EOT)).

– “Imec optimized critical modules for 2D-material device integration using high-quality 2D-material layers

provided by the semiconductor manufacturers. This combined approach has been crucial in pushing the state

of the art.” – Gouri Sankar Kar, imec.

Figure 2 – (a) Trench dry etch into SiO2; (b) dry and wet etch selectively stopping

on the monolayer WS2 channel, also causing AlOx interlayer lateral removal along

the full channel length (in collaboration with Intel).

This week, at the 2025 IEEE International

Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), imec,

world-leading research center in advanced

semiconductor technologies, presents

breakthrough performance of p-type FETs

with monolayer WSe2 channels, and improved

fab-compatible modules for source/

drain contact formation and gate stack integration.

These results, achieved through

collaborations with leading semiconductor

manufacturers, mark a significant advance

for 2D-material based technology, which is

considered a promising long-term option

for extending the logic technology roadmap.

Replacing Si conduction channels with

atomically thin layers made of 2D transition

metal dichalcogenides (MX2) promises to

enable ultimate gate and channel length

scaling, while maintaining good electrostatic

channel control and high carrier mobility.

Crucial milestones to be achieved

include high-quality 2D-material layer deposition,

gate stack integration, low-resistance

source/drain contact formation, and

300mm fab integration. Also, while most

efforts focus on improving n-type devices

(with channels made of WS2 or MoS2),

more fundamental work is needed on p-type

devices, which require different channel

materials (such as WSe2).

Gouri Sankar Kar, VP R&D compute

and memory device technologies at imec:

“At 2025 IEDM, we show in two separate

presentations how in-depth collaborations

with leading semiconductor manufacturers

within imec’s core CMOS Industrial Affiliation

Program (IIAP) have enabled breakthroughs

in the performance of 2D-material

based devices. In both partnerships,

combining high-quality 2D material layers

provided by the manufacturer with imec’s

optimized contact and gate modules played

a key role in pushing the technology beyond

state of the art.”

“Depositing the top-gate HfO2 dielectric

on top of a MX2 channel requires an

additional seed layer to support HfO2 nucleation

and growth”, explains Gouri Sankar

Kar. “For nFETs, this is solved by creating

an AlOx interfacial layer, but this approach

is challenging for pFETs due to the different

characteristics of the WSe2 channel material

as compared to its n-type counterparts.

In partnership with TSMC, we started with

a synthetic bilayer of WSe2, which was formed

by subsequently transferring two highquality

WSe2 monolayers from TSMC on

our substrates. We then oxidized the top

WSe₂ monolayer, converting it into an interfacial

layer that successfully supported the

deposition of the HfO₂ gate oxide. This fabcompatible

lab-based integration approach

resulted in record performance of our dualgated

pFETs.”

Another presentation highlights the collaboration

between imec and Intel in developing

300mm manufacturable modules for

source/drain contacts and gate stack integration,

for n-type (WS2 and MoS2) and p-

type (WSe2) 2D-FETs. “The key innovation

consists in applying a selective oxide etch

process on Intel’s high-quality 2D material

layers, that were capped with an interfacial

AlOx layer, a HfO2 layer and a SiO2 layer”,

Gouri Sankar Kar explains. “The oxide etch

process allowed the formation of fab-compatible

damascene-style top contacts – a

world first. In addition, during the vertical

contact etch process, the interfacial AlOx

layer was simultaneously etched laterally, removing

AlOx from the channel region. This

significantly lowered the top gate’s EOT benefitting

the gate’s transfer characteristics.”

This research was funded by the imec

IIAP Exploratory Logic program, the 2D-PL

pilot line project through Horizon Europe

(101189797) and Horizon 2020 (952792)

grant agreements.

IMEC Belgium

BL 3001 Leuven


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International decision-makers in the healthcare industry rely on MEDICA 2025

and COMPAMED 2025 in Düsseldorf

Trendsetting change with

consistent further development in 2026

„With numerous programmatic changes and the new theme

‘Meet Health. Future. People.’, we have made this year‘s

MEDICA the starting point for a process of change that addresses

the transformation of the international healthcare

industry and underlines our commitment to actively shaping

this change with forward-looking concepts. We will

continue to pursue this path of change consistently with

innovations in 2026 as well,“ says Marius Berlemann, Managing

Director of Messe Düsseldorf, summarizing the events

at MEDICA 2025 and the parallel COMPAMED 2025. A total

of more than 5,300 exhibitors from 70 nations presented

their complete portfolio for modern outpatient and inpatient

care in the Düsseldorf exhibition halls from November

17 to 20 – unique worldwide, including an impressive variety

of high-tech supplier solutions. By the time exhibitor registration

for MEDICA 2026 and COMPAMED 2026 opens on

January 20, the main topics will be restructured in line with

current trends based on numerous interviews conducted

during the trade fair.

Three quarters of the trade visitors at MEDICA 2025 and

COMPAMED 2025 belong to the top management

(© Constanze Tillmann/ Messe Düsseldorf).

With regard to the trade fair visits and roundtable discussions by

Federal Health Minister Nina Warken and EU Health Commissioner

Oliver Váhelyi, Marius Berlemann emphasizes the appeal of the

events as the “place to be” for the industry‘s decision-making elite:

“MEDICA and COMPAMED are developing into community platforms

where the highest national and international levels of politics,

healthcare, industry, and science discuss opportunities and challenges.

In Düsseldorf, the way is being paved for successful healthcare

business.”

Carmen Berger, who took over as the new head of MEDICA and

COMPAMED at Messe Düsseldorf on 1 October, adds: ‘The confidential

roundtable meetings held by Minister Nina Warken with

leading industry representatives at the start of MEDICA and by EU

Commissioner Oliver Váhelyi on the second day of the fair made it

clear that regulatory processes must finally be accelerated so that effective

procedures and technologies can be implemented more quickly

in everyday healthcare.’ A tour of the exhibition halls impressively

demonstrated the enormous innovative strength of the medical

technology industry and research institutions. ‘On the supply side,

the conditions are excellent. The industry has enormous growth

potential that is just waiting to be unleashed,’ said Carmen Berger.

The fact that MEDICA and COMPAMED are a guarantee for highquality

contacts is once again reflected in the figures: three-quarters

of the total of 78,000 trade visitors belong to the top management of

their companies or organizations. Seventy-five percent of the trade

visitors traveled from 160 countries. International, renowned buyer

delegations, including from the Gulf States, Africa, and the UK‘s

National Health Service (NHS), reinforced the global reach of the

events.

The focus of MEDICA: Global business with growth prospects

Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota (and US vice-presidential candidate

for 2024), took advantage of the presence of the high-profile

NHS delegation from the UK to hold a meeting during his visit to

MEDICA. He then visited the large joint stand of North Rhine-Westphalia

to find out about cutting-edge technology from NRW on the

one hand and the potential applications of medical technology in the

state‘s high-performance care facilities on the other. This demonstrates

that the two most important markets for medical technology

– North America and Europe (with Germany at the forefront) – are

best able to defy a global climate of increasing trade restrictions

through intensive dialogue and long-term partnerships.

Saudi Arabia is also proving to be a particularly interesting target

market at present, as demonstrated by the visit to the trade fair by the

Saudi Minister of Health, H.E. Fahad Abdulrahman Al-Jalajel. Topics

covered during his tour of MEDICA included new developments in

the field of wearables and innovations for digital hospital infrastructures

at the special show ‘Hospital of the Future’. With its “Vision

2030,” the kingdom is pursuing ambitious goals to modernize its healthcare

system, including investments in networked care systems,

telemedicine, and centers of clinical excellence.

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applications, as presented by MEDICA exhibitors and discussed in

the stage program. Medical robotics is currently experiencing strong

growth rates – up to 16 percent annually over the next five years. This

is according to the study “Robotics in Healthcare,” which Messe

Düsseldorf developed in cooperation with the industry association

SPECTARIS and presented during the trade fair.

Crowd pleaser: New hotspot for future health tech

At MEDICA 2025, pioneering innovations at the interface with practical

application were on display, particularly in the newly launched

MEDICA INNOVATION FORUM (in Hall 12). Closely linked to the

neighboring MEDICA START-UP PARK and the Wearables Technologies

Show, the new MEDICA concept created a central hotspot

for future health tech, which proved to be a real crowd pleaser on

all days of the trade fair. Top speakers such as digital health pioneer

Daniel Kraft, AI specialist Prof. Paul Lukowicz, Spiegel bestselling

author Thomas Schulz, and start-up competitions such as the 14th

MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION and the 17th HEALTHCA-

RE INNOVATION WORLD CUP captivated the trade audience and

provided impetus for the entire spectrum of healthcare innovation.

The MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION and the 17th HEALTH-

CARE INNOVATION WORLD CUP captivated the professional

audience and provided impetus for the entire spectrum of digital

innovations. The special networking format “Women Leaders in Healthcare”

underscored the level of diversity that is essential for the

innovative strength of the international healthcare business.

Dynamic entrepreneurial spirit at record levels

The winning team in the 14th MEDICA START-UP COMPETITION

was Svan Technologies from Austria with a special injection device

that can save lives. Within just 90 seconds, it gives medical staff access

to bone marrow, e.g. from newborns. This year‘s ‘HEALTHCA-

RE INNOVATION WORLD CUP’ was won by the team from Nanose

Medical from Israel with their compact device for real-time digital

analysis of breath samples for the diagnosis of lung cancer or advanced

liver disease.

The record participation of over 80 start-ups in the MEDICA

START-UP PARK also demonstrated the dynamism of the start-up

scene. HeartHero (USA) presented a portable, user-friendly AED

that only defibrillates automatically when needed. Healex (Germany)

introduced a digital platform that automates the management

and billing of clinical trials, thereby significantly simplifying the process

(and conserving resources). The new product “Miamind” from

Bottneuro (Switzerland) also attracted a great deal of attention. The

Before a roundtable discussion with high-ranking industry

representatives, Federal Health Minister Nina Warken took a tour

of MEDICA to see the latest robotics applications, among other

things (© Messe Düsseldorf).

custom-made 3D helmet enables precise transcranial brain stimulation

to alleviate the symptoms of Alzheimer‘s and depression. “As a

start-up with an innovative product, exhibiting at MEDICA‘s Startup

Park gave us a platform to establish contacts with various partners

for sales and manufacturing,” says Thomas Hefti, CEO of Bottneuro,

highlighting the networking effect of participating in MEDICA.

COMPAMED: Focus on high-tech supply solutions

In keeping with its new motto, “Meet Health. Technology. Innovators.”,

COMPAMED offered a full program in Halls 8a and 8b. Complemented

by a stage program and networking formats, 750 exhibitors

presented their latest high-tech solutions and innovations that

are playing a decisive role in shaping medical progress: from microtechnology,

sensor technology, and electronics—as required, for

example, in the increasingly smart end products presented at ME-

DICA—to new materials, packaging solutions, and complete contract

manufacturing.

„COMPAMED showed itself from a very strong side. The diversity

of the innovations presented is impressive and underlines the

high development dynamics in the high-tech industry. The internationality

of the trade audience is once again particularly noteworthy.

Exhibitors report many constructive and high-quality discussions

that have significantly enriched the professional exchange,“ says

Tim Merforth, Managing Director of the IVAM Microtechnology

Professional Association, drawing a very positive conclusion.

Setting the course for the future of MEDICA and COMPAMED

All eyes on Carmen Berger – as the new head of MEDICA, she

announced the winning teams of this year‘s Start-up Competition

(© Constanze Tillmann/ Messe Düsseldorf).

At the end of this year‘s event, Carmen Berger, responsible for ME-

DICA and COMPAMED, looks ahead with ambition: „Starting in

2026, we want to break new ground together with our partners. Our

goal is to integrate the two formats MEDICA and COMPAMED even

more closely in the future, leverage synergies, and further expand

their international relevance. In addition, we will continue to develop

the forums and exchange platforms in a targeted manner – toward

an even more intensive interdisciplinary dialogue between industry,

science, politics, and practice. We want MEDICA and COMPAMED

2026 to feel like modern medicine is meant to be: connected, intuitive,

and to the point.“

Messe Düsseldorf GmbH

D 40001 Düsseldorf


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Laboratory innovations and expert

knowledge at analytica 2026

– All the market leaders on the site

– Expert know-how in the conference and forum program

– Key topics: digitalization, automation, sustainability

and places a lot of emphasis on practical relevance. It brings together

the international laboratory community, thus providing important

impetus for the smart laboratory of the future,” says Susanne Grödl,

Exhibition Director of analytica.

From March 24 to 27, 2026, analytica will once again be the

meeting place for the international laboratory world at the

Munich exhibition center. The world’s leading trade fair for

Laboratory Technology, Analysis and Biotechnology will be

offering a complete market overview for laboratories in industry

and research. At the same time, it attaches great importance

to knowledge transfer and practical application. The focus

will be on the digital, automated and sustainable laboratory.

From laboratory planning, laboratory equipment and instrumentation

to related services, analytica covers the industry’s entire spectrum

and brings together all of its market leaders in Munich. In mid-

October, around 720 exhibitors have already registered, an increase

of eight percent compared to the same period for the previous event.

“What makes analytica so unique is that it showcases the latest solutions

for the intelligent and sustainable laboratory, shares expertise,

Know-how for everyday lab work

As usual, the exchange of specialist knowledge with experts will

occupy a lot of space in the analytica supporting program. analytica

2026 will be focusing once again on the digital, automated and

sustainable laboratory. Visitors to the special show “Digital Transformation”

can find out what it feels like to work there by trying out

five use cases directly on site for themselves. In the Live Lab, experts

will demonstrate and explain typical workflows on a fully equipped

laboratory line. Best practice presentations and panel discussions in

the four analytica forums will show trends and provide helpful tips

for daily lab work. Particularly popular are the occupational safety

presentations, which use live experiments, some of them explosive,

to show how hazardous situations in the laboratory can be avoided.

There will also be events for further education and training, guided

tours, and the Study Information Day.

The topic of sustainability will also once again play a major role

at the trade fair. Best practice examples of resource management

and waste avoidance will be provided in discussion rounds and presentations

in the Laboratory & Analysis forum and at the scientific

analytica conference. In the exhibition area, manufacturers will also

show optimization models for ventilation systems and to make infrastructure

climate-resilient.

Scientific conference

At analytica conference, renowned speaker cover the entire spektrum of

analytics, biochemistry and diagnostics. © Messe München GmbH

analytica presents innovations for the intelligent and digital laboratory. ©

Messe München GmbH

The analytica conference, the science-oriented component of analytica,

will be held on the first three days of the trade fair right next to

the halls in the ICM. In around 190 presentations, renowned international

speakers will cover the entire spectrum of analysis, biochemistry,

and clinical diagnostics. Key topics will include food analysis and

research, supported by artificial intelligence and digital innovations,

omics, and current trends in mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, chromatography

and sustainability, and research data management. Over

2,400 international participants are expected. A special highlight will

be the presentation of the Bunsen-Kirchhoff Award on Wednesday,

March 25, from 9:30 to 11:30. The award honors young scientists in

the field of analytical spectroscopy. Anyone with a trade fair ticket

can attend the conference free of charge.

For a broader perspective, it’s worth visiting ceramitec, taking

place at the same time as analytica. At the leading international trade

fair for the ceramics industry, innovations will be presented, for

example, in technical and biocompatible ceramics used in laboratory

equipment and components.

The next analytica will be held with the analytica conference

from March 24 to 27, 2026.

Messe München GmbH

D 81823 München


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analytica 2026: AI as a driver

of digital transformation

– analytica special show Digital Transformation: laboratory of the future in action

– instrumental analysis: next-generation data processing

– analytica conference: AI is revolutionizing science

From March 24 to 27, 2026, analytica will be opening its

doors at the Munich exhibition center. The world’s leading

trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology

will be focusing on one topic in particular: the digital

transformation of the industry.

Whether it is automated analyses, robot assistants, or AI tools for

data evaluation, the digital transformation of the laboratory world is

in full swing, but still far from complete. “At analytica, we accompany

the transformation and invite visitors to cast a glance inside the

laboratory of tomorrow,” says Susanne Grödl, analytica Exhibition

Director.

At the analytica special show Digital Transformation, visitors will

experience how hardware and software from different manufacturers

are combined to make digital work in the laboratory more intuitive

and to automate processes. 18 exhibitors are taking part in the

special show, including industry giants such as Liebherr, Metrohm,

analytica 2026 places particular emphasis on the topics of AI,

digitization, and automation.

© Copyright 2024, Messe Muenchen GmbH, all rights reserved

At the special show Digital Transformation, visitors can experience

the lab of the future in action. © Messe München GmbH

Mettler Toledo and Sigma. Together, they will present interactive

exhibits and workflows for various application examples: from digitized

processes in drinking water, flavor, and fragrance analysis to

automated temperature control processes. A special highlight is a

cobot from Universal Robots, which places samples in centrifuges

and also masters other tasks perfectly.

For digital transformation to succeed, it requires data from different

sources to be merged and transformed into a standardized

format that can be read by both humans and machines. The LIMS

and Lab Execution System SAMPLES from analytica exhibitor Qualitype

supports this process, as it offers interfaces for loading and

processing data with external tools such as Excel. In turn, analytica

exhibitor Splashlake bridges the gap between laboratory equipment

and LIMS with an interface that transfers data directly to the LIMS

and supports the connection to AI-based analysis. Qualitype and

Splashlake are also partners of the special show.

AI in instrumental analysis

Digital transformation and AI methods are also on the program for

the science-oriented analytica conference. Several speakers will

discuss the knowledge they expect to gain from the use of artificial

intelligence. “AI will not only control the automated laboratory of

the future, but also generate new hypotheses or synthesis pathways,”

predicts Professor Ulrich Panne, President of the German Federal

Institute for Materials Research and Testing in Berlin. He will chair

the analytica conference session “Digital Analytical Sciences” on

Wednesday morning (March 25) with presentations on self-driving

labs and digital tools in mass spectrometry, photonics, and food analysis.

The topics of digitalization and AI will also be a recurring theme

through the five exhibition halls, where over 1,000 exhibitors from

all over the world will be presenting their latest innovations. Systems

from Agilent, Bruker, Shimadzu and many other providers are already

using machine learning and AI to evaluate spectra and other data,

for example, in GC/MS analysis, FTIR spectroscopy, or atomic force

microscopy. Thermo Fisher recently even entered into a strategic

partnership with the software company OpenAI.

In short, all major equipment manufacturers are focusing on AI

– and on analytica, the meeting place for the industry. After all, nothing

can replace face-to-face discussions, especially in times of digital

transformation. “With the combination of world-leading trade

fair, conference, and a diverse supporting program, we offer plenty of

room for exchange between manufacturers and users, and between

representatives from science, industry, and public authorities,” says

Susanne Grödl. analytica brings all the players together under one

roof and shows them the way into the digital laboratory world.

Messe München GmbH

D 81823 München


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Entire World of Plastics to Meet

at the 30th Fakuma in Fall 2026

Preparations for the 30th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing

have been launched: together with event promoters P. E. Schall, the trade fair advisory

board is gearing up exhibitors and expert visitors for the industry highlight.

The anniversary trade fair promises a five-day celebration of the plastics industry

in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance from Monday the 12th through Friday the

16th of October, 2026. Roughly eleven months before the trade fair opens, Schall

is already reporting impressive floor space occupancy and the usual high levels of

international participation.

Trade fair advisory board and trade fair organiser give the starting signal for the 30th Fakuma 2026:

Annemarie Schur, Fakuma project manager at trade fair organiser P. E. Schall; Dr Friedrich Kastner,

owner of Dr Kastner GmbH and CEO and Managing Partner of NGA, COLLIN and BritAS; Nico Küls,

Managing Director of technotrans SE; Andreas Wittur, member of the management board at trade

fair organiser P. E. Schall; Prof. Werner Koch, Managing Partner of Werner Koch Maschinentechnik

GmbH; Dr Christoph Schumacher, Director of Global Marketing at Arburg; Bettina Schall, Managing

Director of trade fair organiser P. E. Schall; Thomas Rätzsch, Management Board of Aurora

Kunststoffe GmbH; Bernd Schäfer, Managing Director of Deifel GmbH & Co. KG Buntfarbenfabrik;

Rüdiger Dzuban, Head of Communications and Marketing at ONI-Wärmetrafo GmbH; Susanne

Zinckgraf, Head of Strategic Marketing at the Wittmann Group. (from left to right)

tive strength like no other event.” With comprehensive

solutions, complete systems and

integrated technologies, Fakuma offers major

benefits to anyone looking for answers to

their everyday operating challenges in plastics

processing. “Fakuma started out very

small,” remembers Professor Werner Koch,

managing shareholder of Werner Koch Maschinentechnik

GmbH and member of the

trade fair advisory board. “I got started at

the very first Fakuma in 1981. 39 exhibitors

gathered in a single room back then, all of

them pioneers. Our company really took off

from then on. I received advantageous orders

which resulted in long-term business

relationships.”

“The international trade fair for plastics

processing can look back on 30 outstanding

industry events with the top players from

the plastics industry,” says Bettina Schall,

summarising the success story. “Our maxim

as trade fair promoters, namely ‘Trade

Fairs Make Markets’, applies in particular to

Fakuma,” emphasises the event organiser.

“As a communications and technology platform,

it’s highly significant for the industry

because suppliers and users can talk about

specific projects and discuss solutions. Its

high levels of practicality and operational

relevance are a clear advantage and a distinctive

hallmark of Fakuma.”

The 30th Fakuma international trade fair for

plastics processing will take place in Friedrichshafen

from Monday the 12th through

Friday the 16th of October, 2026. The trade

fair is regarded around the world as an exceptional

meeting place for the plastics processing

industry. It’s a trailblazing event in

the fields of injection moulding technology,

extrusion and thermoforming. Its leading

position in the European market makes it

the industry event for all plastics processing

and distribution companies. “The anniversary

edition of Fakuma is currently the

number one topic within the industry, about

eleven months before the trade fair opens,”

says Annemarie Schur, Fakuma project manager

at trade fair promoters P. E. Schall.

“We’re delighted with the strong interest

and the impressive levels of floor space occupancy

we’re currently enjoying. Current

registration figures provide an excellent basis

for everyone involved to once again stage

a world-class, vibrant trade fair with an outstanding

supplementary programme.” New

exhibitors are coming on board all the time,

says the project manager, and thus Fakuma

2026 will build on the successes achieved in

2023 and 2024, with nearly 1700 exhibitors

on hand in Friedrichshafen in each of those

years.

Practical Relevance, Holistic Approach

and Innovative Strength

“We want to celebrate the 30th Fakuma,”

assures Bettina Schall, managing director

of trade fair promoters P. E. Schall. “Fakuma

can look back with pride and look forward

to the future with confidence, because it demonstrates

practical relevance and innova-

European Plastics Industry Festival on

Lake Constance

Together with the promoters, the trade fair

advisory board kicked off preparations for

an exciting, thematically diverse and technically

advanced Fakuma 2026 at a work

meeting in mid-November. Attending Fakuma

is a must for anyone in Europe who sells

plastics, because it’s the definitive trade fair

in Europe for everyone involved in the plastics

industry, according to the unanimous

recommendation of the trade fair advisory

board. “Fakuma brings the world of plastics

to life,” notes Dr. Friedrich Kastner, owner of

Dr. Kastner GmbH and CEO and managing

partner of NGA, COLLIN and BritAS. “Fakuma

is a hands-on trade fair in the truest

sense of the word. Its holistic approach and

integrative solutions for complete systems

inspire expert visitors, who receive the special

attention they need from the exhibitors.


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Direct contact with customers and faceto-face

problem-solving discussions lead

to constructive and lasting business relationships.”

Furthermore, Fakuma is an event

with strong experiential and emotional

factors, emphasises Dr. Christoph Schumacher,

director of global marketing at Arburg:

“Key players in the plastics industry gather

at Lake Constance to celebrate their industry

festival as a family.”

A working trade fair and a hands-on exhibition

where practical expertise is transferred

from suppliers to users and solutions

are discovered, answers are provided and

projects are implemented through a mutual

exchange of expertise – this is how the anniversary

edition of Fakuma will showcase its

unique advantages. “Things get done here,”

sums up Rüdiger Dzuban, head of communications

and marketing at ONI-Wärmetrafo

GmbH. “A trade fair is really the only way to

show what a company can do. This is where

expertise is presented. Companies can take

the lead here and provide new impetus.”

Practice-Oriented Portfolio of Topics for

Maintaining Competitiveness

Fakuma showcases the entire world of plastics

– from injection moulding, forming and

extrusion technology, as well as 3D printing,

masterbatches and raw materials, right on

up to tools, process technology and recycling.

Whether raw materials, processing

machines, peripherals or automation solutions

are involved, the portfolio of topics

supports the plastic processing industry in

mastering today’s and tomorrow’s challenges

and remaining economically successful

on the market. The 30th Fakuma will take

place from Monday the 12th through Friday

the 16th of October, 2026, from 9:00 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m. Each day, once again transforming

the Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre

into the home of a major family celebration.

Press conference to mark the opening of the

trade fair, presentation forum with worldclass

speakers, round-table discussion and

Career Friday – Fakuma 2026 will be accompanied

by an attractive and exciting supplementary

programme on all five event days.

P. E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG

D 72636 Frickenhausen

Company Management at the

GEMÜ Group is being restructured

To boost the GEMÜ Group’s international presence and

make customers an even greater priority, the Hohenlohebased

valve specialist reorganized its Company Management

in November 2025. Stephan Gehrig is a new addition

to Company Management at the GEMÜ Group as the new

Managing Director of Sales and Marketing.

f.l.t.r.: Gert Müller, GEMÜ Group CEO and Managing Partner,

Stephan Müller, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Matthias Fick,

Chief Operating Officer (COO), Stephan Gehrig, Chief Sales

and Marketing Officer (CSMO)

Gert Müller, GEMÜ Group CEO and Managing Partner, has appointed

new members to Company Management at the GEMÜ Group: In

addition to Stephan Müller, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Matthias

Fick, previously Managing Director of Global Operations at GEMÜ

Germany, joined the group’s management team in November 2025.

He is taking on the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) with the

aim of improving the GEMÜ Group’s operational performance capability

in the long term.

A new position has also been created – Chief Sales and Marketing

Officer (CSMO) – and Stephan Gehrig has been appointed

to Company Management at the group. Mr Gehrig brings with him

considerable experience of management from a number of industrial

companies. He has acquired valuable expertise in international sales

and marketing in various management roles, which will serve him

well in his new position at GEMÜ.

In taking this step, the company is centralizing management of

all its national and international sales and marketing initiatives in

order to take its focus on markets and customers to the next logical

stage.

“By restructuring Company Management at the group to clearly

focus on customer-centred activities, we are strengthening the strategic

focal areas of the GEMÜ Group, putting the company in the

best possible position for the future and furthering our international

growth strategy. We offer our customers security, reliability and

a straightforward approach to support them even when times are

challenging,” explains Gert Müller, GEMÜ Group CEO and Managing

Partner.

GEMÜ Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG

D 74635 Kupferzell


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Major update of NanoIC’s Pathfinding N2 P-PDK empowers researchers and designers

to learn and innovate on full SoC architectures

NanoIC adds advanced

SRAM memory macros to

its N2 pathfinding PDK

NanoIC pilot line, a European initiative coordinated by imec

and dedicated to accelerating innovation in chip technologies

beyond 2nm, announces the release of the N2 P-PDK

v1.0, an important update of its N2 Pathfinding Process Design

Kit (P-PDK). This new version introduces several new

features, including a library of 29 SRAM memory macros,

allowing designers to explore and benchmark system-onchip

(SoC) designs with frontside and backside power routing.

By adding the SRAM macros in the design options, the

N2 P-PDK v1.0 marks an important milestone in enabling

research, learning, and design exploration on advanced and

future nodes.

Towards next-generation SoC designs

As chip technologies scale beyond 2nm, the ability to explore full

System-on-Chip (SoC) architectures with novel technology enablers

becomes increasingly important. SoCs, integrating logic, memory,

and interconnect capabilities into a single chip, are the backbone

of a wide variety of digital applications, from smartphones and

AI accelerators to automotive controllers. However, early-stage SoC

design exploration is often constrained by limited access to complete

and realistic design kits that include advanced or future technology

scaling boosters such as power delivery networks. This gap makes

it difficult for designers to validate architectural concepts, experiment

with emerging technologies, or to train the next generation of

chip designers on advanced nodes.

Imec’s cleanroom provides the foundation for NanoIC’s PDKs,

based on 2 nm process flows. (Photo: Imec)

NanoIC’s low-barrier N2 P-PDK v1.0 aims to bridge this gap, offering

instant access to a wide variety of new design features, including a

portfolio of 29 ready-to-use SRAM macros with both frontside and

backside power routing configurations.

This dual configuration, offered for the first time in a pathfinding

PDK, enables designers to experiment with and optimize memory

integration within realistic, advanced power networks. As a result,

NanoIC’s N2 P-PDK v1.0 now provides the building blocks of a complete

SoC as well as the architectural context to explore how those

blocks interact within realistic power networks. It enables users to

move beyond simple logic design and explore and validate full SoC

systems that reflect the challenges and opportunities of next-generation

semiconductor design.

Lowering barriers for learning and exploration

By making these advanced features freely available to academic researchers,

startups, and design teams, NanoIC significantly lowers

the barriers to innovation, empowering the development of next-generation

applications, and strengthening Europe’s position in the

global semiconductor landscape.

“This v1.0 version of our N2 P-PDK enables designers to evaluate

the impact of new technology features and integration options on

their designs before they exist in foundry offerings. It provides a unique

environment to connect technology pathfinding with practical

design enablement, ensuring that breakthroughs in device research

translate into system-level advances.”, Marie Garcia Bardon, Department

Director at imec and work package leader within the NanoIC

pilot line, summarizes.

Building on the learnings from the previous N2 P-PDK, this release

lays the groundwork for future PDK iterations, launching additional

advanced logic, memory, and interconnect PDKs in the coming

years. The roadmap includes future versions of the N2 P-PDK,

as well as upcoming A14 and A7 logic P-PDKs, eDRAM and SOT

memory PDKs, and advanced interconnect solutions (RDL, hybrid

bonding, interposers), empowering innovation across the full spectrum

of next-generation chip technologies.

To support designers in exploring the full capabilities of the N2

P-PDK v1.0, a dedicated workshop will be organized on March 25-

26, 2026. This session will offer a theoretical framework, followed by

hands-on training sessions, using two different EDA tools: Cadence

and Synopsys. Participants will gain insights into the SRAM memory

macros, updated design rules, and system-level integration strategies.

More details and registration will be made available via the

NanoIC website.

IMEC Belgium

BL 3001 Leuven


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The all-electric e-win 1800 combines a compact design

with high cost-efficiency for productive high-volume

manufacturing. (Photo: ENGEL)

The mould area of the all-electric e-mac 130 with the 96-cavity

mould demonstrates precise, high-output manufacturing

in a space-saving production setup. (Photo: ENGEL)

ENGEL at Plast Eurasia 2025

All-electric efficiency for

packaging and medical technology

From 3 to 6 December 2025, ENGEL demonstrates

its leading position in injection

moulding technology at Plast Eurasia 2025

in Istanbul by running two highly productive

all-electric machines with a compact

footprint. The company places an ENGEL

e-mac 130 for medical applications and a

WINTEC e-win 1800 for the packaging

market at the centre of its stand. With these

two exhibits, ENGEL shows how technological

innovation transforms economic efficiency,

process stability and energy savings

into tangible customer benefits.

The Turkish plastics industry is a dynamic

market that is placing increasing

emphasis on sustainable and efficient production

solutions. ENGEL addresses this

demand with its portfolio of all-electric injection

moulding machines, known for their

precision, high efficiency and low operating

costs.

Turkish premiere:

The all-electric WINTEC e-win

Following its successful European premiere

at K 2025, the WINTEC e-win 1800 now

makes its debut in Istanbul. This machine

combines a compact footprint and high precision

with an attractive price-performance

ratio. The WINTEC brand specifically targets

users who need robust standard machines

with short delivery times. At the exhibition

stand, a 1,800 kN e-win demonstrates

its performance capabilities by producing

flip-top caps from random PP in an 8-cavity

mould. Each shot weighs 32 grams, and the

cycle time remains under 10 seconds.

The e-win delivers clear customer value

through outstanding cost efficiency. Users

benefit from short lead times and consistent

quality based on ENGEL expertise. Its

all-electric drives ensure high energy efficiency

and exceptional process stability. A

key contributor to excellent part quality is

the digital assistance system iQ weight control,

which analyses the filling behaviour for

every shot and adjusts the holding pressure

curve in real time. This reliably compensates

for fluctuations in material viscosity and reduces

scrap by up to 50 percent. The result:

higher productivity and lower unit costs – a

decisive competitive advantage for mass

production.

Compact precision for medical

technology: The ENGEL e-mac 130

The second highlight is a highly integrated,

space-saving production cell for medical

applications. At its core, an all-electric EN-

GEL e-mac 130 injection moulding machine

with 1,300 kN clamping force produces

pen needle shields from PP in a 96-cavity

mould. With a part weight of just 0.14 grams

and a cycle time of 6.2 seconds, this application

clearly demonstrates the precision and

performance of the ENGEL e-mac series.

The key customer benefit lies in maximising

output per square metre in high-cost

cleanroom environments. The extremely

compact footprint of the e-mac, combined

with the high-cavity mould, enables a very

high production volume per square metre.

The precise, servo-electric drives ensure

consistently high part quality and cleanliness.

ENGEL offers the machine with a

comprehensive cleanroom package up to

ISO Class 7, including stainless steel covers

and an enclosed lubrication system.

Digital assistance systems such as iQ

weight control, iQ clamp control, iQ hold

control, iQ melt control, iQ process observer

and iQ flow control ensure maximum

process reliability and energy efficiency.

iQ flow control, in particular, optimises the

energy consumption of mould temperature

control and significantly reduces operating

costs. Fully automated part handling via a

box transfer system – compatible with automated

guided vehicles (AGVs) – completes

this highly efficient production solution.

With its two exhibits at Plast Eurasia

2025, ENGEL shows how all-electric machine

concepts and intelligent digitalisation

translate into tangible benefits for plastics

processors: greater cost efficiency, increased

process reliability and a sustainably improved

competitive edge.

ENGEL AUSTRIA GmbH

AT 4311 Schwertberg


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With the AVS701, E+E Elektronik has consistently further developed and optimised its proven air

/ gas velocity sensor for industrial applications.

Precision and efficiency in focus

– The new AVS701 from E+E Elektronik

Developed and designed for demanding industrial applications, the new AVS701

from E+E Elektronik sets a new standard in air and gas velocity measurement.

Maximum efficiency and process reliability thanks to the highest measurement

accuracy, quick installation using accurate sensor positioning with a specially developed

alignment tool, and an integrated process gas library are the key features

of this sensor. An optional external pressure sensor enables environment compensation

by correcting for ambient pressure fluctuations. The robust thin-film

ceramic sensing element with special coating and the stainless-steel probe head

deliver highly precise measurement results even under extreme or corrosive conditions,

significantly reducing downtime and lifecycle costs.

The optically and technically redesigned air

and gas velocity sensor stands out above all

for its accuracy and reliability, as well as significantly

simplified installation. It is optimised

for demanding industrial applications

in a measuring range from 0 to 40 m/s and

–40 to +140 °C and is suitable for a wide variety

of uses – from cleanroom and pharmaceutical

applications to process monitoring

in 3D printers. Increased process efficiency

and sensor installation that is up to 60% quicker

make the AVS701 the best choice in its

performance class.

Thanks to the specially developed

alignment crimp for the remote probe, the

AVS701 can be positioned in the process

with high repeatability. This enables fast,

reproducible sensor mounting and quick

sensor replacement, which speeds up commissioning

and significantly increases efficiency.

Optimum product quality thanks to

the highest measurement accuracy

The AVS701 impresses with exceptional

measurement accuracy of ±1% of the measured

value and, in the range from 0 to 2

m/s, even ±0.03 m/s. This level of precision

ensures excellent process reliability, which

is particularly crucial in sensitive applications

such as cleanrooms and pharmaceutical

production. Highly accurate monitoring

of the air velocity optimises product

quality and reduces scrap. Changes in the

process can be detected more reliably and

prevented at an early stage. In addition, the

long-term stability of the AVS701 minimises

maintenance intervals.

Reliable accuracy even in

the harshest environments

The AVS701 is equipped with a robust thinfilm

ceramic sensing element protected by a

durable stainless steel probe head. A special

coating on the sensing element protects it

against moisture and corrosive influences

such as hydrogen peroxide or ammonia. This

makes the sensor particularly well suited for

use in the most challenging environments,

for example in the pharmaceutical sector

or the chemical industry. In long-term tests

under increased ammonia exposure, all conventional

sensors failed on average after 440

hours and showed considerable corrosion

as well as electrical malfunctions. By contrast,

the AVS701 remained fully functional

even after more than 1,000 test hours – with

no corrosion and with stable sensor data.

Significant time savings through

intelligent gas adaptation

The AVS701 is equipped with a flexible

process gas library that automatically applies

gas-specific corrections. This function

adapts the measurements to the properties

of the respective process gas, minimising

measurement errors and ensuring high accuracy

– even with changing gases such

as CO₂ or argon. The appropriate gas can

be selected quickly via the control system

so that the sensor is immediately ready for

operation. This results in significant time

savings and enhanced process reliability,

as precise parameterisation is performed

automatically and potential sources of error

are reduced. Intelligent gas adaptation

AVS701 (Photo: E+E Elektronik Ges.m.b.H.)

AVS 701 with remote probe.

(Photo: E+E Elektronik Ges.m.b.H.)

thus enables simple and efficient process

control.

The AVS701 stands for precision and

reliability in the measurement of air and

gas velocities. With state-of-the-art thinfilm

ceramic technology, robust design and

straightforward installation, it is the ideal

solution for the highest demands in industrial

environments.

E+E Elektronik Ges.m.b.H.

Langwiesen 7

AT 4209 Engerwitzdorf

Telefon: +43 7235 6050

Telefax: +43 7235 6058

eMail: info@epluse.com

Internet: http://www.epluse.com


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Introducing

the Rotronic

RMS WiFi Data Logger

DwyerOmega is pleased to announce the full availability of the WiFi

Data Logger, the latest addition to the Rotronic Monitoring System

(RMS).

With its portable design, large display, and WiFi connectivity, the

logger offers flexible and precise monitoring across a wide range of

applications, including refrigerators, incubators, cleanrooms, pharmaceutical

and food production, warehouses, mapping, and HVAC

systems.

Two variants are available:

– External analog NTC temperature sensor

– External digital probe for humidity, temperature, and

differential pressure

– FDA CFR 21 Part 11 / GAMP 5 compliant

– Stores up to 44,000 measured value pairs

– Internal battery ensures fail-safe operation

Product Advantages (complementary to the existing

LAN or ISM band range RMS solution):

– WiFi is a worldwide accepted standard

(while the ISM standards differ locally)

– Integrated display for local and wireless monitoring

– Secure HTTPS communication

– No additional gateways required

– Easy installation and configuration with the RMS-App

Key features

The WiFi Logger ensures secure data storage and transmission, performing

measurements at fixed intervals and compensating for data

gaps using its internal memory and external power supply.

– WiFi Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n

– Compatible with RMS-App, RMS Cloud and on-premis

installations

Process Sensing Technologies PST GmbH

Einsteinstraße 17-23

D 76275 Ettlingen

Telefon: +49 7243 6019000

eMail: de.rotronic.sales@dwyeromega.com

http://www.processsensing.com/de-de/

https://info.dwyeromega.com/brands


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Ball catches and magnetic catches for simple but effective closure.

Clever Closure

So often it is the small elements that make

the critical difference for design and usability.

Without a doubt this includes ball catches

and magnetic catches that – although unseen

– can significantly optimize a machine,

fixture or installation in qualitative terms.

This is particularly the case when flaps, covers

or doors need to offer quick access but

still remain securely closed.

Ball catches of the series GN 4490 offer

a very elegant and space-saving way to meet

these requirements. The mounting block

attached to the moving element engages

in the ball catch precisely between the two

spring-loaded balls for a positive and nonpositive

connection. Depending on the size

and version, retaining force is between 25

and 150 Newtons. Both parts can be variably

positioned, oriented either horizontally

or vertically and with engagement from the

front or the side. The ball catches are available

in a variety of types and with various

fastening options using threads or countersunk

holes.

If the installation situation does not

permit the desired positioning, such as for

mounting on aluminum profiles, this problem

can be easily solved with mounting

plates for ball housings GN 4490.1 or with

mounting plates for mounting blocks GN

4490.2.

Ball catches were originally used in furniture

for holding small doors closed. While

the Ganter standard parts use the same

functioning principle, they have been completely

redesigned. Industrial applications

simply place far higher requirements on

mounting options and quality. Available in

four sizes, the ball catches have zinc die cast

housings with stainless steel balls or corrosion-resistant

stainless steel housings and

ceramic balls.

As an alternative to mechanical closure,

Ganter’s magnetic catches GN 4470 represent

another option. They are a compact solution

for use in practically all situations and

are simpler to install than ball catches while

offering the same tolerances. The strongest

neodymium magnets are enclosed in a

powder-coated zinc die cast housing, which

is covered by a layer of rubber to reduce

closing noises and prevent metal-on-metal

contact. The magnetic elements are mounted

using a slot or through hole. The magnet

can be oriented upwards or to the side and

combined with the matching stop plates to

adapt to almost any installation situation.

The zinc-plated stop plates are also useful

when the cover or door is made of non-magnetic

materials. GN 4470 can also be used

with sliding doors. The interaction between

the magnetic parts and the stops can be verified

and configured in Ganter’s online shop

based on a 3D drawing.

Otto Ganter GmbH & Co. KG

Triberger Straße 3

D 78120 Furtwangen

Telefon: +49 7723 65070

Telefax: +49 7723 4659

eMail: info@ganternorm.com

Internet: http://www.ganternorm.com

Impressum:

cleanroom online / W.A. Schuster GmbH · Mozartstrasse 45 · D 70180 Stuttgart · Tel. +49 711 9 64 03 50 · Fax +49 711 9 64 03 66

info@reinraum.de · www.cleanroom-online.de · GF Dipl.-Designer Reinhold Schuster · Stgt, HRB 14111 · VAT DE 147811997

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