BioCC carries out internationally recognized R&D to create, develop and implement innovative biotechnological solutions for feed, food supplements, integrating its and international knowledge in the field of microbiology, biochemistry, genetics, food technology, metabolomics, genomics, physiology, and medicine.

Internationally recognized R&D company.
BioCC OÜ conforms to the requirements of EN ISO/IEC 17025:2006 as testing laboratory in the field of food and feeding stuffs microbiological and chemical analyses and blood immunoasssays.
Registered and approved food/food contact materials business operator.
Authorized laboratories.
Member of ADAPTER

Bacterial culture lyophilizer
Bacteria and zootechnical growing equipment
Gas chromatography, liquid chromatography
BodPod®
AppliedBiosystems QuantStudio 5
AppliedBiosystems SimpliAmp
Tehtnica® Centric 400R
Evidence Investigator
Synergy HTX multi-mode plate-readers
Anaerobic workstation
Rheometer
Incubators (also with humidity control, CO2, atmospheric control)
E-Gel Imager
Armfield FT20-MKII cheese bath
Vertical sausage stuffer
Thermostats
Humidity analysers
Batter mixer
Thermomixers for pasteurization
Homogenizer

 
. BioCC services are for companies who wish to add extra value or improve the quality of their current and future zootechnical and technological additives, food products and dietary supplements or raise their production efficiency.

Development of food products
Development of food supplements
Development of probiotic bacteria
Development of feed additives
Clinical trials
Advisory services and consultations

BioCC offers services also regarding to 

Bacterial strains
Microbiological analyses
Hygene and air samples
Physiological analyses
Immunochemistry

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Crystal innov is a European Open Innovation center in crystal growth and advanced materials (micro) manufacturing.

The center mission is pooling tools, sharing high tech facilities and providing expertise for your innovation in single crystal and bulk advanced materials.

From R&D project with academic labs to prototyping innovative crystal-based (bio)sensors, Crystal innov offers a wide range of services, such as :

hosting projects in technology halls,
pilote line installation
new crystal development
micro-manufacturing process scale-up
innovative crystal-based device prototyping

Furthermore Crystal innov team has specific expertise and skills in piezoelectric crystals and wafer manufacturing for main applications (resonators for Time Frequency, SAW filters, sensors, IMU, actuators, lead-free materials...). The center is able to be your partner for innovation, from crystal growth modeling to piezoelectric parts fabrication, up to small volume production (ISO 9001 compliant).

… I_ Growth facilities

Growth from melt (high temperature) 
Czochralski furnaces
Micro pulling down
Bridgman
High pressure growth
Autoclave for hydrothermal synthesis
Solution growth
Low temperature

II_ (Micro) manufacturing and prototyping

Cutting technologies (high temperature)
Diamond wire saw (single and multi wires)
ID Saw (Meyer Burger)
Ultrasonic vibration machining
Grinding and lapping equipment
Polishing equipment
Prototyping
3D printing equipment

III_ Softwares

Modelling
Matlab
Python
CAD
Solidworks

IV_ Characterization

Geometry / surface
Flatness (bow, warp)
Parallelism
2D dimension
Roughness
Chemical
ICP-MS
X-Ray, IR
X-ray topography
X-ray goniometer
IR spectroscopy

V_Halls for pilote lines

cleanrooms
private surfaces with industrial facilities

. Crystal innov offers valuable services for :

(micro)manufacturing (cutting hard / brite materials)
single crystal characterisation (geometry, dimension, orientation, X-ray, chemical...)
innovative crystal-based device prototyping

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TZW develops scientifically founded solutions for all aspects of the water supply. Customers are water suppliers, industrial companies, specialist authorities and universities. Interdisciplinary teams are experts working in the areas of environmental biotechnology and contaminated sites, groundwater and soil, analysis and water quality, technology and economics, microbiology and molecular biology, water chemistry research, the test centre and corrosion as well as distribution networks and household installations. The sustainable protection of water resources and innovative solutions for drinking water supply are the core of the daily work.

The areas include:

DRINKING WATER TREATMENT AND SUPPLY CONCEPTS

TZW experts address all drinking water treatment matters, working on the basis of scientific contexts and taking into account technical and operational aspects in view of technical regulations. Economically viable solutions are devised that offer a high degree of supply reliability. Particular… DRINKING WATER TREATMENT AND SUPPLY CONCEPTS

Test facilities for diverse treatment technologies on a pilot and laboratory scale
Test methods to test the quality of filtering materials
Online measurement devices to monitor pilot and industrial scale plants (turbidity, particles, nanoparticles)

CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Methods of analysis for representatives of the following substance groups:

Trace elements and metals
Bromide, bromate, chlorite, chlorate, iodide, iodate and perchlorate
Speciation of arsenic, chromium and selenium
Pesticides and metabolites (more than 100 single substances including glyphosate, AMPA, N,N-dimethyl sulphamide, desphenyl chloridazon, other PSM metabolites)
Aromatic sulfonates
Chelating agents
Pharmaceutical residues (more than 100 single substances)
Iodinated X-ray contrast agent/s
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (steroidal hormones, alkyl phenols)
Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Aliphatic amines
Nitrosamines…. TZW offers customers tests persuant to more than 200 different product standards, accredited according to DIN EN ISO 17025. Each product test, the detailed testing procedure and set up will be discussed and specified individually with our customers. Development of customized test programmes for products that are not yet standardised and development of pre-standardisation projects with customers.

TZW works closely with DVGW CERT GmbH as well as with other international certification companies. Furthermore, TZW is active in national and international standardisation work.

TZW is an institution of the DVGW – German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water. The DVGW sets the benchmark for the future of Germany’s gas and water sector – as a recognised legislator, innovative designer, sponsor and service provider. It undertakes the following core tasks:

Technical guidelines and standardisation
Research and development
Testing and certification
Professional training and qualification…. Yes. service.

IFOS was founded in December 1989 as a non-profit research institution of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Since 1996, it has had the status of a scientific institution of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern.

The core competencies of the institute, with its 20+ employees, lie in research and development in the field of instrumental surface and layer analysis as well as in the practical use of surface-sensitive analysis methods.

We see ourselves as a link between university research and market-oriented economy with two main aims: We aim to pursue research interests of the economy with regard to current and future products and production methods through our non-profit activities, and we aim to transfer scientific research results from universities and other research institutions to applied research and industry. To this end, we conduct both contracted research in the private sector and, often with cooperation partners from universities, publicly-funded research projects.

The main focus… Surface Mass Spectrometry

Dynamic Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (Dynamic SIMS)
Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS)
Secondary Neutral Particle Mass Spectrometry (SNMS)
3D Atom Probe Tomography (3D-APT)

Electron Spectroscopy

Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES)
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS, ESCA)
Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy (UPS)

Micro-range Analysis

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM, SEM) with:

Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDX)
Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Analysis (WDX)
Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)

Focused Ion Beam in combination with a Scanning Electron Microscope (Dual Beam FIB)

Nanoscale Analysis

Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) with:

Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDX)
Electron Series Loss Spectroscopy (EELS)
Electron Diffraction in Transmission (TED, SAD)
Automated Crystal Orientation Mapping (ACOM)
TEM-Preparation (Ultramicrotomy, Ion Thinning, FIB)

Atomic…. As part of contract research, IFOS, as the technical infrastructure facility of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, offers a wide range of services for the analysis of surfaces, thin layers and solids. IFOS has more than thirty years of extensive analytical know-how in this area. This is demonstrated by the successful processing of over a hundred customer orders annually, as well as the research results from many successfully processed BMBF, AiF and DFG research projects, e.g. in the areas of nanofunctionalization of surfaces, research into friction and wear on the micro and nano scale, investigation of the adhesion behavior of polymer-metal or metal-metal compounds, and the interaction of biomolecules with surfaces or the characterization of photovoltaic materials.

We examine topography, morphology, hardness and chemical-structural composition with modern and purposefully selected measuring methods, interpret the results and provide solutions. We not only deliver measured values, but we also help…. Yes. service.

PROFACTOR is an applied research company with headquarters in Steyr and Vienna. The company conducts applied production research in the field of industrial assistive systems and additive micro/nano manufacturing. PROFACTOR acts as an interface between science and business. In more than 1,700 projects, we have demonstrated what can be created with applied production research: Innovation. 
Industrial assistive systems
PROFACTOR research focuses on systems, which are combining human and machine interaction, intelligence and processing power, human expertise and machine power.
The aim of industrial Assistance Systems is to support human beings in a in a volatile, richly varied and highly flexible production. The cognitive abilities of these assistance systems are constantly being improved.

Additive Micro/Nano-Manufacturing
PROFACTOR is especially dedicated to the combination of additive manufacturing and functionalization of surfaces, which define the quality and functionality for components.
Additive Manufacturing processes are – as well as assistance systems – a key to a competitive production in small lots and customized products. Additive Manufacturing enables (almost) limitless design freedom and the ability to combine different materials.
The focus of research is the consistent view of process chains from materials, form the processes up to the adaptation of the necessary…. Profactor perform development activities including software development, electronics design, mechanical design and construction, system integration.

PROFACTOR is organizing conferences, seminars, workshops and training events.
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The Fraunhofer UMSICHT is a pioneer of a sustainable energy and raw materials management, providing scientific results and transferring them to businesses, society and politics. The dedicated team researches and develops together with partners sustainable products, processes and services that inspire.

We want our developments to be economically successful, socially equitable and sustainable. The balance between these objectives is always at the forefront of our thinking. The institute has sites in Oberhausen, Willich and Sulzbach-Rosenberg.

In 2019, the institute generated a turnover of 49,4 million EUR with a staff of 529 persons.

As one of 74 institutes and research units of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the leading organization for applied research in Europe, we are part of a worldwide network and promote international collaborations.
Analytics Laboratory; Biotechnology Laboratory; Physics Laboratory, High Pressure Laboratory; Energy Storage Laboratory; Catalysis Laboratory¸ Chemical Laboratory
. Business Unit Polymer Materials

Material development (focus on bio-based plastics)
Product and process development, manufacturing processes
Product design, CAD design, and sample production
Surface modification and surface structuring
Foaming of plastics
Component and system development
Coating development
Studies and consultation
Multiphysics simulations of components and products
Technical and economic feasibility studies
Sustainability assessments
Analytics, chemistry, biology, environmental analysis
Determination of the biodegradability of materials and products

Business Unit Chemistry

Synthesis routes from fossil and biogenic raw materials and residues including consulting regarding the sustainable shift in raw materials
Optimization of process chains through integration of biotechnological and (thermo-/electro-)chemical-catalytic process steps
Development and optimization of scalable processes including upstream and downstream processing
Product…. Yes. service.

The Centre for Advanced Photonics & Process Analysis (CAPPA) is a research group of Cork Institute of Technology. CAPPA works in the area of photonics, the generation and manipulation of light, and is an important enabling technology for a wide range of applications. CAPPA is at the forefront of photonics research in Ireland, conducting both applied and fundamental research on photonics for applications in areas as diverse as telecommunications, medical devices, food and pharmaceutical manufacturing. CAPPA conducts internationally recognised academic research on topics such as the non – linear dynamics of lasers and ultrafast laser physics, and the understanding of the dynamics of novel semiconductor materials and devices.

CAPPA’s activities focuses on bringing the benefits of photonics technology to a diverse range of industry partners. The collaboration with industry is driven through the Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateway. CAPPA have a strong track record of engagement with industry. Early…
Hitachi S 3700 N – SEM
Oxford Instruments X Max – EDX
Shimadzu UV1800 – UV Vis Spectrometer
Perkin Elmer – Fluorescence Spectrometer
Perkin Elmer – Spectrum 400 ATR/ NIRA Mid and NIR
Thermo Scientific iN10 – FTIR microscope
Beam characterization suite
Steady – state fluorescence microscope
NKT high power supercontinuum laser source
Andor high resolution vis – SWIR spectrometer
Leica M165 stero inspection microscope
HySpex – Visible Imaging Camera
HySpex – SWIR Hyperspectral Imaging Camera
Spero – QT – IR chemical imaging microscope
Witec Alpha R Microscope – Raman confocal microscope
Horiba Xplora – Raman confocal microscope
Ultimaker 3 - 3D Printer

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Research

Optical fibre communications
Internet, BIM networks
Semiconductor light sources
Dynamics of complex systems

Process Improvement

Applied spectroscopy for process control
Advanced inspection techniques
Analysis of product and processes

Product Development

Prototype development
New semiconductor materials and devices
Optical test equipment
Illumination for industrial applications

Consultancy

Wide array of contract services
Imaging
Analysis

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WIT is the major provider of higher education in the South East region of Ireland and one of the largest Institutes of Technology's in Ireland. WIT hosts the Walton Institute, which is an internationally recognized centre of excellence for ICT research and innovation. Walton is unique in the Irish research landscape; it has a very high level inter-disciplinary view of the communications services space, linking basic science research expertise with software engineering expertise. This creates innovative prototype solutions in collaboration with mainly European partners and combining all this with the entrepreneurial business vision to exploit the range of commercial opportunities.

Founded in 1996, as the TSSG, Walton has grown into a large research centre (over 40 active projects per year, with 226 completed projects, 100 active staff and students 1996-2020). Walton creates economic impact by translating their knowledge base and innovation into leading edge products and services by continuing their… Walton Institute can offer companies access to cutting edge living lab infrastructure.

The Mixed Reality Lab is a Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality lab with with Hololens, Oculus Quests and a VR Treadmill.

Walton hosts an eTextile Lab were intelligent smart wearable garments for the detection and sensing of data can be knitted into fabric.

The Smart Agriculture IoT Testbed can be utilised for Agricultural technology investigation. This is a highly distributed set of environmental and soil sensors, IoT-enabling radio basestations, gateway servers enabling edge processing capabilities, backhauling solutions and server capacity hosting specific to the agricultural sector.

Finally the Radio Communications Testbed, hosts satellite comms, telecommunications, 5G with  SDR nodes; 0 - 6GHz frequency range. Spectrum Analyser and Vector Network Analyser; 0 - 6GHz frequency range, and a Satellite Ground Station.
. Industry Services

Walton Institute delivers innovative ICT solutions to our clients across multiple industries, including Agritech, HealthTech, Smart Cities, Communications and Energy Sectors.

We are transforming how companies operate and compete through our scientifically proven R&D knowledge and expertise that has a direct impact on improving our clients’ bottom line.

Every company must innovate to survive. If you do not have a Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) focus Walton can help you create that focus. If you have an established RD&I function, create an an extension of this function with Walton and we will help you push the boundaries to ensure you stay ahead of the competition and disrupt the marketplace.

Walton have engineers and business development executives that can carry out an Innovation Sprint Service, which will bring people from Idea to ICT Prototype in 2 weeks. We carry out professional software engineering services, were we look at ICT Product Architecture and…. Yes. service.

CMYK Ingredients is a food-tech development center with diverse expertise in product architecture that includes development of new eco-technologies, new product development, food engineering, specific production process engineering (for the new technologies) and re-engineering with focus on bio-factors and bio-technologies. Our major technological focal point is ingredient fermentation, in particular native fermentation of wild and cultivated plant species. The resulting ingredients are used pure or desegregated into compounds as ingredients in food or bio-cosmetic industries as well as in pharmaceuticals.  Our developments have already become the base for final products in retails and HoReCa channels and our team has the experienced staff and close partnerships with other research entities in the EU and beyond.

Our proprietary fermentation research laboratory for development and improvement of fermentation related production processes has diverse equipment for cultivation of microbial cultures,…
Laboratory fermentation reactor 1-3 L – 2 units
Fermentation reactor 50 L – 1 units
Fermentation chamber for up to 200 L – 2 unit
Fermentation chamber for up to 400 L – 1 unit
Mechanical extraction machinery UAX-tech 1 -  4 units
Mechanical extraction hydraulic complex UAX-tech 2 – 1 unit
Vacuum extractor – 1 unit
Refrigerators and freezing cameras for storage and fermentation stage – 30 sq.m.
Compound segregator  – 1 unit
Filtering complex – 1 unit
Material growing platform – 1 unit of 12 sq.m.
Infra-red drying complex – 1 unit
Laboratory microscope – 2 units
Miscellaneous laboratory devices and accessories - multiple
Access to other professional laboratories for HPLC, GC, chromatography, biochemistry analyzer, etc.

. We've managed to make a true viable fusion of culinary art, food science and product prototyping for testing the commercial hypotheses before major investment into marketing or production. With CMYK Ingredients food R&D is affordable and accessible not only to large food or retail corporations, but also to SMEs and startups!

We do development of fermented products in the following dimensions:

1. Natural sciences:

- product safety

- design of product characteristics

2. Industrial prototyping

- Engineering of processes

- Production line set-up for the new technologies and products

3. Culinary engineering

- Sensory modeling

- Sensory prototyping

- Nutrition profile design

Our mission is to make more and more live, healthy and delicious products available on grocery shelves, in supermarkets and online. We develop food-tech solutions and new foods - organic, functional, nutraceutical and microbiome supportive - for different age consumers in different geographic regions.
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ITIS Software is a research institute at University of Malaga with strong record in collaboration with industry, in particular with SMEs. ITIS Software supports SMEs in the design, optimization and testing of their products to bring the market with focus (but not only) on big data, security, artificial intelligence, and 5G.

Support is usually implemented with direct collaboration contracts and with competitive European projects (many of them as Innovation Actions).

ITIS Software members are part of several European Networks

-       5GPPP - The 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (https://5g-ppp.eu/)

-       Networld2020 - European Technology Platform for communications networks and services

-       (https://www.networld2020.eu/)

-       cPPP on CyberSecurity: European Cybersecurity Organisation (ECSO) (https://ecs-org.eu/)

-       BDV Big Data Value Public-Private Partnership (https://www.bdva.eu/PPP)

-       Security

-       CLAIRE - Confederation of Laboratories for… ITIS Software can offer the following equipment in collaborative projects and contracts:

Morse team

Morse team is operating a infrastructure for research in 4G/5G technologies.      

Key assets:

-          Indoor and outdoor deployments, combining commercial carrier grade and open source network components

-          Full automation of experimentation and testing of indoor deployment with local and remote access

-          First class emulator for 4G and 5G (to be installed in June 2020)

-          Multiple-frequency bands for cellular connectivity

o   2.6 GHz for 4G LTE micro and small cells

o   3.5 GHz for 5G NR micro and small cells

o   28 GHz for 5G NR micro and small cells

-          Software for core network of 4G (EPC) and 5G (NSA and SA)

-          Deployment at UMA campus for fully controlled experimentation

-          Deployment at Malaga city for real scenarios

NICS lab team

NICS Lab owns two Dell PowerEdge R440 rack servers. Each of…. ITIS Software covers the whole cycle for new services and products in the software domain, including training, development, testing and design.

One example is the 4G/5G infrastructure. Morse tea has been providing access to external user projects in the scope of previous European projects TRIANGLE, FED4FIRE and is currently supporting researchers from academia and industry in the projects NRG5, FED4FIRE+ and 5GENESIS. The current services include:

●       Testing application in the devices wrt external services

●       Testing full services with virtualization and slicing in an end to end 4G/5G environment

●       Automation of experiments with local and remote access

●       Support for multidisciplinary research, with special support for connected cars and PPDR, but open to any vertical or multidisciplinary research

The whole catalogue of success stories at ITIS groups will be available at the ITIS Software web page  http://itis.uma.es/
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