Nano-biotechnological Applications Excellently Positioned on the Asian Market
Berlin (May 26, 2004) - JPK Instruments AG, a Berlin-based specialist for nano-biotechnological applications, recently signed a distribution agreement for the People's Republic of China with the Advantage International Corporation. With the agreement JPK Instruments reaches the envisaged goal of setting up a reliable distribution network for scanning probe microscope solutions for the so-called "soft matter" and Life Science sector within the Asian market. China joins Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore as countries in which JPK's instruments are distributed.

Advantage International Corp. is a subsidiary of Advantage Scientific Inc. that last year successfully commenced distribution and sales activities on behalf of JPK Instruments for the Taiwanese market.

JPK Instruments' solutions for nano-biotechnology ranging from food analysis to medical applications are also distributed to Germany, Great-Britain, France as well as the Benelux countries.

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About JPK Instruments AG:
The innovative Berlin-based company JPK Instruments, which was founded in 1999, is among the first companies worldwide to have implemented and optimised the principle of Atomic Force Microscopy - AFM - in areas of application like soft matter and the Life Science sector. By now more than 25 highly skilled members of staff develop and manufacture Atomic Force microscopes and other instruments for nano-biotechnological applications. Numerous patents have already been filed. Around the globe there are many renowned scientific research institutes that apply this novel nano-biotechnological technique in their research programmes. JPK's technology can also be applied with non-living soft matter objects. The Company is also one of the first in the nano-biotechnology sector to receive venture capital, e.g. from IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, tbg, "Innovationsfonds des Landes Berlin" and from participation in the programme "Futour" hosted by the Ministry of Economics and Technology. Future rounds of financing are envisaged to aid the entry into international markets and the in-house product development. The company's know-how derives from the accumulated knowledge of its founders and board membersTorsten Jähnke (physicist), Frank Pelzer (businessman) and Jörn Kamps (physicist) and the supporting supervisory board comprising of other experienced venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.

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Dr. Gabriela Bagordo
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Bouchéstr. 12, 
D-12435 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49-(0)30-5331-12541
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