JPK Instruments Grants Exclusive Marketing Rights for Great Britain
Berlin (June 10, 2004) - JPK Instruments AG, a Berlin-based specialist for nano-biotechnological applications, recently granted Scientifica Limited exclusive marketing rights for its products on the UK market. The company that is based in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, is specialised in the sale of microscopes and biotechnological equipment. Scientifica has already successfully started UK sales on behalf of JPK Instruments.

JPK Instruments' solutions for nano-biotechnology ranging from food analysis to medical applications are currently distributed in Europe (Germany, Great-Britain, France as well as the Benelux countries) and Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore). 

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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 members Torsten Jähnke (physicist), Frank Pelzer (businessman) and Jörn Kamps (physicist) and the supporting supervisory board comprising of other experienced venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.


Contact:
JPK Instruments AG
Dr. Gabriela Bagordo
Communication Manager
Bouchéstr. 12, D-12435 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49-(0)30-5331-12541
Fax.: +49-(0)30-5331-1202
eMail: bagordo@jpk.com 
Web: www.jpk.com 


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