07 July 2003, JPK Instruments AG and Advantage Scientific Inc. sign Marketing and Sales Agreement

Berlin/Taipeh (July 05, 2003) - A marketing and sales co-operation for the Asian market was recently agreed between Berlin-based JPK Instruments AG, a specialist for nano-biotechnological applications, and Advantage Scientific Inc., Taiwan. With the agreement JPK has reached another important milestone in the consequent extension of its distribution network. Following the successful market introduction of its NanoWizardTM AFM - an Atomic Force Microscope that has been specially adapted by JPK to areas of application like soft matter and the Life Science - the Company now enjoys promising perspectives on the lucrative Asian market. It is also envisaged to open a presence in Japan by the end of the year. Further steps will be to establish references in China and to enter the Korean market.

Up to now JPK's instruments that are applicable in nano-biotechnological research are distributed in Germany, the UK, France and the Benelux countries.

About JPK Instruments AG:
The innovative Berlin-based company JPK Instruments AG which was founded in 1999 is among the first companies worldwide to have implemented and optimized the principle of Atomic Force Microscopy - AFM - for application in the Soft Matter and Life Science sector. By now more than 20 highly skilled members of staff develop and manufacture Atomic Force microscopes and other instruments for nano-biotechnological applications. Numerous patents have been filed. Around the globe there are already several renowned scientific institutions that apply this new form of nano-biotechnology in their research programmes. The JPK technology is also applicable to non-living Soft Matter. The company is one of the first in the nano-biotechnology sector to receive venture capital, e.g. from the IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, tbg, Innovationsfonds des Landes Berlin and from participation in the programme .Futour. hosted by the Ministry of Economics. 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). JPK receives support form a supervisory board made up of renowned managers, venture capitalists and Prof. Dr. Klaus Ploog, the highly distinguished Director of the Paul-Drude-Institute Berlin.

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