Partners

The Research and Transfer Center for Bioactive Matter b-ACTmatter is a joint initiative of the Faculties of Physics and Earth Sciences and the Faculty of Life Sciences. It provides a nucleus for interdigitated expansion of research expertise directly coupled to fast technology transfer of new bioactive and biohybrid materials together with industry partners. Pushing new innovative technologies in this field, the dynamic establishment of systems labs for core technologies to support co-creation projects with industry partners and advanced transfer training and consulting will be the main tasks of b-ACTmatter.

Founded in 2001, HOLISUN emerged on the Romanian market as a response to the increasing demand of high quality software products. Following the globalization process and the expansion of world trade, Holisun has developed partnerships with companies all over Europe and America: The Netherlands, France, Italy, USA, Canada, Romania. Our partners are private companies, but also NGOs and public institutions. With all our partners we have close collaborations, with excellent results on both sides.

The R&D expertise encompasses data mining and augmented reality. The data mining projects (related mainly to Internet of Things) focus on predictive analysis such as soil moisture, predictive maintenance and usage prediction. Our main customers are University of Agricultural Sciences of Cluj-Napoca, Desma (rubber industry) and Electrolux (the largest home appliances producer in the world). Although an SME, HOLISUN R&D department benefits on 7 people: PhDs, PhD students and masters of engineering.

The Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) is a non-profit, non-university research institute in the legal form of a registered association (e.V.). The purpose of the association is the application-oriented basic research in the field of non-thermal material conversion as well as the apparative and procedural developments of ion, electron, photon and plasma tools with the aim of surface modification (such as smoothing, structuring, coating, functionalizing) and the technological implementation of results in industry and society.

In accordance with the research strategy of the IOM, the technological competences of the institute are further cultivated and expanded in the purpose-oriented orientation of the scientific work, and the various expertise from physics, chemistry and engineering sciences (and to a smaller extent also biomedical sciences) are combined in a targeted manner. Accordingly, the further development of methods and beam tools (ions, electrons, photons, and plasma) occurs as they are needed to address key societal challenges.

The University of Latvia consistently retains the position of the national, leading and most influential higher education institution in Latvia. In terms of the total number of students, the University of Latvia is also the largest university in the country. It is the largest comprehensive university in Latvia with a prominent standing both in the development of the entire education system and in the overall growth of the country’s economy.

qCoat is a performance materials company from Leipzig. Founded in 2019 as a spin-off from the Leibniz-Institute for Surface Engineering (IOM).

The coatings are applicable on a wide range of flat-sheet polymeric membrane and filtration materials. The focus lies on ligands covalently grafted onto the membrane surface by electron-beam irradiation, producing either a charged polarity, a bio-recognitional or antifouling and/or super-hydrophilic property. qCoat’s capability not only boosts the efficiency of existing applications, whereas opens new possibilities to novel emerging technologies.