Press Releases

30.06.2021

Better rapid testing and faster drug and vaccine development: Microfluidics is the key technology for fighting pandemics

With international participation, this year's COMPAMED Innovation Forum was dedicated to the topic of "Microfluidics for mobile diagnostics and development of vaccines and drugs" and presented how microfluidic processes can help, for example, to better and faster solve the red-hot challenges of a global pandemic.  
17.06.2021

IVAM Hightech Summit 2021: Virtual microtechnology conference on August 25 and 26

The IVAM Hightech Summit is the central microtechnology conference where international experts from micro and nanotechnology come together once a year to discuss the challenges of the future.
10.05.2021

IVAM brings medical technology suppliers to CMEF: International marketplace for the medical industry in China

After successful trade fair appearances at CMEF in spring 2019 and fall 2020, the IVAM Microtechnology Network will again present a joint booth for international high-tech suppliers at the fair in Shanghai.  
18.03.2021

COMPAMED Innovation Forum 2021: Microfluidic components accelerate the fight against the pandemic

The pandemic clearly shows how important modern high technologies are to advance research and development - e.g. for drugs, vaccines or diagnostic devices - quickly and effectively.
09.03.2021

Exciting outlook to hybrid conference in September: QuApps Online Workshop highlighted the potential of quantum technology

The main part of  the international quantum technology conference "QuApps" will be held as a hybrid event in September 2021, kicked off by a virtual "QuApps Online Workshop on Applications on Quantum Technologies" on March 2, 2021. 
03.02.2021

Quantum Technology Conference QuApps 2021: Online workshop with ZEISS Quantum Challenge and hybrid conference in combination

QuApps will kick off with the virtual event "QuApps Online: Workshop on Applications on Quantum Technologies" on March 2, 2021. The winners of the ZEISS Quantum Challenge 2020 will also be announced in this context.
25.11.2020

virtual.COMPAMED: demand for medical technology is also strong in virtual space

COMPAMED and MEDICA, the world's leading marketplaces for the international medical technology industry and the supplier sector, took place in virtual format from November 16-19 due to the pandemic. 22 international companies and research institutions presented their product innovations under the umbrella of the virtual IVAM joint participation. 
09.11.2020

IVAM bundles high-tech for medical technology at virtual. COMPAMED

In response to the corona pandemic, COMPAMED and MEDICA, the world's leading information and communication platforms for the medical technology industry and the supplier sector, will be taking place from November 16-19 entirely in virtual format. 
14.10.2020

QuApps: Quantum Technology Summit in Spring 2021

Experts are invited to apply for a lecture or poster presentation until November 15, 2021.
15.09.2020

IVAM joint booth at CMEF: Medical technology suppliers present themselves in October in Shanghai

CMEF 2020 has been postponed from April to October 19-22, making it one of the first major international medical technology platforms that will take place again under strict security conditions. This year, international high-tech companies with distributors and partners on site use the opportunity to increase their presence in the Chinese medical technology market.
13.08.2020

Artificial intelligence and high-tech sensors: diverse miniaturized high-tech solutions enable support and relief in the area of care

The COMPAMED Innovation Forum showed how intelligent medical technology can help to better solve fundamental problems in the field of "care" in the future.
02.07.2020

International conference QuApps shows status quo of quantum technology

The QuApps conference deals with the state of the art and the development of quantum technology. The international event will take place at Düsseldorf Airport from March 1 to 3, 2021.
04.06.2020

Digital COMPAMED Innovation Forum focuses on high-tech medical technology for dementia patients in three sessions

Due to the current travel and contact restrictions in many countries, the COMPAMED Innovation Forum will be held this year for the first time as a digital event series. The main topic of the three sessions, which will take place in the afternoon of July 16, 23 and 30, 2020, is "High-tech support for dementia patients".
20.03.2020

Microtechnology industry does not expect long-term damage from corona crisis – but overall economy will be severely affected

Representatives of the microtechnology industry at this point in time do not assume that the industry will suffer from the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic in the long term. This was the result of a quick poll conducted by IVAM on March 19, 2020 among its members based in Germany.
26.02.2020

Good business in the USA – MD&M West remains a successful marketplace for medical technology components

The medical technology trade fair MD&M West in Anaheim, California, is one of the world's largest exhibitions in the field of design and manufacturing of medical technology products.
11.02.2020

"Microtechnologies for Optical Devices"- Special exhibition area at W3 shows solutions for optics, electronics and mechanics

After the successful premiere of the special exhibition area "Microtechnologies for Optical Devices" at the W3 2019, IVAM will again present the joint area at the networking fair in February 2020.
29.01.2020

MD&M West establishes itself as medical technology marketplace for international component manufacturers

At the international joint area of the IVAM Microtechnology Network at MD&M West, component manufacturers from Germany, Great Britain, Austria and the USA will present their products and services in the special exhibition area "Micro Nanotech" from February 11 to13, 2020. 
03.12.2019

Components for digitalization: COMPAMED 2019 successfully brought component and device manufacturers together

COMPAMED, which once again took place in synergy with the MEDICA medical trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, demonstrated the demand for components for digitalized and mobile medical devices for diagnostics and therapy.  
30.10.2019

Smart lasers open up new applications and are the “tool of choice” in digitalization

In October 2019, the annual expert meeting LaserForum was hosted by TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH in Ditzingen. The presentations and discussions focused on smart laser-based production processes and systems and new applications with laser systems.