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discovered 01.13 FOCUS WWW.Hzdr.DE // 2012 saw the wrap-up of HZDR Innovation GmbH’s first fiscal year. CEO Andreas Kolitsch is thrilled about being in the black, genuinely excited customers, and the prospect of future projects. _TEXT . Sara Schmiedel Spin-off as model When asked how things are going with the spin-off, Andreas Kolitsch’s reply is a short "very good." Surface modifications are in high demand and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden- Rossendorf’s Ion Beam Center has all the right equipment and technologies. "Most of our customers are from the semiconductor industry. They send us their finished wafers and we take care of the lifetime engineering part by implanting light-weight ions such as high-energy protons and helium ions." According to the chemist, "this minimizes a loss of power while at the same time increasing the switching speed of typical semiconductor components. For the high- energy implantation, we have a rather unique selling point as far as the quality of our equipment goes since similar accelerators are, for the most part, quite old already. Even in the US, there aren’t any facilities like this one which means customers from overseas have been knocking on our doors ever since we first got started." The company’s self-proclaimed goal: To handle several thousand wafers per month over the next few years. An important step forward for the future of electromobility as the range of electric cars is largely determined by the energy efficiency of their electric components. INCREASING THE LIFESPAN: HZDR Innovation GmbH's clients come from the automobile and semiconductor industries, even medical technology. The incorporation of nitrogen as well as titanium nitride coating help make medical implants like artificial hip and knee joints better tolerable and more durable (in the picture: Gabi Steinbach, Ph.D. student at the HZDR). Photo: Jürgen Jeibmann

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