Inno\u00adva\u00adtive Sen\u00adsor Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy IST AG (IST AG), a Swiss sen\u00adsor spe\u00adcia\u00adlist and part of the Endress+Hauser Group, today announ\u00adced the majo\u00adrity acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Infra\u00adso\u00adlid GmbH. In the course of this, TUDAG TU Dres\u00adden Akti\u00aden\u00adge\u00adsell\u00adschaft, which has sup\u00adported the com\u00adpany since 2018 (seed finan\u00adcing), is also sel\u00adling its shares. <\/b><\/p>\n
Dres\u00adden, Febru\u00adary 25, 2022 <\/i>- Inno\u00adva\u00adtive Sen\u00adsor Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy IST AG (IST AG) today announ\u00adced that it has acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in Infra\u00adso\u00adlid GmbH, a port\u00adfo\u00adlio com\u00adpany of TUDAG TU Dres\u00adden Akti\u00aden\u00adge\u00adsell\u00adschaft, as part of its growth stra\u00adtegy. As part of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, TUDAG is sel\u00adling its entire stake in the Dres\u00adden-based deep-tech hard\u00adware start-up. IST AG, a sub\u00adsi\u00addiary of the Endress+Hauser Group, is a lea\u00adding sup\u00adplier of phy\u00adsi\u00adcal, che\u00admi\u00adcal and bio\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal sen\u00adsors with the aim to become one of the lea\u00adding sup\u00adpli\u00aders in stan\u00addard as well as cus\u00adto\u00admi\u00adzed sen\u00adsor tech\u00adno\u00adlogy. With its entry into Infra\u00adso\u00adlid, IST AG is expan\u00adding its pro\u00adduct port\u00adfo\u00adlio to include com\u00adpon\u00adents for opti\u00adcal infrared (IR) mea\u00adsu\u00adre\u00adment technology.<\/p>\n
Infra\u00adso\u00adlid GmbH was foun\u00added in May 2017 as a spin-off of the Insti\u00adtute for Solid State Elec\u00adtro\u00adnics at TU Dres\u00adden and curr\u00adently employs 14 peo\u00adple. Infra\u00adso\u00adlid deve\u00adlops, manu\u00adfac\u00adtures and mar\u00adkets ther\u00admal IR radia\u00adtion sources that are used in the field of infrared (IR) ana\u00adly\u00adsis as well as in the near-infrared (NIR) range and have bet\u00adter per\u00adfor\u00admance para\u00adme\u00adters than con\u00adven\u00adtio\u00adnal IR radia\u00adtion sources. The glo\u00adbally paten\u00adted tech\u00adno\u00adlogy enables, above all, grea\u00adter minia\u00adtu\u00adriza\u00adtion through a spe\u00adcial design, while still main\u00adtai\u00adning com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtive per\u00adfor\u00admance para\u00adme\u00adters, and auto\u00adma\u00adted mass production.<\/p>\n
The areas of appli\u00adca\u00adtion for Infrasolid\u2019s IR\/\u200bNIR emit\u00adters range from gas ana\u00adly\u00adsis, e.g. in the fields of emis\u00adsion moni\u00adto\u00adring, envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal pro\u00adtec\u00adtion and safety, to the oil, gas and che\u00admi\u00adcal indus\u00adtries, food ana\u00adly\u00adsis and medi\u00adcal appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. Due to the high minia\u00adtu\u00adriza\u00adtion and auto\u00adma\u00adtion poten\u00adtial, novel or mobile appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons are also pos\u00adsi\u00adble, e.g. in the areas of smart home, auto\u00admo\u00adtive, health\u00adcare, IoT and smartphone.<\/p>\n
TUDAG has actively sup\u00adported the company\u2019s deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment since spring 2018 tog\u00ade\u00adther <\/span>with co-inves\u00adtors VNG Inno\u00adva\u00adtion from Leip\u00adzig, TGFS Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgie\u00adgr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adfonds Sach\u00adsen from Leip\u00adzig and WEGVISOR from Chem\u00adnitz. The team led by Dr. Marco Schos\u00adsig, Dr. Tobias Ott and Ben\u00adja\u00admin Buch\u00adbach has since suc\u00adcee\u00added in com\u00adple\u00adting the pro\u00adduct deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the infra\u00adso\u00adlid emit\u00adters, buil\u00adding up its own manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring capa\u00adci\u00adties and con\u00advin\u00adcing more than 100 cus\u00adto\u00admers from over 20 count\u00adries to use the infra\u00adso\u00adlid emit\u00adters. \u00bbWe would like to thank our inves\u00adtors VNG Inno\u00adva\u00adtion, TUDAG, WEGVISOR as well as the lead inves\u00adtor TGFS for the trust they have pla\u00adced in us and at the same time we would like to thank the other part\u00adners in the Saxon eco\u00adsys\u00adtem for the inten\u00adsive and suc\u00adcessful coope\u00adra\u00adtion\u00ab, sum\u00adma\u00adri\u00adzes Dr. Marco Schos\u00adsig, foun\u00adder and CEO of Infra\u00adso\u00adlid GmbH.<\/p>\n For TUDAG, which has held com\u00adpa\u00adnies as a hol\u00adding com\u00adpany in the field of know\u00adledge and tech\u00adno\u00adlogy trans\u00adfer since its foun\u00adding in 2000, this is ano\u00adther step in TUDAG\u2019s startup sector.<\/p>\n suc\u00adcessful exit. <\/span>\u00bbWe thank the foun\u00adders and the entire team of Infra\u00adso\u00adlid GmbH for the suc\u00adcessful and always very good coope\u00adra\u00adtion,\u00ab said Fran\u00adcisco Arroyo, head of invest\u00adment manage\u00adment at TUDAG. He adds, \u00bbWe wish the mana\u00adging direc\u00adtors all the best and maxi\u00admum suc\u00adcess in the future and will fol\u00adlow the company\u2019s future deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment with interest.\u00ab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The spe\u00adcia\u00adlist for ther\u00admal IR radia\u00adtion sources will in future be mana\u00adged by the Swiss Inno\u00adva\u00adtive Sen\u00adsor Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy IST AG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurship-en"],"yoast_head":"\n