Frankfurt am Main - The Frankfurt-based nanotechnology investment company Nanostart AG has announced that its shareholding, NanoFocus AG, plans to make a listing in the newly-created Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse).
This move would make the Oberhausen-based NanoFocus AG the first nanotechnology toolmaker to make a listing in Germany. The company is technological and market leader in the field of high-definition optical 3D surface characterization. The listing will be accompanied by VEM Aktienbank AG, Munich.
As toolmaker, NanoFocus AG has concentrated in recent years on developing and patenting an innovative analysis technology which meets the demands of modern nanotechnology. Today, the company is poised to transform the technological leadership it has gained for itself into commercial success. With large-scale orders from industry in the pipeline, NanoFocus AG has demonstrated that its instruments set new standards in a broad spectrum of application areas. For example, the company recently announced that it will be equipping the American National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), an institution of the US Economics Ministry which defines technical standards throughout the nation, with the optical measurement system µsurf®.
About Entry Standard:
On 25 October, the German stock exchange Deutsche Börse will be internationally repositioning its activities by renaming the Regulated Unofficial Market the "Open Market" and creating a new sub-segment, to be called Entry Standard. The aim of this new sub-segment, which will place additional transparency demands on companies, will be to offer companies cost-efficient access to the capital market via the Open Market, combining low regulatory requirements with greater visibility. Additional disclosure requirements will have to be fulfilled for a quotation in the Entry Standard, which will serve to upgrade transparency for investors. Furthermore, an index will chart the development of the companies traded in the Entry Standard.
About Nanostart AG:
Nanostart AG is a listed nanotechnology investment company whose activities are divided into two areas: one of its focuses is investing in fast-growing nanotechnology companies; its other key area of activity is advising companies in the financial industry on investments in the nanotechnology sector.
About NanoFocus AG:
NanoFocus AG is the world's leading nanotechnology toolmaker operating in the field of near-production optical 3D surface analysis. With its high-definition, user-friendly, robust and cost-effective instruments, the company is revolutionizing the market for surface analysis and enabling users from science and industry to three-dimensionally chart and control surfaces with structures in micro and nanometer dimensions.
