Frankfurt am Main - From 14 November, the shares of NanoFocus AG, one of Nanostart AG's portfolio companies, are admitted to the Open Market (Entry Standard) of Frankfurt Stock Exchange. NanoFocus will be the first operating nanotech company to be listed in Germany.
As nanotechnology toolmaker in the field of production-near optical 3D surface analysis, NanoFocus AG is setting and establishing new standards worldwide. The Oberhausen-based company is pioneer and technological leader of a new generation of high-precision optical surface measurement systems for laboratories and production. Every new step undertaken by research and industry into nanodimensions is a step towards NanoFocus and its system solutions. With its highly-innovative, patented and user-friendly 3D surface analysis tools for use in micro and nanometer dimensions, NanoFocus AG equips both internationally operating large-scale companies as well as renowned research centers.
"We are pleased that our portfolio company NanoFocus AG is the first operating company in Germany in the field of nanotechnology listed on the stock market. As toolmaker, NanoFocus ranks among the first companies to profit from the technological transformation currently taking place in science and industry", claims Marco Beckmann, CEO of Nanostart AG. "This listing on the Entry Standard is an important signal for Germany as a production location. NanoFocus AG shows that highly-innovative companies are at last again finding the capital and support in their home market to master the challenges of globalized competition."
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.
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.
Disclaimer:
This notification represents neither an offer to sell nor an invitation to submit an offer to buy or subscribe securities. The admission of the shares of Nanostart AG in the sub-segment of the Open Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Entry Standard, does not constitute a public offer of securities. This notification does not represent a securities prospectus. This notification and the information contained therein is not intended to be passed on, whether directly or indirectly, to or within the United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan.
