CERN supports new business incubation centre in The Netherlands
Geneva 26 June 2014. CERN* along with Nikhef**, the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics, today announces the opening of a new Business Incubation Centre (BIC) hosted at the Amsterdam Science Park, where Nikhef is located. The centre will provide new technology transfer opportunities to bridge the gap between basic science and industry, supporting businesses and entrepreneurs in taking innovative technologies related to high energy physics from technical concept to market reality. The announcement was made on the occasion of a symposium in Amsterdam organized by Nikhef to mark CERN's 60th anniversary and highlighting Dutch contributions to the advance of fundamental physics and related technologies. "It is particularly encouraging to see the Nikhef-CERN Business Incubation Centre established here, in the heart of one of Europe's successful science parks," said CERN Director General, Rolf Heuer. "T hrough schemes ranging from R&D partnerships to licences and consultancy, CERN is fully committed to streamlining the passage of technology from basic science to industry, and this development will surely help to make that happen." "Subatomic physics is a gold mine of innovation. Already Nikhef has spun out several companies that have CERN related technology inside, such as Amsterdam Scientific Instruments, Omics2Image, and Sensiflex, respectively developing photon detectors, mass spectrometry and alignment technology." said Nikhef director Frank Linde.
