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 Biotech Parks

The biotechnology center is housed in four buildings dating 

from around 1,900 and one modern complex and offers a 

total of  11,400 sq.m. of  laboratory, office, greenhouse and 

storage space. With such a large facility at its disposal, it of-

fers biotechnology companies an ideal environment for suc-

cessful operations. All labs are approved as S1 laboratories 

and meet the building requirements for approval as S2 labs. 

The Hermannswerder site also includes an S3 laboratory as a 

special resource. The beautiful, park-like setting of  the pen-

insula offers an excellent environment for research activities. 

The island hotel and a conference center are located directly 

next to the campus. 

The site also includes a self-service restaurant and small is-

land shop. The philosophy of  Biotech Campus Potsdam was, 

and still is, to create the freedom for research and innovation 

in the high-tech sector of  biotechnology. Reputable firms from 

the industry can indeed be found here. 

The work carried out by resident companies is multi-faceted, 

ranging from green biotechnology, the development of  vac-

cines, the development of  pharmacologically active substanc-

es based on plant materials, the development and production 

of  PCR tests for food testing and preclinical contract research 

right through to medical technology. A total of  200 employees 

work on the site.

Biotechnology Park Luckenwalde

Space for Expansion 

Biotechnologiepark Luckenwalde · c/o SWFG mbH

Im Biotechnologiepark, TGZ I · 14943 Luckenwalde

Phone [phone] · Fax [phone]

[e-mail] · www.bio-luck.de

Contact: Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Weber · Director

Located just 25 miles from the new Berlin-Brandenburg In-

ternational Airport (BBI) in the district of Teltow-Flaeming, 

the Biotechnology Park Luckenwalde is one of the most 

modern facilities of its kind in Germany. It is home to 35 

companies from Germany, USA, UK, Korea and Israel with 

about 500 employees.

Companies in the park focus on the development and produc-

tion of  pharmaceuticals, recombinant proteins and diagnostic 

kits, biological/chemical substances for biotech and pharma-

ceutical applications, as well as fine chemicals. There are also 

suppliers of  medical technology, analytical services, and a 

Biotech Education Center. Technical Equipment comprises 

completely furnished S2 laboratories (safety workbench, auto-

clave, dishwasher, deionized water, water purification system, 

central media supply (compressed air, N

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, CO

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, O

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, H

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), stor-

age and cool rooms, pharmaceutical clean rooms category 

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(B/C), 400 MHz NMR spectrometer, meeting rooms, confer-

ence hall (300 seats), library, restaurant with catering service. 

The entire central technique meets GMP/ISO 9001 specifica-

tions. The park management offers comprehensive, individual 

services and advice during the settlement and development 

of  firms, including support for the recruitment of  the key staff. 

Currently the park offers 9,000 sq.m. labs and office space, 

and additional 100,000 sq.m. industrial property ready for 

expansion. The park is part of  an international and regional 

network to assure access regional and to funding sources and 

cooperation with universities and hospitals.

Co:bios Technologiezentrum

Service for all stages of  growth and expansion

co:bios Technologiezentrum GmbH

Neuendorfstraße 20 a · 16761 Hennigsdorf

Phone [phone] · Fax [phone]

[e-mail]

www.cobios-technologiezentrum.de

Located in the northwest of Berlin, the co:bios Technology 

Center in Hennigsdorf is the congested urban area in Ber-

lin-Brandenburg of biotechnology and life science. In the last 

15 years more than 30 companies with approximately 700 

international employees have settled on this site.

On more than 10,000 sq.m. we offer service space for 

extension to clean rooms (class D/E/F), S1 labs, DI-water sup-

ply, compressed air supply, special gas supply, state of  the 

art data communication, meeting rooms, conference hall and 

more. The building and central technique requirements also 

meet the fulfillments for S2 labs for GMP/ISO 9001 based pro-

duction specifications. As a center of  excellence for biotech-

nology and life science we have a selected portfolio of  service 

and advice to young start-ups as well as medium sized com-

panies, in aim to support them across all stages of  company 

growth. For those companies who have outgrown their limited 

start-up funding, we additionally hold 80,000 sq.m. developed 

industrial property ready for expansion. 

With our holistic approach combining settlement, development, 

construction and licensing issues to the point of  traditional 

management consulting, and on the background of  the high 

density of  innovative, research-intensive and service-oriented 

companies on the co:bios biotechnology park Hennigsdorf  

we can initiate interesting synergy effects for your business 

model. Within this locational advantages the co:bios biotech-

nology park became a magnet for the international healthcare 

industry and the percentage of  international settlements on 

this site is growing, for example from USA, South America, 

VAI and Asia.

Campus Berlin-Buch

Interaction of  Research, Clinics and Companies 

Robert-Rössle-Straße 10 · 13125 Berlin

Phone [phone] · Fax [phone]

[e-mail] · www.bbb-berlin.de

Contact: Dr. Andreas Mätzold · Executive Manager

Dr. Ulrich Scheller · Executive Manager 

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