This German company manufactures high durable tools for branding, welding and soldering. They started in 1918 in Kiel, North Germany, with the production of burning stamps and are now established as well-known manufacturer of specific branding irons, welding irons and soldering irons on national and international markets. All their tools are still manufactured on their production site in Kiel, Germany. Their tools are international valued for their quality and durability.

A German SME has developed a digital order and monitoring tool which enables the one-stop sourcing of provisions and consumables, meaning all items for daily use i.e. detergents or cleaning equipment from a selected supplier network. The system enables the smart and efficient sourcing such as regular administrative tasks as request for quotations (RFQ), offer comparisons, discussion with the vessels about quantities or budgets, etc. are organised automatically. Additionally the system offers a detailed vessel specific budget control and leads to transparent and detailed budget application.

Since its market release in the early 1960s, the “contraceptive pill” has enjoyed particular popularity among family planning methods and is a prime example of blockbuster drugs. However, during the last decades, a quest for modern non-hormonal contraceptives has emerged to not only provide an alternative with fewer side effects for women, but also render pharmacological contraception accessible for men. A promising strategy for non-hormonal contraception is to affect sperm functions that are essential for fertilization, i.e. motility.

Lock-in amplifiers are firmly anchored in everyday research. They offer excellent noise suppression for repeating signals. The degree of suppression, however, depends critically on the low-pass filter at the end of the signal processing chain. Until now, simple narrow-band filters are generally used which have an infinite settling time and a suboptimal capability of supressing a white noise background (Fig. 1, showing 6dB, 12dB, 18dB, and 24dB resistor capacitator (RC)-filters). A German university strives to overcome these problems.