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Enhanced electrophysiology for clinical research

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tory: ry: Founded in 2008 in Salt Lake City as a spin-off of the University of Utah

• Founde

der: r: Prof. Florian Solzbacher

• Products:

ucts: Micro-electrodes, electronics, software and surgical tools for use in the fields of:

• Neuroscience
• Neural Engineering
• Neuroprosthetics
• Custo

tomers: mers: 40 % USA / 60 % beyond (mostly Europe)  Decisio sion to open a Europe pean n subsi sidi diary ry

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Why Why Germany ny?

• Many customers in Germany
• Interesting research partners in Germany
• Founder is German and still had valuable contacts

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Why Why Hanov

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• Berlin, Freiburg and Hanover were on the shortlist
• Decisive criteria: Proximity to research partners, costs, reachable location
• Discussion with GTAI on the pro’s and con’s
• Great support from authorities in the federal state of Lower Saxony
• Financial incentives

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Our site in Hanove ver

• Opened November 2014
• Currently 11 employees, steadily growing
• Sales, support, order handling and production of new product family (polymer based electrodes)
• Proximity to Hanover Medical School and other research facilities

Blackrock Microsystems Europe GmbH Hanover Medical Park

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Chall lleng enges es

• Finding eligible staff
• Visas for non-EU employees
• Setting up a completely new organization without simply copy-pasting existing structures ( cultural

differences)

• Getting hold of specific machinery

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