Spin-offs and start-ups
AMO provides hands-on support to founders who want to turn a technology-based business idea into a new company. We offer High-Tech start-ups the opportunity to develop their individual solutions in our cleanroom and accompany them from idea generation to market launch.
Spin-offs already supported by AMO
AMOtronics is the first spin-off company supported by AMO. Founded in 2010, AMOtronics develops advanced measurement solutions and control systems. The company’s test and analysis solutions are in use worldwide in a wide range of research and industrial projects in the energy, aerospace, automotive and defence sectors.
Founded in 2014, Protemics is a spin-off from AMO and RWTH Aachen University. Protemics develops ultrafast photoconductive terahertz spectroscopy systems for non-destructive measurement applications. Protemics stands for innovative, customer-oriented products and services beyond the limits of conventional THz imaging.
Founded in 2019, Black Semiconductor is the latest startup spun off from AMO. The company’s goal is to initiate a paradigm shift in chip technology by manufacturing and marketing microchips with integrated electronic-photonic circuits. Such a chip can be up to 10,000 times more powerful than today’s chips and enable artificial intelligence at a new level. Black semiconductor heavily builds on AMO’s expertise in CMOS technology, photonic-chip development, and pioneering work on graphene electronics.
