About this map

The database displays chemical hightech companies in Germany and neighbour countries which are active in different fields of chemistry, polymer technology and nanochemistry. The alphabetical listing of these companies will be displayed in a frame as soon as you pick a map. We cannot claim our list to be complete but we have included links to other websites listing young-hightech companies which can be accessed by the "directories"-link from the menue.

Our survey does not include companies that have no research activities, e.g. companies providing only marketing or distribution services. Companies focussing onconsulting or personnel management services have been excluded too.

If you have recommendations for companies that fit our profile but have not yet been included in the map, please contact us at hermsdoerfer@dechema.de

A short overview of the European chemical hightech companies can be downloaded here as a pdf-file.

Classification was done by selected key words grouped as follows:

Polymer Materials
thermoplastics, thermosets, elastomers, specialty polymers, functional polymers, biopolymers

Inorganic Materials

Nanomaterials
nanostructured materials, nanotubes, coated nanoparticles, dendrimers, nanowires

Fine/Specialty Chemicals

Catalysts
homogeneous catalysts, heterogeneous catalysts, biocatalysts

Polymer Applications
additives, dispersions, compounds, surface coatings

Inorganic Applications
additives, dispersions, compounds, surface coatings

Process Engineering

Industrial Biotech
enzymes, fermentation, biopolymers, biomass

Materials Testing/Analytics

Surface Technologies

Contract R&D

Materials Combinations
knowledge based multifunctional materials and hybrid materials, composites