For many industrial applications materials have to be coated with layers of other materials to achieve required properties (e.g. anticorrosive or conductive layers). PVD or CVD systems (physical or chemical vapour deposition) for coating with nanolayers require expensive vacuum chambers. Only small substrates can be coated at very low velocity. For coating with microlayers in galvanic baths a lot of space is needed and environmentally harmful solvents are used, which have to be disposed of at high costs.

An Austrian company developed a novel training robot for high performance athletes who need to maximize their strength gains with a free barbell. Common trainings with heavyweight barbells pose a relatively high injury risk. Consequently, athletes are often limited to train with weights, which they can handle for sure. This novel training robot enables athletes to train with heavy loads of up to 400 kg. Therefore two robot arms are moving up and down depending on the current position of the barbell (sensor based), so the distance between the barbell and the arms stays constant.

A young and innovative Austrian company has its focus on hypoallergenic (free of lactose, fructose and gluten etc.) and halal-compliant (free of alcohol and raw material out of animals, only ingredients produced by animals, such as beeswax, thus also suitable for Muslims) dietary supplements and additional cosmetics and has recently launched the products in Austria. The portfolio comprises currently 6 food supplements and 1 cosmetic product. All products are available in all pharmacies in Austria. The current supplement range covers the most important specific customer’s needs.

The Austrian company has developed a hard- and software based airborne inspection system which is mainly consisting of an autonomous, helicopter type flight-robot, an analysis and classification software with automated report generation system and a data-base running in the background. This inspection system is thought to be part of an Asset Management System with an integrated Quality Cycle. State of the art inspection of infrastructure is often carried out by industrial climbers.