JPK Press Release

New Appointments to JPK Instruments AG's Supervisory Board— February 4, 2004

Last year the Berlin-based nanobiotechnology application specialist JPK Instruments AG has appointed Dr. Andreas Eckert as the new Chairman of its Board of Supervisors.

Dr. Eckert is Chief Executive of public-traded Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG, Berlin, which was founded in 1997. He is also the co-founder of numerous technology companies in Germany and abroad.

Last year JPK Instruments also appointed Roger Bendisch to the Board of Supervisors. Bendisch is director of the IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Berlin, a leading venture capital investor for technology companies in Berlin.

Frank Pelzer, director and co-founder of JPK Instruments commented on the new appointments: "Our company is continually strengthening its position as one of the leading providers of atomic force microscopy application for the so-called "soft matter" sector and the whole area of life sciences. We are very pleased to have found in Dr. Eckert and Mr Bendisch two experienced managers. Their many year's experience in corporate management and financing will secure our international standing and accelerate our business development."


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