Bergen, Norway (August 27th, 2015) Bergen Teknologioverføring AS (BTO) and Ascenion GmbH have signed a partnership agreement to cooperate in the area of assessing and exploiting research findings. This will help bring BTO in a position to introduce technologies from its portfolio to new markets in Europe. Ascenion will, in addition to offer basic consultant services, assist BTO with commercialization of BTO technologies, in particular through licensing, spin-offs collaboration or sale.
In return, BTO will assist Ascenion with the commercialization of projects in disciplines where it has a high level of competence. This includes among others oil, gas and marine projects.
‘We are pleased to have signed this agreement with Ascenion. Ascenion has a great track record in commercialization of technologies within the health sector, and we believe that our projects will benefit from the Ascenion teams great experience and network. It will help us serve our clients even better than we manage today, and most important; to make sure that our projects find its application,’ says Anders Haugland, Managing Director of BTO.
‘We look forward to share our experiences with our colleagues from BTO and to find new possibilities to commercialise projects. It is an exciting opportunity for us to learn from each other and join forces to move projects into application,’ says Susanne Letzelter,Corporate Development & Communication of Ascenion.
About BTO
BTO is the Technology transfer office in Bergen, Norway. BTO support ten research institutions in commercialization and technology transfer. BTO´s goal is to help researchers commercialise their research results in order to ensure that knowledge and inventions benefit individuals, society and industry.
For more information, contact:
Anders Haugland, Director, BTO
T: +47 926 02 381, E: Anders.Haugland(at)bergento.no
Bergen Teknologioverføring, Thormøhlensgate 51, 5006 Bergen , Norway
Dr. Susanne Letzelter, Corporate Development & Communication, Ascenion GmbH
T: +49 (0)89 318814-16 E: letzelter(at)ascenion.de
Ascenion GmbH, Herzogstraße 64, 80803 München, Germany