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A small Slovak hi-tech company is offering a license for portable wine analyser developed and designed mainly for small and medium enterprises operating in wine industry

Country of Origin: Slovakia
Reference Number: TOSK20180618001
Publication Date: 18 June 2018

Summary

A small Slovak hi-tech company located in western Slovakia has developed a unique technology for wine analyses. Portable wine analyser is based on new, innovative biosensor system developed with the aid of nanobiotechnology using nanobiocomposites for production of biosensors. It is designed mainly for SMEs in wine industry and for large wine companies, as well. Partners especially from wine industry are sought to cooperate via license agreement.

Description

The Slovak company was established in February 2007 by a group of researchers with extensive experience in the field of biotechnology, nanotechnology, analytical chemistry and bioanalysis, material engineering, electronics and microelectronics. Since its foundation, the Slovak company has been actively collaborating with many national and international R&D institutes. 



As of today, the company is focused on seeing through the implementation of successful business ideas and plans into reality. This currently means "portable laboratories" dedicated to wine production, food production, brewing industry, juice production, and so on. 



Compared to previous solutions present nowadays at the market, the portable wine analyser has some interesting characteristics, which include: its small dimensions; easy use, which doesn’t require specialised personel; reasonable times of measurement, which allow to operate almost everywhere.



Portable wine analyser is based on innovative biosensor system developed with the aid of nanobiotechnology using nanobiocomposites for production of biosensors.

This new technology for analyses of wine is in a preparation stage. The development, production and marketing proceeding will be in close collaboration with potential partner. Portable wine analyser is designed mainly for small and medium enterprises in wine industry and for large wine companies, as well. It is suitable especially for small wine makers and for wine lovers.

 

The use of portable wine analyser is simple without a need of special trained personnel. The system does not use any dangerous reagents. The portable laboratory consists of the following key elements:

- electrochemical biosensors, 

- electronic measuring unit as a simple and universal platform of detection, 

- reagent kits. 



Analysis can be performed practically at any place, because the system is designed to be “all inclusive” and can be battery operated. The result of analysis is ready within few minutes from switching on the device. Portable wine analyser enables to measure contents of sugars, alcohol, sulphites, malic, lactic, acetic (volatile), and tartaric acid, total acids and pH value. For measurement of each component appropriate biosensor will be used.



The partners from the wine industry are sought to cooperate via license agreement - this company is looking for further licensees who will use this technology. This type of cooperation was selected, because it fits the cooperation requirements of this company in a most suitable way. The technology is already successfully used by some Slovak and European wine making companies. Incentives and ideas for further possible development of this technology are also welcomed.

Advantages and Innovations

Compared to similar products, the proposed technology can perform analysis practically at any place as the system is designed to be “all inclusive” and can be operated by battery. Furthermore, the result of the analysis is ready within a few minutes from the switching on of the device.

Stage Of Development

Already on the market

Requested partner

- Type of partner sought: companies -  SMEs and large companies, as well. 



- Specific area of activity of the partner: especially the wine producers, partners from the wine industry. Portable analysers/laboratories developed by this company are usable in brewing industry, juice production or fermentation process monitoring, as well. 



- Task to be performed: The partners are sought to cooperate preferably via license agreement. Slovak company is looking especially for additional licensees of this technology. The technology is already used by wine making companies in Slovakia and abroad. The company is looking for partner who would implement this technology into their wine production processes via already mentioned license agreement. Ideas for further possible development of this technology are more than welcomed.