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Pioneering Advanced Microfabrication

Pioneering Advanced Microfabrication

Leveraging specialized thin-film processes and materials science to create high-performance components with unparalleled precision, design freedom, and miniaturization.

Leveraging specialized thin-film processes and materials science to create high-performance components with unparalleled precision, design freedom, and miniaturization.

Engineers in cleanroom suits operating advanced microfabrication equipment in a laboratory setting.

Pioneering Advanced Microfabrication

Leveraging specialized thin-film processes and materials science to create high-performance components with unparalleled precision, design freedom, and miniaturization.

Our Vision

Our Vision

To employ our very unique fabrication technology to enable and scale the development of disruptive therapies in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries.

To employ our very unique fabrication technology to enable and scale the development of disruptive therapies in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries.

To employ our very unique fabrication technology to enable and scale the development of disruptive therapies in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries.

State-of-the-Art Microfabrication in
Kiel, Germany

State-of-the-Art Microfabrication in
Kiel, Germany

Operating out of advanced cleanroom facilities at Kiel Nanolab, ACQUANDAS specializes in thin-film deposition, UV lithography, and microscale patterning. Our capabilities enable the processing of demanding materials—including Nitinol and titanium, among others—delivering high-resolution, high-performance components tailored to the most challenging applications.

Operating out of advanced cleanroom facilities at Kiel Nanolab, ACQUANDAS specializes in thin-film deposition, UV lithography, and microscale patterning. Our capabilities enable the processing of demanding materials—including Nitinol and titanium, among others—delivering high-resolution, high-performance components tailored to the most challenging applications.

Operating out of advanced cleanroom facilities at Kiel Nanolab, ACQUANDAS specializes in thin-film deposition, UV lithography, and microscale patterning. Our capabilities enable the processing of demanding materials—including Nitinol and titanium, among others—delivering high-resolution, high-performance components tailored to the most challenging applications.

Gloved hand placing a microfabricated wafer onto a precision fixture inside a cleanroom laboratory.

Gloved hand placing a microfabricated wafer onto a precision fixture inside a cleanroom laboratory.

Gloved hand placing a microfabricated wafer onto a precision fixture inside a cleanroom laboratory.

Gloved hand placing a microfabricated wafer onto a precision fixture inside a cleanroom laboratory.

Nitinol Film:

From Research to Clinical Trial

2006

• Started PhD research

• Aim: Fabricate Nitinol Stents with thin film technology

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

2006

2009

• PhD completed with summa cum laude distinction

• 1st Prize, WT.SH Idea Competition (Schleswig-Holstein)

• Inspired to explore founding a company based on research outcomes

• Core technology continued to mature toward application readiness

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

2009

2012

• Company Foundation

2012

2015

• Continued technology development

• First customer projects acquired

• Operated without external funding

• Published 20+ peer-reviewed scientific papers

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Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

2015

2018

• 12 registered patents

• Ongoing technology development and maturation

• Awarded by Werner Petersen Stiftung for innovation

• Winner of Medtec Europe Start-up Academy Award

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Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

• Progress in scalability, process development, and SOPs

• First Pilot serial production

• Team grew to 5 employees

2018

2021

• FDA Breakthrough Device designation (bioelectronic application)

• First-in-human trial initiated (Pilot Study - Customer)

• Full QMS implementation (ISO 13485 compliant)

• Expansion of fabrication capabilities

• Broadened technology platform

• Achieved first market entry

• Team grew to 20 employees

2021

2024

• Closed funding round to support scale-up

• Initiated planning of new cleanroom facility

• Prepared ISO 13485 certification for new site

• Supported clinical trials for 3 clients

• Team expanded to 28 employees

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

2024

2026 - 2027

• Completion and operational launch of new ACQUANDAS facility

• ISO 13485 certification (2027)

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

Periodic table of elements with magnesium, titanium, iron, nickel, platinum, and gold highlighted in orange.

2026

Our Leadership

Thomas Lässig Picture

Founder & CEO

Dr.-Ing. Rodrigo Lima de Miranda

Thomas Lässig Picture

Founder & CEO

Dr.-Ing. Rodrigo Lima de Miranda

Thomas Lässig Picture

Founder & CEO

Dr.-Ing. Rodrigo Lima de Miranda

Shareholder

Prof. Dr.- Ing. Eckhard Quandt

Shareholder

Prof. Dr.- Ing. Eckhard Quandt

Shareholder

Prof. Dr.- Ing. Eckhard Quandt

Shareholder & Managing Director of ACANDIS GmbH

Dr. Andreas Schüβler

Shareholder & Managing Director of ACANDIS GmbH

Dr. Andreas Schüβler

Shareholder & Managing Director of ACANDIS GmbH

Dr. Andreas Schüβler

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Explore Our Technology

Explore Our Technology

Unlock Nitinol Insights

Download our exclusive “Breakthorugh Guide to Thin-Film Nitinol” and discover how ACQUANDAS is revolutionizing medical device miniaturization.

Unlock Nitinol Insights

Download our exclusive “Breakthorugh Guide to Thin-Film Nitinol” and discover how ACQUANDAS is revolutionizing medical device miniaturization.

Unlock Nitinol Insights

Download our exclusive “Breakthorugh Guide to Thin-Film Nitinol” and discover how ACQUANDAS is revolutionizing medical device miniaturization.

Unlock Nitinol Insights

Download our exclusive “Breakthorugh Guide to Thin-Film Nitinol” and discover how ACQUANDAS is revolutionizing medical device miniaturization.

Tailoring possibility into Perfection. Advanced microfabrication for next-generation components and devices.

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Tailoring possibility into Perfection. Advanced microfabrication for next-generation components and devices.

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About

Technology

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+49 (0) 431 880 6211

info@acquandas.com

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Building F, 1st floor room F-021a

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