Heppe Medical Chitosan GmbH

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History

October 2010
The second round financing successfully completed. The High-Tech Gründerfonds increases its HMC+ shares.

September 2010
Participation at the 2nd INVESTFORUM Sachsen-Anhalt

August 2010
HMC+ now is sponsor for both pengulins Tou Feng and Quesan in the Zoo of Leipzig

June 2010
Launch of the campaign product of the month

June 2010
Panel discussion Katja Heppe with the Federal Minister of the Interior Dr. Thomas de Maizière

May 2010
Participation at the 1st High-Tech Partnering Conference in Bonn

December 2009
HMC+ becomes sponsor of the words Chitin and Chitosan

May 2009
Election of Katja Heppe into the board of members of the European Chitin Society (EUCHIS)
September 2008
Sponsorship for the Pangulin Tou Feng in the Zoo Leipzig, the only Pangulin in a european zoo.
June 2008
Shareholding of the High-Tech Gründerfonds and a Business Angel in the company
September 2007
Relaunch website
August 2007
New image broschure of Heppe Medical Chitosan GmbH will be published
January 2007
Regional winner IHK Halle Dessau, DIHK competition "Best Business Idea"
October 2006
Award for Katja Heppe as Fonder of a new business of the year 2006 on the occasion of the Economic Ball, by favor of Ministry of Employment and Economic Affairs in cooperation with Wirtschaftsspiegel Sachsen-Anhalt KG.
2006
Katja Heppe gets a special award as woman entrepreneur in Saxony Anhalt 2006
Entrepreneur of the month September, Univations-Inoovations and founders-network Saxony Anhalt
The new website goes online. Service capabilities of HMC and its products are presented at www.medical-chitosan.com.
Development and implementation of HMC's new market and company strategies
Heppe Medical Chitosan awarded the IQ Innovation Award Halle/Salle
Cooperation with pharmaceutical raw material dealer Kraeber GmbH & Co. in Ellerbek near Hamburg
Change from Katja Heppe Medical Chitosan to Heppe Medical Chitosan GmbH on March 1, 2006
2005
First customers in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic sector purchase products from Katja Heppe Medical Chitosan
Concentration on the core competencies Research, Production and Development of intelligent chitosan products
Start of production of high-purity chitosan products and chitosan derivatives
Clear increase in quality of chitosan though the application of new production technologies
October 2005
Foundation of Katja Heppe Medical Chitosan by biotechnologist Katja Heppe on August 1, 2005
Change in generations within the family and strategic decision for the Central German Region Halle & Leipzig
2002
Katja Heppe researches the topic of Overcoming the Blood/Brain Barrier with help from chitosan as carrier
2001
Katja Heppe researches the topic Transportation of Substances Past the Intestinal/Blood Barrier with help from chitosan
Research directed at chitosan in medicine and cosmetics
1998
Development and testing of future chitosan technologies promising a definite improvement in purity and quality of chitosan
Katja Heppe recognizes the problems in the sector (lack of quality and non-transparent classification of products)
1997
Start of partnership with engineer Torsten Richter. His areas of expertise are production, technology and quality management of chitosan production
1996
Idea: with a better quality, chitosan could be used in a wider range of applications as previously known.