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Kinematica always tries to push forward - with a larger focus on science, we started Kinematica Science & Development in 2020. The main focus lies on connecting our huge experience in the homogenizing technology with science for more innovation and creation for our customers together with us. With Kinematica Science & Development, the main purpose of Kinematica, perfecting homogenizing technology for a more sustainable, healthier and more flavorful world, gets fulfilled.

  • Ideation

    Ideation

    Order scientific and/or technical support for innovation creation.

  • Prototyping

    Prototyping

    We produce prototypes with your material in our facilities.

  • Rental

    Rental

    Packages for rental machine with scientific and/or technical support.

DR. LEA MEIER-POKORNY - Food Process Engineer

PhD at ETH Zurich

A food lover and innovative thinker with deep knowledge in food and cosmetic processing and process optimization.
– Expert in foams, emulsions and encapsulation (double emulsion) systems
– Expertise in processing of chocolate and chocolate products
– Expertise in manufacturing and optimization of cheese
– Expertise in optimization of infant formula
– Co-founder of the startup „microPow“

SUCCESS STORIES

  • Hasta Glaces

    Hasta Glaces

    Hasta Glace

    Rolf, the founder of Hasta, lived in Argentina for 20 years. The inhabitants of Argentina are also known as the Italians of South America and accordingly produce excellent glazes. When Rolf came back to Switzerland, he found nothing like that. "A glacé should taste like the fruit itself", as Rolf often repeats. Since then he decided to solve this problem himself by starting to make ice creams himself. First he prepared the glaces for his family and friends. However, due to the numerous compliments he received, he began to run his own ice cream shop. To honour his life in Argentina and to remain true to his concept of 100% naturalness of the ice creams he made, he named his company: HASTA. The acronym Hasta stands for Heladeria Argentina-Suiza Totalmente Artesanal, which means, Argentinian-Swiss Glacéladen absolut artisanal. The first store opened in 2002 on rue St-Théodule, near Sion cathedral.

    Hasta Glaces produces and perfects the ice cream production with a POLYTRON PT-C 80 G and thereby creates your delicious types of ice cream. Founder and owner Rolf Bote says: "The POLYTRON was built according to our needs and it quickly became indispensable."

    Hasta Glaces

  • ETH Zurich

    ETH Zurich

    ETH Zurich

    The aim of food science is to ensure the global nutrition of people. The nutritional issue and the human need for health and well-being are therefore at the centre of this discipline.
    In order to find solutions to world food problems and for the prevention and treatment of nutrition-dependent diseases, innovative technologies and fundamental knowledge about the structure of food, about possible microbial or toxic contamination or about the metabolism of nutrients are required. Food sciences explore the fundamental relationships between food quality, production processes and the impact of nutrition on health.


    Professor of food process engineering, Erich J. Windhab, has been a close partner of Kinematica for many years. "We have been working successfully with Kinematica on a wide variety of projects for 25 years - we appreciate the great cooperation and look forward to further great innovations".

    ETH Zurich

  • Innorese

    Innorese

    Innorese AG develop future-orientated technologies and products which make life more pleasant, easier or better for people. Innovative products are created there with foresight and ingenuity from the concept to market introduction, and for the most varying application areas, such as Food, Pharmaceuticals, Sports, Lifestyle and much more.

    Philipp Wötzer, Head of Innovation: "The POLYTRON disperser enabled us to properly disperse a reactive ink we had developed and manufactured ourselves and to successfully print it on a flexographic press on a large scale."

    Innorese

  • Wycos laboratory

    Wycos laboratory

    Wycos is a Swiss company that manufactures various cosmetic products in its own laboratory, namely day creams, body lotions, hand creams, cream shower and cleansing milk. These products are refined with plant extracts, essential oils, Emmental herbal extracts and genuine Swiss edelweiss extract.

    Wycos

  • Howorth Air Technology

    Howorth Air Technology

    At Howorth our sole purpose is to make a meaningful difference in the lives of the patients we serve. By focusing on reducing risk we can improve outcomes and enhance quality of life.

    We work closely with our customers to design and develop controlled clean environments. By applying our expertise in air engineering, we can deliver tailored solutions that provide the highest levels of safety and performance.

    We are a specialist supplier of air technology solutions to the global healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

    We are Engineering for Life.

    Howorth Group

  • ZHAW Life Sciences

    ZHAW Life Sciences

    ZHAW Life Science und Facility Management Logo

    The Institute for Food and Beverage Innovation at the ZHAW (Zurich University of Applied Sciences) works from the idea to the customer: Development of value-added and market-driven food products. The Institute picks up needs and wants to satisfy them with enjoyable, healthy, safe and sustainable food. Its activities focus on the production and process of food. Nine research teams use their many years of experience to process orders according to the latest state of knowledge and technology. References from successful industrial projects show the competence and importance of the institute.

    ZHAW

  • Debiopharm

    Debiopharm

    Debiopharm is an independent biopharmaceutical company based in Switzerland with an ongoing commitment to improve patient outcomes and quality of life in oncology and bacterial infections. The Debiopharm Research & Manufacturing Company, located in Martigny, is a world leader in polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA)-based injectable, sustained-release technology. It has been used for one of our best-selling product Decapeptyl®, a novel injectable controlled-release formulation of triptorelin – a gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist analogue. This mode of administration developed by Debiopharm Research & Manufacturing relies on the active substance being “encapsulated” in a PLGA polymer to allow gradual dissolution and distribution of the substance in the patient’s body.

    Julien Cotter, Pharmaceutical Process Engineer: "Our collaboration with Kinematica was a great success in terms of process development and scale-up."

    Debiopharm

  • Mindful Mixtures

    Mindful Mixtures

    Mindful Mixtures offer handcrafted, organic, essential oil and plant botanical blends designed to target pain and inflammation, promote sleep, boost mood and are great tools for relaxation. The owners are all health professionals devoted to understanding people’s needs and developing products that can make a difference in their lives.
    ‍Mindful Mixtures is a lifestyle brand that strives to provide people with safe and effective products that are also sustainable for the environment. The company’s goal is to Bring Nature Back to Health, creating global awareness on the power of plants and on the importance of caring for what goes in to your body. As athletes themselves, they wanted to create a product that not only improved one's performance, but was a vital part of a health conscious athlete's recovery, which is how "Charley", their best-selling, magnesium-based solution, was born!

    After searching for a year to find the right equipment, Kinematica stepped in as our go to company. Fast repair service and top of the line customer service, we are so lucky to have them in our life! Thank you Kinematica for all you do!

    Mindful Mixtures

  • FenX

    FenX

    FenX transforms mineral waste into high performance and sustainable insulation for the building industry. Their non-flammable and fully recycable insulation material has a great impact on the sustainability of the building industry and shows that innovation can be done everywhere. At the end of life, they can process their insulation materials and re-employ them in the production of new foams. FenX' technology enables them to use a vast selection of locally sourced, readily available mineral wastes and low-value natural materials. The controlled composition of their material sources fulfills all the safety requirements to be used in the building industry.

    Thanks to Kinematica's MEGATRON® MT-FM, the controlled porosity obtained in the material allowed them to fabricate foams with well-defined properties.

    FenX

  • SOPAT

    SOPAT

    The need for particle size measurement has become an important part for us but also for our customers. This is why the partnership with SOPAT has been established. Together with SOPAT, innovative and accurate measurement solutions are developed and integrated into the entire process and used for analysis.

    "Our cooperation with Kinematica is an ideal fit as Kinematica's dispersing qualities will be combined with SOPAT's inline particle size analysis to close the control loop and enable process and quality control at once." says Dr. Mirco Wegener, Head of Sales & Marketing for SOPAT GmbH in Berlin.

    SOPAT

Partnership with ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich and Kinematica have been working closely together for 25 years, promoting innovation for the food industry. This partnership has already resulted in several machine innovations, such as the dynamic enhanced membrane machine MEGATRON® MT-MM and the foaming machine MEGATRON® MT-FM. An important role in this partnership is also played by the renowned Professor Dr. Erich J. Windhab. Windhab studied chemical engineering and process engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (TH), where he received his doctorate in 1985 from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering under Hans Buggisch. On behalf of the government of Lower Saxony, Prof. Windhab founded the German Institute of Food Technologies (DIL) in Quakenbrück in 1985 and was promoted to Vice President in 1987. Since April 1992 he has been full professor of laboratory of food process engineering at the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health Sciences at the ETH Zurich. Dr. Lea Meier-Pokorny also received her doctorate at the ETH Zurich under the supervision of Professor E. J. Windhab.

Partnership with ETH Zurich and Prof. Erich J. Windhab

Kinematica MEGATRON® MT-MM in action at the ETH Zurich Laboratory starring Prof. Erich J. Windhab and Dr. Lea Meier-Pokorny.