The bi-weekly nanotech Magazine nanotimes announced the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement
("MOA") for strategic partnership with Nanopaprika, the leading International NanoScience Community
(TINC) in Hungary.

Commenting on the event, Thomas Ilfrich, Editor-in-Chief and founder, said, “It is the first time we enter
into strategic partnership agreement with an Online Community. It demonstrates our brand is
recognized by an important partner and a leading platform. We are very happy to cooperate with
András Paszternák, the founder of TINC, and his team. It is a very good possibility for both partners to
grow internationally in a challenging economic environment.”

“We are glad to cooperate with nanotimes. We are leading nanoscience social network and both of us
are well established in their markets. This partnership gives us the possibility to expand our business
together,” added András Paszternák, the founder of TINC.

About nanotimes
nanotimes (http://www.nano-times.com) is a bi-weekly nanotech PDF-Magazine free of charge for
readers. The Magazine is published by IVCON, a private information broking company in nano- and
microtechnology focussing on competitive intelligence. The private company was founded in 2003.

About The International NanoScience Community (TINC)

The International NanoScience Community (http://www.nanopaprika.eu) is a website founded in
November 2007, dedicated to the worldwide NanoScience community. TINC, as a leading
NanoScience Community Plattform, currently has more than 2,000 members, researchers, students,
industrial partners from Hungary, Germany, UK, India, USA and 50 others countries. András
Paszternák – a chemistry PhD student in Budapest, Hungary – is the founder of TINC. The website
includes features such as scientific forum, nanoblogs as well as 35 thematic groups (SPM,
Nanotoxicity, Nanomedicine, Nanobio research etc.

Contact: IVCON, Attn. T. Ilfrich, Mauschbacher Steig 20, D-13437 Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)30 4849 2774, Fax: +49 (0)30 4849 2976, Email: info@ivcon.net
Nanotimes: http://www.nano-times.com Nanopaprika: http://www.nanopaprika.eu

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