ATB is an application oriented research institute founded jointly by the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and several leading industrial enterprises in Bremen area in 1991. ATB is a part of the long-term strategy of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen to sustain economy in northern Germany and, particularly, in Bremen by strengthening innovation potentials of industrial enterprises and other organisations. ATB is a highly innovative and efficient technology centre providing system technical services to a wide spectrum of enterprises and organisations, thereby increasing their ability to remain competitive. ATB has developed into a dynamically expanding research institute operating successfully on the national, European and world-wide market and offering to partners a high level of expertise in several technological domains.