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Rolf Lucas-N端lle
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“Those who know nothing must believe everything.” M. von Ebner-Eschenbach
... we live in a world of change – in times of transition of developing countries to industrialised countries, of industrial production to a world whose societies are increasingly based on the production and exchange of knowledge and information. With the global change of economic, political, social, and cultural structures towards international, knowledge-based societies, this knowledge will become an ever-increasing decisive factor ... in a positive as well as negative sense.
The experiment is at the focus of our interest, which is true to the motto of Confucius: “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” We are one of the worldwide leading suppliers of teaching materials, education systems, e-learning solutions, and the associated services in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, and other scientific subjects. We offer one-stop solutions – from development
Education, teaching, and research are the resources with the largest, most inexhaustible, and most sustainable potential, and are the basis for progress, independence, and growth, and life itself. PHYWE has dedicated itself to a small, yet the most important, area of all this: the natural sciences.
to production, from sales to consulting, from project management as a general contractor to on-site installation and training. Our demands concerning innovation and quality, “made in Germany”, as well as our striving towards clearer, simpler, and better solutions are our daily challenge. My employees and I feel committed to good education and to conveying the principles and phenomena of the natural sciences. Trust, partnership, loyalty, openness, and honesty in dealing with our partners and customers are the values that we continually pursue. In this sense, I look forward to co-operating with you. Rolf Lucas-Nülle Founder and Partner
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“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” B. Franklin
... Göttingen is the town with the most Nobel Prize winners in Germany. There is no other place in Germany where one can refer to their knowledge and scientific culture like in this town. Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, and many more all worked and lived in Göttingen and established the city’s reputation as a university and cultural town. Göttingen is where PHYWE is based. Our good name along with the synonym for quality “made in Germany” enabled us to become a global market leader in education, teaching, and research in natural sciences. With a long tradition of nearly 100 years, PHYWE develops, produces, supplies, and installs experiments, solution systems, scientific equipment, but also e-learning systems, software, and services such as training, installation, pre- and after-sales support, and technical consulting. More than 145,000 customers in more than 95 countries – mainly universities, colleges, schools, private institutes, museums, and science centres – have chosen PHYWE solutions.
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge – for knowledge is limited.” A. Einstein
PHYWE History ■ 1913 Dr. Gotthelf Leimbach establishes the “Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des Erdinnern mbH” (association for investigation of the earth’s interior) ■ 1919 Start of the production of chemistry teaching materials
Otto Hahn visits PHYWE (1966)
■ 1921 Start of the production of biology teaching materials ■ 1940 The name of the company is changed to “PHYWE Aktiengesellschaft” ■ 1966 Nobel Prize winner Prof. Dr. Otto Hahn visits PHYWE ■ 1982 Presentation of a worldwide unique product: Natural radioactivity is made visible in a large diffusion cloud chamber ■ 1985 Experiments in space: The astronaut W. Ockels experiment with magnetic balls made by PHYWE ■ 1988 Partnership is formed with “Lucas-Nülle Lehr- und Messgeräte GmbH”. Mr Lucas-Nülle is the new executive partner and driving force ■ 1997 PHYWE turns demonstration classes “upside down” (or rather from horizontal to vertical). The system “Natural Sciences on the Board” revolutionises demonstration classes in schools
Our experience and high demands on the technology, innovation, and ease of use of our products, as well as our flexibility make us a rather soughtafter, renowned partner and a reliable supplier worldwide. Together with our sales agency in Lüttich, which is mainly responsible for the francophone regions in North Africa, and more than 60 International Sales Partners (ISP) that are authorised by PHYWE, we can offer one-stop solutions with blanket coverage, and all of this customised to your particular, individual needs.
■ 1998 The modular, multifunctional measuring system “Cobra3” sets new standards for computer-aided experiments ■ 2001 Extension of the Cobra3 product range with the Chem-Unit, which is an interface that is optimally adapted to chemistry teaching ■ 2002 Launch of the electricity/electronics building block system with large, magnetic teacher building blocks for the demonstration board and small, identical building blocks for the students ■ 2004 PHYWE enters into a close cooperation with the renowned Goettingen University and XLAB ■ 2007 Extension of the new demonstration and training centre. Development of the modern classroom ■ 2008 Cobra4 – the new, modular interface system – is presented to the public for the first time at the education trade fair “didacta”
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“When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.� Chinese proverb
PHYWE is a company with a long tradition. This level of continuity can only be reached with a successful adaptation to changing markets, environments, and competition. Constant evaluation and control ensure that we identify the needs of our target markets and meet their individual requirements thanks to our visions, developments, products, and solutions. We pursue a long-term strategy, in which our targets are substantial and our plans are realistic. We would like to grow and become even better – together with you and for you.
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“The Lucas-Nülle Group, a strong partner” R. Lucas-Nülle
Lucas-Nülle Lehr- und Meßgeräte GmbH, Kerpen, Germany Development, production, and distribution of technical teaching and learning system for vocational training.
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“For us, successful co-operation means that we can pass on our know in a targeted and effective manner. This is the only way that a certa
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We have the best systems for all the areas of scientific teaching as well as customised solutions. For you, we divide our programme into three target markets: school, college, and university. The school range covers the secondary level I for children between 11 and 16 years of age. The college category is for the secondary level II at grammar schools (age 16 to 18) and partly also for the basic courses at universities of applied sciences and vocational schools. The university range is for the scientific education at universities that goes beyond the basic courses.
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We offer targeted, market-adapted, and demand-satisfying standard and customised solutions in all of the three traditional science disciplines. In order to meet the global education trends up to an application that stretches across all the science disciplines, we have defined a fourth science category: applied sciences.
w-how to our customers ain effect that goes beyond the day can unfold.” K. Elias
“do” and „show“ – there is no way to make it more simple and precise. Here at PHYWE, “do” is the name of those products made for pupils and students, such as TESS or our practical experiment system LEX. “show” designates everything made for professors, lecturers, or teachers, such as our DemoX programme. The PHYWE solution systems are extensive and an exciting means for conveying the natural sciences. Our innovative measurement and sensor system Cobra4, for example, is unprecedented in its sheer number of possible applications. It is an unbeatable team in combination with our measurement software measure.
PHYWE diffusion cloud chamber
Our proven, modular TESS experiment system with more than 700 possible experiments is another example of a complete system solution that is “made by PHYWE”. It not only includes the complete experiment literature with instructions concerning the set-up, procedures, and evaluation of the experiments for students and teachers, but also everything that is required for successful experimentation. interTESS offers you the opportunity to accompany the experiments on a PC in order to increase the didactic value of the TESS-experiments. This integration of teaching and learning is a standalone feature of PHYWE on the market. Follow this path together with PHYWE and open up nearly unlimited variety and flexibility when planning and structuring your classes, combined with the quality, service, and intrinsic value of a world market leader. PHYWE - the first choice in education
With unique products, PHYWE has demonstrated their excellence in the development and production of scientific teaching materials over the decades. Our diffusion cloud chamber, for example, is one of these unique products. It makes natural background radiation visible in a particularly fascinating manner. Students and anybody who is interested in natural sciences can observe a natural phenomenon that is otherwise hidden in obscurity.
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“The essential prerequisites for the success of our company are – apart from our expertise in the development, production, and dis the quality of our servic
Education in the natural sciences begins in a lecture hall or in a classroom, but our service starts a long way before all that. Our extensive and perfected customer care programme is based on the three columns Campus, Pre-Sales and After-Sales. Campus is a training and education programme that provides our end users, sales partners, and employees with the opportunity to always be up-to-date in terms of the scientific and technical developments at PHYWE. Whether it is online, at the customer’s site, or in-house at PHYWE in Göttingen: our Campus is always there for you. The Pre Sales area includes – among other things – the scientific contributions of PHYWE at specialised conferences, product and system demonstrations, and seminars, but also consulting and support in the definition of projects and the selection of the optimal solutions and systems for your specific needs. We ensure
that you make the right decisions, and that you receive and use the best cost-performance ratio. Please do not hesitate to ask us! With our After-Sales programms, we ensure that you can use your PHYWE product efficiently for a long time. This is indeed reliable protection for your investment. We are there for you if you have queries concerning the respective installation or utilisation, but also for the supply of spare parts or in the event of warranty claims and repairs. Our technical hotline helps and connects you.
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“Years of national and international experience, which was gathered from numerous projects, provide us with a level of expertise that is difficult to find elsewhere.” K. Elias
University of Cape Town South Africa University of Nairobi Kenya Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Ghana University of Botswana Botswana National University of Singapore Singapore University of Jaffna Sri Lanka Indian Institute of Technology India South Australian Museum Australia Capital Normal University China Sogang University South Korea Jiaotong University China University of Atmajaya Indonesia Facultad de Ingeniería Buenos Aires Argentina Universidade do Amazonas Brazil Universidade Luterana do Brasil Brazil Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Spain Universidad de Barcelona Spain New York Museum of Science USA Lawrence Hall at UC Berkley USA Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Germany Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany Deutsches Museum München Germany Volkswagen AG Germany BASF Germany Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Germany DESY Hamburg Germany King Saud University Saudi Arabia Cairo University Egypt University Istanbul Turkey University of Baghdad Iraq UAE University United Arab Emirates German Jordanian University Jordan
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University of Oslo Norway Ecole Européenne - Bruxelles Belgium National Technical University of Athens Greece Kon. Instituut Marine Den Helder Netherlands CERN, Genève Switzerland ETH Zürich Switzerland Moscow Pedagogical State University Russia Saint-Petersburg State Mining Institute Russia Kazakhstan National Technical University Kazakhstan Warsaw University of Technology Poland University of Bucharest Romania University of Latvia Latvia
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