This is the case of a company founded by a research team in 2009 as a spin-off from a Swiss technology institute in the fields of advanced electromagnetic solutions for non-destructive testing (NDT) and quality control. In recent years the company has been acting as a small-scale incubator, by carrying out innovation projects which produce promising technologies with the potential to be spun out. Until now two start-up companies have been created to exploit new proprietary technologies/know how and to access new markets.