Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies Enters Into R&D Collaboration Agreement with the University of Houston

BILLERICA, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST), a division of Bruker Corporation
(NASDAQ: BRKR), today announced that it has entered into a sponsored research
agreement with the University of Houston (UH) focusing on the testing and
characterization of its second-generation (2G, also referred to as YBCO)
high-temperature superconductor tapes, with Professor Venkat Selvamanickam
serving as principal investigator on behalf of UH.

Dr. Selvamanickam (`Selva`), who was Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
of SuperPower, Inc. before joining the UH faculty as the M. D. Anderson Chair
Professor in Mechanical Engineering in September 2008, will lead and coordinate
the testing and characterization efforts of two other UH researchers, and
provide scientific reports and recommendations to BEST. The optimized coated
conductors (2G tape) will be provided to UH by BEST, a leading developer and
manufacturer of both first and second generation high temperature
superconductors (HTS). Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Dr. Klaus Schlenga, the Chief Technology Officer of BEST, said: "Dr.
Selvamanickam is very well known and highly respected in the HTS community, and
we are delighted to be working together. We have retained the University of
Houston and Selva to analyze and characterize our 2G wire, and we hope this
collaboration leads to additional joint projects on HTS conductors and devices
in the future. We expect the characterization and testing to be performed by UH
to give us insights into how we can even further improve our 2G tape."

Dr. Selvamanickam further commented: "The Texas Center for Superconductivity at
the University of Houston (TCSUH) has recently created an Applied Research Hub
to enhance industrial collaboration. We are very pleased to have BEST
participate as one of the early collaborators with the Hub. TCSUH has excellent
facilities for processing and characterization of coated conductors which we
expect to be very beneficial for the superconductor industry in general."

BEST also announced that it has extended a long-running consulting agreement
with Dr. Herbert C. Freyhardt, a research professor at the Texas Center for
Superconductivity at the University of Houston.

About Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies:

The Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) division of Bruker Corporation
(NASDAQ: BRKR), which was formerly known as Bruker Advanced Supercon, includes
operations in Germany, the UK and the United States. Together with its
majority-owned RI GmbH subsidiary, BEST is a world leader in the development and
manufacturing of superconducting and normal conducting rf cavities and systems,
linear accelerators, and special products for physics and energy research, as
well as superconducting devices, specialty magnets, circular accelerators,
vacuum systems, and x-ray and particle beamlines. BEST manufactures and sells
over 20,000 miles of niobium-titanium (NbTi) and niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) LTS wire
annually. BEST is also a leading manufacturer of both 1G BSCCO and 2G YBCO HTS
materials and devices, based on its broad HTS technology platform. The BEST
proprietary SuperFast inductive superconducting fault current limiter (iSFCL)
has the potential to enhance power grid reliability, and BEST HTS current leads
can dramatically reduce electrical losses in large industrial and research
magnets. Conductors and components made by BEST are being used to build new
generations of compact high power devices such as HTS motors, generators, cables
and transformers, as well as high field magnets for medical and research
applications. BEST also offers the light-weight Cuponal conductor for the
aviation industry. For more information: www.advancedsupercon.com or
www.bruker.com.

Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc.
Tom Rosa, +1-978-901-7550
Senior Vice President and CFO
info@advancedsupercon.com
or
Texas Center for Superconductivity
University of Houston
Susan W. Butler, 713-743-8212
Associate Director for Public Affairs
sbutler@uh.edu

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