ESA, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the German federal state of Bavaria and the German bank Kreissparkasse München Starnberg opened the fourth ESA Business Incubation Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen on 3 August 2009. From left to right: Frank M. Salzgeber (Head of Technology Transfer Programme Office in ESA), Thorsten Rudolph (Head of Anwendungszentrum GmbH), Martin Zeil (Bavarian Minister of State for Business, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology), Jean-Jacques Dordain (Director General of ESA), Prof. Johann-Dietrich Wörner (Chairman of DLR Executive Board) and Josef P. Bittscheidt (Chairman, Kreissparkasse München Starnberg).