INNOVENT is a non-profit, industry-oriented research institution from Jena, with the main focus on surface technology, biomaterials and magnetic & optical systems. The institute was founded in 1994, and currently employs about 140 people. The competences of INNOVENT are combined into four research areas:

• Surface Technology
• Magnetic & Optical Systems
• Biomaterials
• Analytics – Materials – Composites

INNOVENT is active in various networks and clusters and is the initiators of: the Theme Days on Interfacial Engineering and Surface Technology (ThGOT), the User Forum Atmospheric Pressure Plasma (ak-adp) and the Inn-O-Kultur forum.

The company is also a founding member of the German Industrial Research Association Konrad Zuse.