Scanbec is a young biotech company focussing on the development and production of innovative rapid test systems for the detection of microorganisms in the life science sector. The application fields of the molecular detection technology FastScan developed by Scanbec are the microbial process control in the food production, e.g. the detection of beer spoiling bacteria and the quality control of brewers yeast, the detection of spoilage bacteria, yeasts and moulds in non-alcoholic bewerages, the microbial quality control of drinking water, the detection of pathogenic Legionella bacteria in warm water systems and air conditioning systems and the monitoring of microbial processes.