customers while seeking to expand our
business throughout North America,”
said Morita.
BASF and Volkswagen
Present Science Award
Electrochemistry to Dr. Karl
Mayrhofer
The international “Science Award
Electrochemistry” from BASF
and Volkswagen was awarded to
Dr. Karl Mayrhofer, work group
“Electrocatalysis,” Max-Planck-
Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf,
Germany. The jury of representatives
from BASF, Volkswagen and from
academia selected Mayrhofer for the
outstanding results of his research on
electrocatalysts, which are crucial for
the life expectancy of fuel cells. The sci-
entist has developed new test and analy-
sis methods which enable direct visual
investigation of degradation pathways
for different catalysts, and which identi-
fy fully automatic appropriate materials
for catalysts. These research results are
an important contribution to realizing
highly active and stabile electrocata-
lysts for efficient electrochemical energy
converters.
With the “Science Award
Electrochemistry,” which is endowed
with prize money of € 50,000, BASF and
Volkswagen support outstanding scientific and engineering achievements in the
electrochemistry, and provide an incentive for the development of high-performance energy stores.
The Science Award Electrochemistry
( www.science-award.com ) has been
presented annually since 2012 and targets top scientists in the global academic research community. This is the first
science award to be presented jointly
by two companies on a cross-sectoral
basis. The prize money is intended as
start-up funding for further research activities and is to be used for laboratory
equipment, scientific events or to fund
highly qualified employees.
Ring International
and Helios Enter
Into Share Purchase
Agreement
Helios Domžale d.d. and Ring
International Holding (RIH), a Vienna-based industrial group active in the fields
of stationery products and industrial
coatings, agreed on the terms and conditions of a share purchase agreement (SPA)
in which RIH is to acquire 73.12 percent
of the shares in Helios. Completion of
the share transfer is still subject to certain conditions customary for his type
of transaction, including merger control
clearance. Once the share transfer is completed, RIH will – in accordance with
applicable Slovenian law – publish the
takeover intention and subsequently a
mandatory takeover offer to theremain-ing minority shareholders of Helios.
Strongly believing in the strengths and
prosperous future of Helios, RIH will
integrate part of its existing coating division into Helios’ operations with the aim
