11-09-2012

After three years of intensive research in the field of new solution-processable materials for OLEDs (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes), Merck and ten other partners from industry and academia have successfully concluded the "New materials for OLEDs from solutions" (NEMO) project co-funded by ...

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Expansions in Singapore, Shanghai, Hanau and Taiwan to Support Growth of PV Market

14-06-2012

The Heraeus Photovoltaics Business Unit is in the midst of significant expansions to their production and research and development facilities worldwide to support the future growth of the photovoltaics industry. Expansions are underway in Singapore, Shanghai, Taiwan and Hanau, with all to be ...

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Strategic partnership between Heraeus and PhosphonicS

24-08-2011

Precious metals like platinum and rhodium are very valuable, and also very rare. That makes it increasingly important to recycle these precious metals from a wide variety of industrial uses. For example, various catalytic processes in the chemical industry generate large amounts of fluid ...

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28-09-2007

The precious metals and technology group Heraeus has signed a cooperation agreement with Northeastern University in Shenyang, China, which will enhance the group's potential for research and innovation in Asia. In September Dr. Frank Heinricht, Vice Chairman of the Board of Management of ...

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Conventional platinum gauze catalyst was further optimized

22-08-2007

Since early this year, the firm SASOL Nitro in South Africa has been using a newly developed multistage catalyst from the precious metals and technology group Heraeus for the selective destruction of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, in two of its nitric acid production plants. With this ...

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07-08-2007

On July 1, 2007, the W. C. Heraeus GmbH division of the international precious metals and technology group Heraeus acquired the French company Poudres de Soudure de Précision S.A. (PSP), which is headquartered in Grésy sur Aix. Established in 1995, PSP is a manufacturer of ultra-fine metal ...

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06-06-2007

Dr. Helmut Eschwey, Chairman of the Board of Management, will resign from the Board of Management by end of his official term next year August 31, 2008. Dr. Frank Heinricht, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Management, will succeed him on September 1, 2008 as new Chairman of the Board of ...

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09-02-2007

Early February saw Heraeus started up a pgm refinery in Port Elizabeth (South Africa). The Heraeus Refinery S.A. (Pty.) Limited, a subsidiary of the Group's Managing Company, W. C. Heraeus is located in close proximity to the South African automobile industry whose demand makes it one of the ...

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11-11-2005

A catalyst that reduces the emission of a nitrogen-containing greenhouse gas by more than 90%, a sensor system that continuously measures the temperature of liquid steel and consequently contributes significantly to improving quality, and a solder paste that makes it possible for electronics ...

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27-05-2005

W. C. Heraeus, a subsidiary of the globally active precious metals and technology group Heraeus Holding GmbH, has acquired a 60 percent interest in Shenzhen Jinsheng Precious Metals Products Ltd. in China. Based in southern China, the company manufactures gold and silver chemicals that are ...

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