BASF Venture Capital GmbH invests in new fuel cell technology
The most important investors to date - SAM Sustainable Asset Management AG, Zurich, and BW-Venture Capital GmbH, Stuttgart, who will together contribute EUR 2.5 million - are also part of this round of financing.
"BASF is not just providing the company with capital, but can also offer ZOXY its expertise, for example in the area of electrocatalysts," said Dirk Nachtigal, Managing Director of BASF Venture Capital GmbH.
ZOXY Energy Systems AG was established in 2000 and employs 29 people. Research and development are concentrated at the company's headquarters in Oberderdingen (near Karlsruhe); production takes place in Freiberg, eastern Germany. ZOXY is the world's only supplier of electrically rechargeable zinc-air fuel cells.
"We want to post a profit in 2003," said Dieter Brächtken, Chairman of ZOXY Energy Systems AG. "Our production and marketing strategy and the possibility of issuing licenses, give us a great degree of flexibility and allow us to respond quickly to market impulses."
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