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license agreement together with a cooperation and (Germany). The British transaction has been com-
development agreement on the Lonza microreac- pleted by March 1. This acquisition is an integral part
tor technology. Under the terms of the agreements, of Evonik’s strategy to invest in attractive developing
EMB will acquire a license from Lonza on two key markets driven by the mega trend “Resource Efficien-
products: the Lonza Development Microreactor cy”. H.C. Starck‘s know-how and technology relating
(process development) and Lonza Advanced Produc- to the production and use of Amperkat
®
catalysts
tion Microreactors (manufacturing). As a result, EMB have been transferred to Evonik.
will become the exclusive worldwide manufacturer,
vendor, and distributor of Lonza microreactors. Furthermore, Evonik Industries and its partners are

http://www.ehrfeld.com developing the world‘s largest lithium ceramic
battery by CERIO
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technology, a special combina-
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lmarco, Czech Republic, and Kyoto Institute tion of ceramic materials and high-molecular ionic
of Technology (KIT) announced joint research conductors, which ensures greatly increased safety
agreement that will focus on several cutting edge combined with a small footprint and long cycle life-
research fields of nanofibers. The agreement outlines time. As a first step, an energy storage device with an
the intention to develop the technology to allow the output of one megawatt (MW) and a storage capacity
production of nanofibers with different architecture of about 700 kWh is being developed at the Völklin-
and structure at industrial scale. Successful outcomes gen power plant site in the Saarland. The three-year
of the agreement are anticipated to provide bre- project, funded by the BMBF (the German Federal
akthrough in health, energy and environment related Ministry of Education and Research) under its LIB
applications. Elmarco delivers unique laboratory 2015 research initiative, aims at making such mega
equipment for the production of nanofibers, the batteries technically and commercially feasible for
Nanospider™ Lab Machine to Kyoto Institute of stationary applications.
Technology.
Evonik has obtained two business partners for LESSY
“We are very pleased to announce the commen- in its own subsidiary Li-Tec Battery GmbH, a joint
cement of the joint research with Kyoto Institute of venture with Daimler, and Digatron Industrie-
Technology. We believe that this relationship can Elektronik GmbH. The technical collaborators on
create knowledge contributing to both industrial and the project are the University of Münster, the EWE
academic fields,” said Kaz Nomoto, President & CEO Research Center for Energy Technology (Next Ener-
of Elmarco Ltd. gy), and the Institute of Electrical Power Engineering

http://www.elmarco.com of HTW Saarland.

http://www.evonik.com
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vonik Industries AG, Essen, Germany, announced
the acquisition of London based Membrane
Extraction Technology (MET) Ltd., and of the cata- F
UJIFILM Recording Media U.S.A., Inc. have
demonstrated in cooperation with IBM a world
lyst business of H.C. Starck GmbH based in Goslar record in data density on linear magnetic tape – a