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Merger makes recycling process chain for photovoltaics more sustainable


LOSER CHEMIE GmbH, Chemische Werke Tangermünde GmbH and FRESITEC GmbH are merging and bundling their expertise in to the LFFICIENCY Holding.

Why? So far, many related technologies of recovery of precious raw materials have been located in various holding companies. In order to be able to offer our customers even more consistent solutions from a single source, it was necessary to merge the competences. Now all topics related to raw material recovery are combined under one roof. This makes the entire group of companies even more powerful and brings positive synergy effects for our customers.

LOSER CHEMIE GmbH will be dedicated to the following business areas in the future:

• Production of nanoparticles such as nano silver, nano copper and nano silicon

• Production of alloys and special alloys based on silicon

• Analysis in the ppb range by means of glow discharge mass spectrometry (GDMS)

• Further development of methods for nondestructive treatment of used solar modules

• Production, crystallization and remelting of silicon blocks and production of silicon shaped parts

• Mechanical treatment, etching and cleaning of silicon and other hard-brittle metals

• Production of specialty chemicals

• Water treatment

The headquarters of the company will be located at the former site of FRESITEC GmbH, in Freiberg on the erstwhile SolarWorld site. The site of Chemische Werke Tangermünde GmbH will continue, as the Saxony-Anhalt branch of LOSER CHEMIE GmbH. As a result of this merger, the former chief technologist of LOSER CHEMIE GmbH, Dr. Wolfram Palitzsch and the Managing Director of FRESITEC GmbH, Dr. Ingo Röver will take over the management of LOSER CHEMIE GmbH.

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