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John P. de Neufville with links to BASF and others very interesting things that make you go hmmmm
John P. de Neufville purchased the ChemOvonics Division from ECD in 1986 and founded Voltaix, Inc. a high purity specialty gas business which was sold to Air Liquide America in 2013. Subsequently, he purchased the assets formerly associated with the GM-ECD JV that produced the then novel nickel-metal hydride batteries for GM’s first all-electric car, the EV-1, creating a new company, Eutectix, LLC, based in Troy, MI and currently serving as Eutectix’ CEO and Chief Scientist. His early research interests focused on materials for batteries, optical memory devices, and solar cells, prepared by sputtering, chemical vapor deposition and plasma deposition. At Exxon, John was a member of the team that developed a concept of selective remote sensing of uranyl minerals using laser induced fluorescence. At Voltaix he played a key role in scaling the synthesis of various molecules used for the chemical vapor deposition of insulating, semiconducting and conducting films for advanced integrated circuit and photovoltaic applications. John P. de Neufville holds a PhD. in applied physics and materials science from Harvard University and an M.S. in geology from Harvard University and a B.S. in geology from Yale University.
Eutectix, LLC formed in May 2014 when it acquired the former Ovonic Materials manufacturing facilities at 1864 Northwood Drive Troy Michigan from Great Western Minerals Group. Great Western Minerals Group operated the facilities as Great Western Technologies Inc. (GWTI) from 2007.
imeline – Eutectix History
2016 Eutectix acquires Molycorp Metals and Alloys
2014 Eutectix acquires Great Western Technologies, Inc. GWTI
2012 BASF acquires OBC
2011 Molycorp Minerals LLC acquires SAI and forms Molycorp Metals and Alloys, Inc.
2009 SB LiMotive acquires Cobasys
2007 GWMG acquires Ovonic Materials facilities from ECD
2004 Cobasys forms
2000 Chevron – Texaco buys GM interest in GM Ovonic forms JV with ECD Ovonics called Texaco Ovonic Battery Systems & adds TO Hydrogen Systems and TO Fuel Cell Company
Michael Fetcenko
BASF Raw Materials
Michael FetcenkoManaging Director
Michael Fetcenko is Managing Director of BASF Battery Materials and formerly President of Ovonic Battery Company. Ovonic, which invented and developed NiMH batteries, was acquired by BASF in February 2012. He joined Ovonic in 1980 and has led the R&D and commercialization efforts with over 70 patents and 100 publications in the NiMH battery field. His inventions are used in all NiMH batteries for consumer and vehicle applications. Mr. Fetcenko continues to direct all NiMH operations, and is also a member of the BASF Battery leadership team which directs BASF’s Li-Ion cathode materials and electrolyte commercial activities. He now leads all North America operations for BASF Battery Materials including Manufacturing and Sales & Marketing. In addition, he leads IP for the Battery Materials division globally and serves on the Steering Committee for Sion Power where BASF is a minority owner. Recently led successful high profile NCM cathode enforcement action at US International Trade Commission, bringing together BASF, ANL and outside counsel resulting in a complete victory and broad exclusion order against infringing product. Mr. Fetcenko's inventions were nominated with co-inventor Stanford R. Ovshinsky for the European Inventor Award enabling NiMH batteries for consumer and HEV applications such as the Toyota Prius. Mr. Fetcenko gave an invited lecture to ~100 patent examiners at the European Patent Office regarding his NiMH patents, taking the technology from the laboratory to widespread commercial use, licensing to over 40 companies worldwide and successful enforcement of the technology through dispute resolution. He has given similar invited lectures before the Japan and United States patent offices, and is a widely acknowledged authority in the field of batteries through numerous invited lectures and publications in journals such as Science magazine, Journal of Applied Physics and invited chapters on NiMH batteries in the Handbook of Batteries.
John P. de Neufville with links to BASF and others very interesting things that make you go hmmmm
John P. de Neufville purchased the ChemOvonics Division from ECD in 1986 and founded Voltaix, Inc. a high purity specialty gas business which was sold to Air Liquide America in 2013. Subsequently, he purchased the assets formerly associated with the GM-ECD JV that produced the then novel nickel-metal hydride batteries for GM’s first all-electric car, the EV-1, creating a new company, Eutectix, LLC, based in Troy, MI and currently serving as Eutectix’ CEO and Chief Scientist. His early research interests focused on materials for batteries, optical memory devices, and solar cells, prepared by sputtering, chemical vapor deposition and plasma deposition. At Exxon, John was a member of the team that developed a concept of selective remote sensing of uranyl minerals using laser induced fluorescence. At Voltaix he played a key role in scaling the synthesis of various molecules used for the chemical vapor deposition of insulating, semiconducting and conducting films for advanced integrated circuit and photovoltaic applications. John P. de Neufville holds a PhD. in applied physics and materials science from Harvard University and an M.S. in geology from Harvard University and a B.S. in geology from Yale University.
Eutectix, LLC formed in May 2014 when it acquired the former Ovonic Materials manufacturing facilities at 1864 Northwood Drive Troy Michigan from Great Western Minerals Group. Great Western Minerals Group operated the facilities as Great Western Technologies Inc. (GWTI) from 2007.
imeline – Eutectix History
2016 Eutectix acquires Molycorp Metals and Alloys
2014 Eutectix acquires Great Western Technologies, Inc. GWTI
2012 BASF acquires OBC
2011 Molycorp Minerals LLC acquires SAI and forms Molycorp Metals and Alloys, Inc.
2009 SB LiMotive acquires Cobasys
2007 GWMG acquires Ovonic Materials facilities from ECD
2004 Cobasys forms
2000 Chevron – Texaco buys GM interest in GM Ovonic forms JV with ECD Ovonics called Texaco Ovonic Battery Systems & adds TO Hydrogen Systems and TO Fuel Cell Company
Michael Fetcenko
BASF Raw Materials
Michael FetcenkoManaging Director
Michael Fetcenko is Managing Director of BASF Battery Materials and formerly President of Ovonic Battery Company. Ovonic, which invented and developed NiMH batteries, was acquired by BASF in February 2012. He joined Ovonic in 1980 and has led the R&D and commercialization efforts with over 70 patents and 100 publications in the NiMH battery field. His inventions are used in all NiMH batteries for consumer and vehicle applications. Mr. Fetcenko continues to direct all NiMH operations, and is also a member of the BASF Battery leadership team which directs BASF’s Li-Ion cathode materials and electrolyte commercial activities. He now leads all North America operations for BASF Battery Materials including Manufacturing and Sales & Marketing. In addition, he leads IP for the Battery Materials division globally and serves on the Steering Committee for Sion Power where BASF is a minority owner. Recently led successful high profile NCM cathode enforcement action at US International Trade Commission, bringing together BASF, ANL and outside counsel resulting in a complete victory and broad exclusion order against infringing product. Mr. Fetcenko's inventions were nominated with co-inventor Stanford R. Ovshinsky for the European Inventor Award enabling NiMH batteries for consumer and HEV applications such as the Toyota Prius. Mr. Fetcenko gave an invited lecture to ~100 patent examiners at the European Patent Office regarding his NiMH patents, taking the technology from the laboratory to widespread commercial use, licensing to over 40 companies worldwide and successful enforcement of the technology through dispute resolution. He has given similar invited lectures before the Japan and United States patent offices, and is a widely acknowledged authority in the field of batteries through numerous invited lectures and publications in journals such as Science magazine, Journal of Applied Physics and invited chapters on NiMH batteries in the Handbook of Batteries.
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