Entries by dirk.weinrich

First strategy team meeting Q1 2026

What happens when two outstanding minds join a team that is already moving at full speed? At the start of 2026, we got to find out. In January, we were very happy to welcome Finn and Erik to our R&D team. Since then, they’ve been doing fantastic work alongside Alberto—pushing our already high R&D velocity […]

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Talk on Aerogel Materials at Hochschule Osnabrück

Recently, Dirk had the opportunity to give a talk on aerogel materials at Hochschule Osnabrück. This talk was part of the lecture series “Materials in Future Technologies” by Prof. Dr. Markus Susoff and Prof. Dr. Svea Petersen. 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 It doesn’t happen often that the team can step out of the day-to-day work to talk about […]

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Start of C-Factory Project

Start of the C-Factory project – a major milestone for climate-friendly construction! C-Factory is designed to become the worldwide first carbon concrete plant for CO2-storing prefab components, backed by around EUR 14 million in funding from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and running through the end of 2029. The project builds on […]

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Meet the team … Eduard Siemens. Sales at Champions-League Level

Since January 2025, Eduard has been part of our team as Director of Sales. Together with our CEO Marc, he is driving our aerogel business forward. Why Champions League? Because this is not about standard products. Rather, we deal with innovative high-performance materials. It is a highly international market that is technologically demanding and the […]

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Real-Life Example: The Triesch Residence, Berlin.

The climate change as well as surging energy prices create a pressing trend towards more energy efficiency in buildings to lower carbon dioxide emissions and energy consumption for heating and cooling. While essential from the sustainability point of view, the drive towards more energy efficiency has a well visible and undesirable impact on building aesthetics: […]