Hans-Christoph Derndinger

GEC-Co Global Engineering & Consulting Co GmbH is a company based in Neusäße, Germany. GEC-Co Global Engineering & Consulting Co GmbH specializes in engineering and consulting services. Additionally, the German company is working towards becoming the world's first Zero Carbon Lithium™ producer for electric vehicle batteries, with the aim of addressing lithium's carbon problem. The company was founded in 2007 by Thorsten Weimann, who has been the CEO since then.

Part of Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd., Vulcan Energie Ressourcen GmbH is a German company that aims to solve the carbon problem associated with lithium production by becoming the world's first Zero Carbon Lithium™ producer for electric vehicle batteries. The company is based in Karlsruhe, Germany and was founded by Francis Wedin and Horst Kreuter, with Francis Wedin serving as CEO since incorporation. Vulcan Energy Resources' goal is to decarbonize the production footprint of lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles by producing a world-first Zero Carbon Lithium™ hydroxide monohydrate chemical product from their geothermal lithium_brine project. The company sees the development of a decarbonized lithium product as crucial to powering the switch to a sustainable and compliant auto industry.