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Dr. Axel Hoppe, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Dr. Axel Hoppe is an internationally acknowledged leader in the tantalum/niobium
field. He has held numerous positions with H.C. Starck GmbH ("HCST"): a worldwide
group of companies with more than 3,400 employees at 13 production sites in
Europe, North America and the Far East. Dr. Hoppe's last position at HCST was
Head of Technical Services and Engineering Group and he was a Member of the
Executive Board.
Under Dr. Hoppe's previous leadership as Head of
the Electronics and Optics Business Group,
HCST has grown into the leading producer of
tantalum and niobium products, and remains
one of the world's largest consumers of
tantalum raw materials.
During his time in senior management, Dr. Hoppe
also worked in the fields of other refractory
metals, such as tungsten, molybdenum,
and rhenium.
From 1997 until 2007, Dr. Hoppe served as
member of the Executive Committee of
the Tantalum-Niobium International Study
Center ("TIC"): an international
association which promotes tantalum
and niobium metals, and includes
representatives from all segments of
the tantalum and niobium industries.
In addition, Dr. Hoppe was the
President of the TIC in 2002 and 2007.
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