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For two decades, Heraeus has been honoring employees for outstanding ideas and successful projects with the internal "Heraeus Awards". In 2022, the company once again celebrated the best projects in areas like innovation, excellence and sustainability. 

The Black Lives Matter movement was given new momentum by the murders of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd in 2020. The renewed focus on systemic racism prompted Heraeus USA to actively address issues of diversity and inclusion.

The best teams are diverse, and diversity leads to the most innovations - this has been proven by many studies. For Heraeus, too, diversity is an important topic and therefore an integral part of the corporate culture.

Electromagnetic interferences (EMI) pose an increasing challenge for the functionality of modern electronic devices. Therefore, individual electronic components inside a smartphone for instance, must be well shielded. Heraeus offers a resource-saving complete solution: An inkjet printer that applies a protective silver layer exactly where it is needed.

Whether it's agile working methods, change management or PowerPoint: to keep its employees up to date, Heraeus Comvance Global has launched the Comvance Academy. This is an in-house, personal training program - across all locations and countries.

Experts research methods to convert biomass into basic chemicals. One source for this can be lignin – a substance from trees and shrubs. Heraeus Precious Metals has developed catalysts that make lignin usable as a raw material for bio-based chemicals. 

An almost inexhaustible source of energy - this is what lies behind the idea of using fusion energy as an alternative to fossil fuels. In this interview, Dr. Frank Nürnberg, Global Head of Sales Optics at Heraeus Conamic, talks about the advantages and potential of nuclear fusion for energy production and how Heraeus supports the process of nuclear fusion with fused silica.