Konarka names Brabec CTO

April 18, 2006 – Konarka Technologies Inc., a developer of power plastic that converts light to energy, announced that Christoph Brabec has been appointed as the company’s chief technology officer. Previously Konarka’s director of polymer photovoltaics, Brabec will guide scientific research efforts as CTO, while working with the company’s technology developments to develop relevant applications.

Since joining Konarka in September of 2004 as part of the acquisition of Siemens’ organic photovoltaic research group, Brabec has led Konarka’s European research and development efforts. Additionally, he has expanded the company’s intellectual property and patent portfolio, while making strong contributions to the development and continued relationship with manufacturing partner KURZ and other European partners, including Merck.

Before joining Konarka, he was project leader for organic semiconductor devices at Siemens Corporate Technology.

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