OxFA is the leading technology provider for oxidation of biomass with water-soluble catalysts. Our company founders trust in the enormous potential of bio-based formic acid as platform chemical and its usage in multiple downstream processes and end-uses. OxFA has been in business since 2015. OxFA with its laboratory and technical rooms is located in the historic Alte Ziegelei (brickyard) in Scheßlitz. The 1.1 hectare industrial area with office building, technical halls and mechanical workshop is leased by the OxFA. We are committed to sustainable, profitable growth. Our experts have decades of experience in chemical engineering, production and business development.
About Us
Leadership Team
Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Dipl.-Kfm. Hermann Wolf Jbach
CEO
Hermann Wolf Jbach is the founder and CEO of OxFA and has more than 40 years experience in the field of entrepreneurship of innovative companies. As a inventor of the preservation of natural stone monuments via PMMA polymerization he is also an expert in the field of high pressure autoclave technology.
Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Schmidt
CEO
Matthias Schmidt graduated as chemical and bioengineer from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. After working in the field of catalysis and as technical manager in a startup on liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technology he joined JBACH in 2014. He supports building the company and engineering the OxFA process. He has a profound agricultural background and expertise in reaction engineering and plant design.
Dr.-Ing. Florian Kohler
engineering and operations
Florian Kohler studied chemical and bioengineering and received his Ph. D. from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg in 2015. After working for a startup in the field of hydrogen storage he joint JBACH in 2014 in order to commercialize the OxFA process and building OxFA and was therefore a starting member of OxFA. He is experienced in the field of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis and reaction engineering.
Dr. rer. nat. Gunthard Scholz
production and sales
Gunthard Scholz studied forestry and received his Ph. D. from the Georg-August University in Göttingen. After working on wood modification and fire protection he was responsible for the stone conservation of sculptures within JBACH. He is a starting member of OxFA and a specialist in the field of bio substrates, tropical woods and wood modification.
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