Hans Kühl Medal of the GDCh Division of the Chemistry of Construction Materials

The Hans Kühl Medal is awarded to Dr. Gerhard Albrecht (Kobe, Japan) in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the development of highly innovative concrete admixtures, including vinyl ether-based PCEs, which represent a unique selling point for BASF worldwide, and a completely new type of cement accelerator (CSH-PCE) based on nucleation seeding. Such admixtures will play a decisive and outstanding role in the introduction and distribution of CO2-reduced cements in the future. As the long-standing Head of central development for concrete admixtures at SKW/Degussa/BASF, Dr. Albrecht has had a decisive influence on global concrete technology with important inventions and patents and has taken it to new dimensions.