The "Gesellschaft für Consulting und Analytik im Umwelt- bereich - C.A.U. GmbH" was founded in 1992 by Gerhardt Arendt, a former manager at the Battelle Institute Frankfurt/ Main. This newly founded company had a staff of about 25 former coworkers of the analytical chemistry section of  Battelle, including the study (LCA)-group. It moved from Frankfurt/Main to Dreieich (South of Frankfurt) in December 1993. New areas of activity were launched and new staff was hired in the following years. Details can be found at the [C.A.U.] website.

Walter Klöpffer is the scientific leader of C.A.U.´s working group "Life Cycle Assessment and Assessment of  Chemicals". The title of the group reflects the main fields of activity. LCAs are conducted for industrial  as well as public sponsors. In addition, several contributions to the   development of LCA-methodology, especially to Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) and valuation. In the last years,    the LCA of agricultural systems has been developed,   including the LCA of genetically modified plants. This work  was commissioned by the Austrian Federal Environment Agency, Vienna and, more recently, by the European Commission, Brussels. Another main achievement was the introduction of LCA into the comparative assessment of remediation methods for contaminated sites. The project euroMat, lead by Prof. Fleischer, TU Berlin, lasted from   August 1994 to March 2001. It aimed at the development of     a software programme for the designe phase of products (material selection including composite materials).

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