Companies and Individuals Involved in Andrea Rossi's Energy Catalyzer
Most of this page was compiled and published by Mats Lewan of Ny Teknik on June 10, 2011

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Andrea Rossi, inventor of the energy catalyzer. Doctor's degree in Philosophy from the Università degli Studi di Milano (1975).
Founder and owner of 50% of Leonardo Corporation (see below).
Founder of the parallel operations EON srl in Italy, now sold (see below).
Applicant for a U.S. patent for the energy catalyzer.

Maddalena Pascucci, wife of Andrea Rossi.
Business consultant with a degree in economics, majoring in law.
Owner of 70% of the EFA srl (see below).
Owner of 50% of Leonardo Corporation (see below).
Holder of the Italian patent for the energy catalyzer.
Applicant for an international patent (except U.S.) for the energy catalyzer.

Defkalion Green Technologies, Greece.
Holds exclusive rights to produce the energy catalyzer in Greece and Cyprus, and for distribution in these countries, plus the Balkan countries including Romania and Bulgaria. Defkalion is controlled by the company Praxen, registered in Cyprus (see below).
Registered April, 2011.

Directors:
George Sortikos, born 1942 – Chairman
George Xanthoulis, born in 1987 – Deputy Chairman
Aurel David, born in 1969 – CEO
Alexandros Xanthoulis, born 1954 – Board member, representative of Praxen
Christos Stremmenos, born 1932 – Board Member
Ioannis Hadjichristos, born 1958 – Board Member
Andreas Meidanis, born 1953 – Board Member
Mouafak Saouachni, born 1961 – Board Member
Andreas Drougas, born 1945 – Board Member

Praxen Defkalion Green Technologies (Global) Ltd., Cyprus
The principal owner of Defkalion Green Technologies in Greece (see above).
Officially based in Limassol, Cyprus.
Defkalion’s exclusive contract (see above) is formally signed by Praxen and the Italian company EFA srl (see below).
Registered December, 2010.

Ampenergo, USA.
Receives under a contract with Rossi’s company Leonardo Corporation (see below) part of the royalties on all sales of licenses and products based on the energy catalyzer in North and South America.

Founded in April 2009 by Charles Norwood, Richard Noceti, Robert Gentile, and Craig Cassarino (read our interview with Cassarino here).

Note. Robert Gentile and Craig Cassarino founded around 1997 Leonardo Technologies Inc, LTI, along with Andrea Rossi, who later sold his stake.

EFA srl, Italy
EFA has exclusive rights to manage licenses for the energy catalyzer in Europe.
EFA is negotiating with the University of Bologna regarding commissioned research into the energy catalyzer under a contract worth EUR 500,000.

Principal owner (70%): Maddalena Pascucci (see above).
Minority Owner: Among others the business consultant Giuliano Guandalini who confirmed that he helped Andrea Rossi to sell the company EON srl ~2008 (see below).

Leonardo Corporation, New Hampshire
Basis for development and prototyping of the energy catalyzer. According to Rossi, the company has a factory in Miami, USA.
Previous activities: Among other things, the development of thermocouples, and the diesel generators (gensets) powered with biofuel (parallel activity to EON srl, see below).

Founded by Andrea Rossi in April 1997 in New Hampshire, USA.
Owners: Andrea Rossi (50%), Maddalena Pascucci (50%).

(Not to be confused with Leonardo Technologies Inc, LTI, with Rossi as co-founder and former owner of 33%. The other founders of LTI are also founders of Ampenergo, see above).

EON srl, Italy
Develops and sells diesel generators (gensets) powered with biofuel. Founded by Andrea Rossi in 2002 and sold ~2008 for about one million Euros. Business consultant Giuliano Guandalini, now a partner in the company, and minority owner of EFA srl, has confirmed to Ny Teknik that he assisted Rossi in selling EON.

Added by New Energy Times:
Leonardo Corporation, Florida
On Nov. 8, 2010, Rossi registered Leonardo Corporation in Florida while it was still active in New Hampshire.

Leonardo Technologies Inc.
On June 2, 1998, several people registered USA Nuclear Laser, Inc. in Ohio.
According to journalist Mats Lewan, the company was founded by Andrea Rossi, Robert Gentile and Craig Cassarino. The company was renamed to Leonardo Technologies Inc. on Aug. 26, 1999.