Smoltek strengthens commercialization of PTE technology

Smoltek has engaged Maria Persson Gulda as a senior advisor to strengthen the commercialization of Smoltek Hydrogen’s electrode technology for PEM electrolyzers. Her assignment will focus on industrial customer requirements, product competitiveness and partnerships that can accelerate the path to market.

October 12, 2026

““Smoltek’s tech­nol­o­gy address­es a key com­pet­i­tive issue for PEM elec­trol­y­sis: how to reduce the need for irid­i­um while meet­ing per­for­mance and oper­a­tional sta­bil­i­ty require­ments. Hav­ing worked with the company’s tech­ni­cal and com­mer­cial pre­req­ui­sites, I look for­ward to work­ing with the team to devel­op the busi­ness poten­tial I see in the tech­nol­o­gy.”
Maria Pers­son Gulda

Maria Pers­son Gul­da brings exten­sive expe­ri­ence in indus­tri­al tech­nol­o­gy selec­tion and large-scale hydro­gen plant design. As co-founder and for­mer CTO of Ste­gra (for­mer­ly H2 Green Steel), she was respon­si­ble for plant design, includ­ing hydro­gen pro­duc­tion and process tech­nol­o­gy selec­tion. She will bring this indus­tri­al cus­tomer per­spec­tive to Smoltek’s efforts to devel­op a com­pet­i­tive prod­uct that meets require­ments for per­for­mance, dura­bil­i­ty and cost.

“Our goal is to turn tech­ni­cal progress into paid devel­op­ment col­lab­o­ra­tions and long-term indus­tri­al part­ner­ships. Maria’s expe­ri­ence will help us address cus­tomer require­ments and devel­op com­pet­i­tive busi­ness mod­els while main­tain­ing con­trol over cap­i­tal require­ments.”
Oskar Säf­ström, Act­ing CEO of Smoltek


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