Tomas Zadravec is Founder and CEO (the person leading the company) of BXTECH, an energy technology company based in Puch bei Hallein. For teens who want to think about science and entrepreneurship together, his path shows how research into combustion technology became a real startup.
If you want to understand how research, technology and founding come together in the Salzburg region, this profile is a good starting point. What matters is less the CEO title than what can be publicly documented in publications, programs and company data.
Where the work becomes concrete in Salzburg
Urstein Süd 15: a company seat near the FH Salzburg campus
The BXTECH imprint lists the company seat as Urstein Süd 15, 5412 Puch bei Hallein. The company is registered with the Salzburg Regional Court under file number FN 655591 f. This address sits close to the FH Salzburg Urstein campus. There, FH Salzburg features BXTECH as a success story of its FHStartup Center.
From a doctorate to ignition technology for biomass
According to the BXTECH about page, Tomas Zadravec holds a doctorate in technical environmental protection and a master's degree in energy engineering. Together with co-founder (someone who started the company with others) Bianca Fers, he develops the PLASMAFORCE OPTIGNITE technology for igniting biomass. As strategic advisor, Sebastian Sessler of AVentures supports the team with greentech experience, according to the company page.
What the research behind it shows
The page BXTECH: Scientific Contributions lists five peer-reviewed publications by Tomas Zadravec from 2020 to 2023. They appeared, among others, in the journals Applied Energy and Renewable Energy. One 2023 study mixed 30 percent recirculated flue gas into the secondary air. That reduced CO emissions by 63 percent and NO emissions by 22 percent.
Startup Salzburg and the FH Salzburg fellows page additionally confirm that BXTECH completed the pre-incubation program SHAPE in 2024, followed by FACTORY+ #9 under the AplusB program in 2024/25. These programs support science-based company founding in Salzburg with coaching, contacts and sometimes funding.
Since 2024, this program path can be checked publicly: BXTECH went through SHAPE first and FACTORY+ #9 afterward. That lets readers examine the company seat, research work and founding support separately instead of inferring the whole path from the founder's title.
Why this can matter to teens
For teens interested in chemistry, environmental technology or energy questions, BXTECH shows a rarer career field. Combustion research has a direct climate connection, yet it rarely appears in classic startup stories.
The publication list is good practice for checking a research trail: which journal published the study, how current is it, and what concrete number stands at the end of an investigation?
Anyone more interested in digital game or software founding will find another FH-Startup-Center profile from the same region in Julian Schönauer in Salzburg: Aimcademy and esports training.
How to connect with this path
A good first step is the Startup Salzburg page on BXTECH. Note the company seat, program and research field before forming an opinion about the company.
The linked company and research pages are free to view. Check with your parents afterward which Salzburg STEM or founding offer fits your age, for example via MINT Salzburg. Direct contact with BXTECH itself is not sensible without a concrete technical reason.
What matters so this profile stays honest
As of August 10, 2026, the company seat, programs and publication details are based on the BXTECH imprint, the BXTECH research page and Startup Salzburg.
The research publications are peer-reviewed; promotional claims by the company about its own technology are not adopted here as unverified fact. Puch bei Hallein lies outside the city boundary of Salzburg, so the profile deliberately does not classify the location as Salzburg City.
Conclusion
Tomas Zadravec's public work connects combustion research, energy technology and a real startup in the Salzburg region with traceable publications and funding programs. The sensible next step for teens is small: check the publication list and program trail, then pick an age-appropriate STEM offer with your parents.