By Basira Wakil
January 16, 1915
Berlin, Germany – Alfred Wegener announced today that it will be merging with Miami-based crab shell superstore HermitHomes effective December 21, 2012. Company officials are expected to meet with Crab Construction Union officials later this month to discuss employee benefits and retirement packages.
CrabTech officials expect this merger to improve investor confidence and widen its customer base. In addition to shells, CrabTech stores will now stock aquariums, heating stones, and crab socialization areas.
The merger will permit HermitHomes factories in Virginia and Colorado to construct CrabTech's patented BioShells and Shellac-Attack hermit crab shells. In exchange, CrabTech stores will be opened in Maine and Michigan, with construction and product selection completed by HermitHomes contractors.
More information is expected to be released following a shareholders meeting on August 20, 2012.
About Alfred Wegener
Alfred Wegener is a German meteorologist and geophysicist who developed the first theory of continental drift. Alfred Wegener was born on November 1, 1880 in Berlin, Germany. Wegener had an interest in physical and Earth sciences and studied these subjects at universities in both Germany and Austria. He graduated with a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Berlin in 1905.
While earning his Ph.D. in astronomy, Wegener also took an interest in meteorology and paleoclimatology (the study of changes to the Earth's climate throughout its history). From 1906-1908 he took an expedition to Greenland to study polar weather. This expedition was the first of four that Wegener would take to Greenland. The others occurred from 1912-1913 and in 1929 and 1930.
Shortly after receiving his Ph.D., Wegener began teaching at the University of Marburg in Germany. During his time there he gained an interest in the ancient history of the Earth's continents and their placement after