Haydale Graphene Industries plc
("Haydale" or the "Company")
Announces Distribution Agreement with Goodfellow Cambridge Limited
Haydale Graphene Industries plc (AIM:HAYD), the Company focused on enabling
technology for the commercialisation of graphene, is pleased to announce it has
entered into a distribution agreement with Goodfellow Cambridge Limited
("Goodfellow") ("Agreement"), widely regarded as one of the premier global
distributors of advanced materials for R&D, prototyping and specialised
manufacturing.
The Agreement is a rolling annual contract and will focus on the global
marketing and distribution of Haydale HDPlas® functionalised graphene
nanoplatelets (GNPs) to major research and industrial clients through
Goodfellow's international network.
Ray Gibbs, CEO at Haydale, commented:
"This Agreement is integral to the distribution of our functionalised GNPs
across the global R&D market. The research departments served by Goodfellow are
the first step in the adoption of any new material, and this Agreement marks a
significant step forward in demonstrating the improved material properties that
our functionalisation method achieves. The endorsement as a supplier to
Goodfellow represents a significant step forward for us, and we are delighted
that they have agreed to list our GNP product."
"Goodfellow's extensive customer base will be instrumental in achieving greater
access and visibility for our HDPlas® range. This will allow more R&D customers
worldwide to test the improvement in product performance obtained by adding
GNPs functionalised via our plasma process. We look forward to working closely
with them to deliver the HDPlas® range internationally."
Stephen Aldersley, Managing Director of Goodfellow, believes that the new
relationship with Haydale is an important expansion of Goodfellow's activities
in the field of nanoparticles in general and graphene in particular. Commenting
on the Agreement, he said:
"The Haydale plasma process can demonstrate significant advantages over other
functionalisation methods, and we are pleased to be promoting their products to
our global customer base in this very important research area. We are always
looking for new, unique materials and the Haydale offering is certainly one
that meets our strict criteria."
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For further information please contact:
Haydale Graphene Industries plc 01269 842 946
John Knowles, Chairman
Ray Gibbs, Chief Executive Officer
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nomad) 0207 148 7900
Tony Rawlinson
Paul Trendell
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Broker) 020 7894 7000
David Foreman
Paul Jewell
Hermes Financial PR
Trevor Phillips 07889 153 628
Chris Steele 07979 604 687
About Haydale
Haydale has developed a patent-pending proprietary scalable plasma process to
functionalise graphene and other nanomaterials. This enabling technology can
provide Haydale with a rapid and highly cost-efficient method of supplying
tailored solutions to enhance applications for both raw material suppliers and
product manufacturers.
Functionalisation is carried out through a low-pressure plasma process that
treats both mined, organic fine powder and other synthetically produced
nanomaterial powders, producing high-quality few layered graphenes and graphene
nanoplatelets. The process can functionalise with a range of chemical groups,
with the level of functionalisation tailored to the customer's needs. Good
dispersion improves the properties and performance of the host material and
ensures the final product performs as specified.
The Haydale plasma process does not use wet chemistry, nor does it damage the
material being processed; rather, it can clean up any impurities inherent in
the raw material. The technology is a low energy user and most importantly
environmentally friendly. The Haydale method is an enabling technology,
allowing the Company to work with a raw material producer who seeks to add
value to the base product and tailor the outputs to meet the target
applications of the end user.
Haydale, based in South Wales and housed in a purpose-built facility for
processing and handling nanomaterials, is facilitating the application of
graphenes and other nanomaterials in fields such as inks, sensors, energy
storage, photovoltaics, composites, paints and coatings.
www.haydale.com
About Goodfellow
For more than 45 years, the Goodfellow name has been synonymous with small
quantities of high-quality metals, polymers, ceramics and other materials that
meet the research, development, and specialised production requirements of
science and industry worldwide. The Goodfellow catalogue contains over 70,000
products available for rapid shipment to customers worldwide. Standard products
can be found online at the comprehensive Goodfellow Catalogue
(www.goodfellow.com). In addition to the standard products, Goodfellow is able
to offer non-standard products to the customer's specifications as well as
materials in larger quantities for the production requirements of high-tech
industry. The Goodfellow Group of companies consists of Goodfellow Cambridge
Limited (UK), Goodfellow Corporation (USA), Goodfellow SARL (France),
Goodfellow GmbH (Germany) and Goodfellow Shanghai (China).