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Haydale Graphene Industries PLC
18 September 2018
For immediate release 18 September 2018
Haydale Graphene Industries plc
('Haydale' or the 'Group')
Haydale and Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating Awarded
Contract by the
English Institute of Sport
Haydale, (AIM: HAYD), the global advanced materials group, has
been jointly awarded a contract by the English Institute of Sport
('EIS') for the development of advanced wearable technology for
elite athletes in training for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic
Games, in collaboration with the Welsh Centre for Printing and
Coating ('WCPC'), Swansea University.
Initial work is already in progress to incorporate Haydale's
advanced materials into flexible, printable coatings which will be
embedded into a range of apparel for elite athletes. Initial
deliverables include prototype wearable technology garments which
demonstrate the form, technical functionality and wearability
aspects required by elite athletes.
Production is then expected for garments for use by athletes
during their training and in competitions up to 2020.
The contract with EIS will help drive Haydale's wearable
technology know how in developing progressively smaller hardware
components, quicker and cheaper printing techniques and methods of
introducing these technologies into clothing manufacturing
processes.
In collaboration with WCPC, Haydale has developed and refined a
range of proprietary printing inks, which fulfil a range of
functions in sensing and conditioning, combined with ease of
printing for use in the wearable technology market which is growing
rapidly.
Dr Matt Parker, Director of Performance Innovation for EIS,
states, "The EIS performance innovation team is continually looking
for external expertise that can help us optimise athlete
performance - we believe the partnership with Haydale and WCPC will
allow us at the EIS to make significant advances in our use of
wearable technologies and we are delighted to be working with
them."
Roger Smith, Director at Haydale commented, "We are pleased to
be working with EIS to apply our advanced materials technology to
support elite athletes who are hoping to compete at the 2020
Olympics and Paralympics."
Keith Broadbent, COO at Haydale, commented, "The close
relationship with our colleagues at WCPC is now bearing fruit with
a range of robust, stable, high performing inks and coatings
emerging from extensive development work and finding commercial
applications in wearable technology, printed sensors and thermal
management. We are also looking forward to exploring other
opportunities with EIS in their quest for improved
performance."
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For further information:
Haydale Graphene Industries plc
David Banks, Interim Executive Chairman Tel: +44 (0) 1269 842 946
Gemma Smith, Head of Marketing www.haydale.com
Arden Partners plc (Nominated Adviser
& Broker)
Ruari McGirr / Paul Shackleton / Tel: +44 (0) 20 7614 5900
Ben Cryer
Media enquiries:
Buchanan
Henry Harrison-Topham / Jamie Hooper / Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466
Gemma Mostyn-Owen 5000
haydale@buchanan.uk.com www.buchanan.uk.com
Notes to Editors
About Haydale Graphene Industries
Haydale is a global technologies and materials group that
facilitates the integration of graphene and other nanomaterials
into the next generation of commercial technologies and industrial
materials. With expertise in graphene, silicon carbide and other
nanomaterials, Haydale is able to deliver improvements in
electrical, thermal and mechanical properties, as well as
toughness. Haydale has granted patents for its technologies in
Europe, USA, Australia, Japan and China and operates from six sites
in the UK, USA and the Far East.
For more information please visit: www.haydale.com
Twitter: @haydalegraphene
About the English Institute of Sport
The EIS is the UK's largest provider of world-class science,
medicine, technology and engineering services, supporting athletes,
coaches and sports across the UK's high-performance system to
improve their training and performance. Currently the EIS works
with over 40 Olympic and Paralympic sports, operating out of a
number of high performance centres in England including Bisham,
Loughborough, Sheffield, Manchester, Lilleshall and Bath.
Since the EIS was established in 2002, it has played a vital
part in the success of the UK high performance system, including
sport and athlete performances at European and world championships
and the Olympics and Paralympics.
About WCPC
The Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating, College of
Engineering, Swansea University, is one of the world's leading
centres for research and development in printing, inks and
coatings. The WCPC undertakes research and development for all
applications of printing by all processes and has a close
collaborative partnership with Haydale for the development of state
of the art nano enhanced inks and coatings. The WCPC is undertaking
research and development at the forefront of the fundamental
chemistry of functionalised nanomaterials. The WCPC is part of the
EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacture of Large Area Electronics
and is a previous winner of the EU RegioStars Award for its work
with industry.
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