Commissioning of Cheonan Plant

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Nanoco Group PLC
01 July 2015
 

 

For immediate release  

1 July 2015

 

 

 

NANOCO GROUP PLC

("Nanoco" or the "Company") 

 

Commissioning of Cheonan Plant

 

Nanoco Group plc (LSE: NANO), a world leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials, confirms that commissioning of the Cheonan, Korea, quantum dot facility being built by The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow"), Nanoco's worldwide licensing partner for quantum dots in the display industry, is under way and customer sampling is expected to begin in Q3, 2015.

 

Michael Edelman, Nanoco's Chief Executive Officer, commented: "We are pleased with the progress that Dow has made in the construction of the cadmium-free quantum dot plant in South Korea. Orders for cadmium-free quantum dots will continue to be satisfied from Nanoco's production facility in Runcorn, UK, until the time that the Cheonan plant enters commercial production."

 

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Nanoco

Tel: +44 (0) 161 603 7900

Michael Edelman, Chief Executive Officer


Mark Sullivan, Interim Chief Financial Officer




Canaccord Genuity - Joint Broker

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000

Simon Bridges


Mark Whitmore




Liberum - Joint Broker

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000

Neil Patel


Richard Bootle

Steven Tredget




Buchanan

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

Mark Court / Sophie Cowles / Stephanie Watson


 

 

 

Notes for editors:

 

About Nanoco Group plc

Nanoco is a world leader in the development and production of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials for use in multiple applications including LCD displays, lighting, solar cells and bio-imaging. In the display market, it has an exclusive manufacturing and marketing licensing agreement with The Dow Chemical Company.

 

Nanoco was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Manchester, UK. It has production facilities in Runcorn, UK, and a US subsidiary, Nanoco Inc, based in Concord, MA. Nanoco also has business development executives in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Its technology is protected worldwide by a large and growing patent estate.

 

Nanoco is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and trades under the ticker symbol NANO. For further information please visit: www.nanocotechnologies.com.


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