Versarien Share Discussion Threads

[cookiejug] 11/12/2018 22:00

Anyone know if versarien (or one if its collaborators) are involved with Daimler's research into batteries for EVs? I think it was suggested that Niell may have visited Mercedes in Northant's a couple of weeks ago and there's a Mercedes research facility near the Tesla dealer he visited in the US last week...."Our engineers are also working on a ratio with 90 percent nickel, 5 percent manganese 5 percent cobalt in order to reduce the amount of rare earth metals even further,” Daimler said, adding it was also working on solid state batteries - which don’t require any cobalt - for future products."

[mjones727] 11/12/2018 21:25

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[ellissj] 11/12/2018 18:27

And to my mind, that Nov 2016 pdf shows the excellent progress VRS have made since then. We look very well positioned here going forward, per recent poddys/interviews. Well done neill and co. Aimo. Best ellis.

[ellissj] 11/12/2018 18:17

And from the same uk gov website, this pdf gives very good overview of graphene. On P16, you will see the large firms collaborating upon research with UoM NGI (as of 2016). 'At least 40,' as it was then. Very promising as geic gets going ! Aimo. Glalth. Best ellis

[ellissj] 11/12/2018 18:05

This looks quite promising for graphene imo ? I singled out the paragraph that caught my eye ! Best ellis

"nuclear decommissioning"

"Overview of research and development regarding the properties and potential opportunities of using graphene and related materials in nuclear decommissioning."

Published 13 July 2017

"From:Nuclear Decommissioning Authority"

"...Advanced Materials – Graphene doped advanced polymers, cements, ceramics and glasses could be utilised in the conditioning/immobilisation of nuclear wastes. Composite conditioning materials could provide improved mechanical, thermal and leaching characteristics. Composites could also potentially be used in construction of modern devices or buildings/facilities to offer improved mechanical properties...."

[ellissj] 11/12/2018 17:49

Slide here entitled 'large family of 2D materials.' Some you might recognise. Best ellis

Joanne Phoenix
@drjoannephoenix

"There are 100s of 2D materials - all with different properties - approach is that of ‘atomic lego’ to get atomic level functional materials #graphene #GEIC "

@SensorCityUK

[ellissj] 11/12/2018 17:25

More geic today. As neill said yesterday, "game on!" Best ellis

MIDAS, Manchester
@MIDAS_MCR

“We’re not starting from scratch. To date we have over 100 industry partners to commercialise graphene”

@JamesHBaker

#GEIC 10:10 am · 11 Dec 2018

[ellissj] 11/12/2018 17:17

very well attended. Best ellis

The University of Manchester Graphene
@UoMGraphene

"Fantastic interest today at the first look of the #Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) for hundreds of industry representatives." @OfficialUoM

[axotyl] 11/12/2018 17:12

Apologies if already posted; this was an interview with NR on the Directors Talk website yesterday:

Versarien PLC CEO Q&A: Interim Results (LON:VRS)
Posted by: Amilia Stone 10th December 2018

Versarien PLC (LON:VRS) Chief Executive Officer Neill Ricketts caught up with DirectorsTalk for an exclusive interview to discuss their interim results, main factors for growth, progress of their collaborations and what we can expect in 2019.

Q1: Congratulations on a strong set of results, can you talk us through the highlights?

A1: So, obviously we’re very happy as a company with the results we’ve put out today. Group revenues were up by 19% to £5.22 million which is up on the £4.38 million from the first half of last year and we’ve also reduced the losses by about 16% to £0.36 million.
This means that in terms of the cash that’s available, £6 million is more than ample for us to continue to rev the business very frugally which is what we’ve done whilst also delivering huge amounts of progress which is evident in the other announcements we made today.

Q2: As you say, group revenues increased by 19%, what were the main factors driving the growth and how will you going to continue driving that growth going forward?

A2: Growth comes from predominantly from our operating companies and we were able to show strong growth in that regard. Obviously, we’re making huge amounts of progress with our graphene-related businesses and we announced today that we’ve received the second order in a couple of weeks, first one for aerospace a few weeks ago and then this one today. So, as that starts to ramp up and we start to see some of these collaborations come to fruition then that should grow the revenue line as well.
We’re obviously always keen to look at acquisitions both from a technical point of view as we did with Gnanomat but also in terms of strengthening our revenue and getting to market with some of these graphene-related businesses.

Q3: Just talking about collaborations, I think Versarien have 17 collaboration agreements signed, how are these relationships progressing and what are they adding to your operations?

A3: So, it’s very interesting that actually it’s 17 that we’ve actually let the market know about where we believe them to be significant. The collaborations in some instances enable us to talk to much larger companies, if they’re one of the small companies, so it’s about being able to develop technology in a more rapid timescale.
So, say for instance, if you look at our collaboration a few years ago with Kristan Bromley of Bromley Technologies around developing what turned out to be a medal-winning skeleton bob then that enabled us to develop a technology around 3D printing which has actually been mentioned in the AECOM release this morning. Again, the carbon fibre that developed in that bobsleigh almost 2 years when we entered into that collaboration was also the same technology that we’ve used in the aerospace application that mentioned roughly just over a week ago.
So, what we tend to find is that we develop the technology using companies that are able to move more rapidly and then use those as demonstrators for slightly larger companies.

Q4: There’s been a lot happening going on post period, can you talk us through what’s been happening there?

A4: In the period, we announced 9 collaborations, since then we’ve seen some more collaborations and we’ve seen that we’ve gone through this process of moving from enquiry to NDA, NDA to collaboration, collaboration to order and testing. So, we’ve seen more going on in that regard.
We also saw the acquisition of Gnanomat which is energy specialist based out in Spain which is an exceptional good deal, we’ve seen some certification movement. Obviously, the 3 MoU’s in China, our guys are working very very hard out there and that is continuing at a pace.
The thing is with for example, China Railway announcement we made earlier this week, it’s in multiple different verticals, it’s in multiple different applications and therefore, that’s really good in terms of being able to develop new technologies moving forward.

Q5: We’re almost at the end of 2018, what can we expect from Versarien for 2019?

A5: We’re going through this process, as I said, and what we’re seeing is customers not only becoming more interested because we’re able to demonstrate products and test results, we’re seeing more and more companies wanting to become involved with us. The whole thing is moving at a much quicker pace
So, in terms of being the largest shareholder, I’m extremely pleased with the progress the business had made over this year and 2019 has the margins of being one which will be busier. So, I’m pretty sure the team are looking forward to a productive and challenging year next year.

[ellissj] 11/12/2018 17:09

Day 2 of geic opening today. Looks busy ! Glalth. Best ellis

Manchester Uni News @UoMNews

"It is the @UoMGraphene
#GEIClaunch today & @JamesHBaker1 is delivering the opening address to a room full of business leaders, academics & media."

[the fat controller] 11/12/2018 16:42

Club,

I think you're younger than me, but it's good to see that old fashioned charm hasn't entirely died out.
What a gent.

[cheek212] 11/12/2018 16:31

Someone don't want it to close at 130!

[club sandwich] 11/12/2018 16:24

"Warwick looks very much like the older brother of Swiss Toni"

Creating graphene is like making love to a beautiful woman. First you give her a damned good thrashing til bits flake off, then you bring her up to temperature, process her, connect electrodes to her then roll her out flat to keep you warm at night...

[mjones727] 11/12/2018 16:22

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[spike_1] 11/12/2018 16:22

sg - so ... was Neill doing some sort of demo, if so I would imagine possibly outside, OR the jacket WAS the demo.

Come on - spill the beans ... please ;0)

Cheers - Spike

[cheek212] 11/12/2018 16:11

Looks like we are going to need some more news to get our next leg up! Buying volumes have dropped back a bit again.

[realcooltrader] 11/12/2018 16:06

Must have missed that snippet. Useful contact to have, to say the least.

[superg1] 11/12/2018 16:02

realcool

I did hint some time back but didn't say which member of the royal family. NR has the evidence.

[lovat scout] 11/12/2018 15:58

Airmiles Andy also spends a lot of time promoting UK business abroad.

[superg1] 11/12/2018 15:48

Why HRH The Duke of York

The Duke of York undertakes a wide range of public work, with a strong economic and business focus. In recent years, His Royal Highness has concentrated his activity on three core areas in which he believes he can have the greatest impact: education and skills, entrepreneurship and science, technology and engineering.

So now you know why he has a keen interest in NR and VRS.