Versarien Share Discussion Threads

[clint fleecewood] 13/3/2019 16:32

Sweet! 9.2% up = 95 mid.

[clint fleecewood] 13/3/2019 16:09

See if we can finish on day high.

[93marquez] 13/3/2019 15:17

Happy to keep these levels till I can get my new ISA filled up

[jointer13] 13/3/2019 15:08

"It's strong, it's flexible, and it's now been here for a while. It spent a long time being refined and developed in the labs, but graphene has been on the market for a couple of years now… and it's having an impact."

"We've recently updated this page with 10 more ways that graphene is about to change your life. That said, a number of these new advances are still in the prototype stage, rather than being on sale."

iphoneparadise.com/2019/03/13/40-ways-graphene-is-about-to-change-your-life/

[whiteslice] 13/3/2019 13:32

I don't know - badly worded maybe but just thinking out loud..

[luckykids] 13/3/2019 13:30

Has it been published?

[jointer13] 13/3/2019 13:29

all clever stuff...worth watching the 2 min video.

"a graphene-based nanoprobe that targets tumor cells through a novel cell membrane permeability targeting mechanism (CMPT)."

[whiteslice] 13/3/2019 13:27

I don't suppose this morning's rise could have coincided with the Cannacord brokers note being published..? Just a thought...

[onone2] 13/3/2019 12:54

grabster,i am not being pompous or arrogant as you suggest !

i ask the ceo to update shareholders on the progress of the science foundation ? then imn sure some sh will support the foundation.

[mike/homeruk] 13/3/2019 12:39

Axotyl, really only one .... must be me then ... you know it's rude to point? lol

[grabster] 13/3/2019 12:32

Advfn data feed appears to have gone a bit haywire in this past half hour - a disconnect between quoted prices and showing charts wrong.

EDIT (12:50) - fault seems to have been corrected.

[alchemy] 13/3/2019 12:02

You man they've digested things.

[grabster] 13/3/2019 11:52

onone2 (post 63526) - As individuals we each make whatever charitable donations we wish to in accordance with what we can afford and to whichever charity or causes we wish to support. I don't knock other peoples' choices - and I certainly wouldn't tell them they should quit donating to something of their choice because they ought to be supporting a charity of my choice instead. That would be an extremely pompous and arrogant thing to do.

[chimpandy1] 13/3/2019 11:33

A similar effect with the production of tyres. Longer lasting tyres that also cool quicker in the molds increasing efficiency of production

[axotyl] 13/3/2019 11:33

Unique visitors, country distribution this BB last 24hrs:

[sandbag] 13/3/2019 11:32

Is it possible that non holders from last week's lunch have done their due diligence and are now buying?

[serratia] 13/3/2019 11:31

mavfav,

Existing large organisations have invested millions in setting up their current processes and manufacturing lines so anything new needs to be significantly better.

Some time back I was tracking a new tech that I thought would be more cost effective and disruptive. I had the chance to meet a major company that could benefit from the new tech and asked if they'd considered the new process. The answer was yes we are watching it closely but it would need a new plant design. That would mean we would have to write off the capital spent on our existing plant as well as providing the capital for the new plant. So no action at present.
The beauty of the VRS products is that they compliment existing processes and don't require a total rejig of the customers plants. In some cases they actually make existing plant more efficient. One example is where a customer makes blow moulded bottles. As they would get the same strength bottle using less polymer/Nanene, together with more rapid cooling of the polymer they should significantly increase throughput from the same plant.

[kemorkid] 13/3/2019 11:18

Some news today perhaps??

[ridicule] 13/3/2019 11:18

I have had real difficulty in watching sellers over the past few days and understanding their logic? The AECOM announcement in December clearly targeted Q1 for their launch with the Versarien products. Why would anybody sell a matter of days before the end of Q1? The share price today is a salutary lesson. Better to be in, than out, when riding a unicorn.

[ellissj] 13/3/2019 11:17

This Article reveals a US trend for SUV's and electric - manufacturers investing in same. Larger vehicles for ev market presents opportunities for longer range batteries tech and lightweighting tech. 2D materials well placed imo per uom. Best ellis

"Ford’s decision to kill most of its cars was inevitable. We have no one to blame but ourselves."

Roberto Baldwin

04.27.18 in Transportation

'Ford'

"American drivers have made up their minds. Bigger is most certainly better, and Ford Motor Co. has reacted. This week the automaker announced that over the next few years it would be phasing out all its cars (except for the iconic Mustang) in favor of SUVs, trucks and commercial vehicles (vans) in the United States. Don't @ me about the Focus Active -- it's a crossover, it's not a car. The surprise wasn't that it happened -- the surprise is that it took so long.

It wasn't that long ago that many drivers regarded SUVs as gas-guzzling behemoths that took up more than their fair share of the road. And yet, sales of these vehicles grew. And grew, and grew (small SUVs are up 27.8 and luxury SUVs are up 9.7 percent between March 2017 and March 2018), and now if you're an automaker that's not in the SUV game, you might as well close up shop.

Meanwhile, car sales have slipped. Actually, to be honest, they've driven off a cliff and exploded in a ball of fury like an accident from an '80s movie. Between March 2017 and March 2018, the sales of midsize automobiles have gone down 14.5 percent. Small cars, didn't fare much better with a 10.8 percent drop.

It turns out, we don't want small, nimble, fun cars. We want SUVs and crossovers that we can fill with stuff (and friends). And even our friends' stuff. As a nation, we want to sit high up in our driver's seats and survey the land. To see a few more feet ahead of the folks slumming it down there in their sedans and coupes.

We want to live large. Everything needs to be bigger. From the number of seats in our cars, thanks to third-row seating, to the amount of cash we throw at the oil companies as we watch the numbers at the gas pump tick higher and higher.

The weird effect of our love of cavernous vehicles is the new crossover segment (up 18.2 percent between March 2017 and March 2018). It's both a small SUV and a car that's higher off the ground. Most look like hatchbacks with lift kits. But you can tell your friends you bought an SUV but still be able to parallel park it without calling out a survey crew.

An even more bizarre result of our love of sport utility vehicles, which are rarely used for actual "sport," is their electrification. Jaguar and 
Hyundai know the score and their upcoming EVs are both crossovers. We can be green while pretending that we're going to use all that cargo space all the time. This year, we're really going to take up kayaking. So goodbye gas-guzzlers, hello ... electricity-eaters?

Fortunately for fans of cars, the EV and hybrid space still has a ton of sedans, coupes and hatchbacks in it. The Nissan Leaf, Chevy Bolt and ;Tesla Model 3 are all doing pretty well for their respective automakers. So far none of those companies have decided to drop car sales in the United States. But who knows? We might see a Bolt Crossover soon.

Of course, the car isn't going away. At least not yet. While other countries have fallen under the spell of the SUV, it's not the full-on lust that we feel for the large vehicles here in the US. There are still plenty of car buyers in Europe, Asia, Africa -- really everywhere else on the planet. So even though you'll lose access to the Ford Fiesta in the United States, you can still move to the UK and get one there. The market for those vehicles is still there and Ford is more than happy to fill it.

Who can blame Ford for getting out of the car game in the United States, though? The automaker was just looking at the numbers and, let's face it, they're bleak. Why invest in a market that's shrinking? Instead, the automaker can focus on what the people want. And dammit, we want an SUV that can drive over the scattered ruins of a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Or at least be high enough so we don't have to reach up to get our lattes at the Starbuck drive-thru."

[schmally] 13/3/2019 11:16

Onone, Go an express your concerns directly to Neill then. I'm sure he's doing what he can to make the world a better place, so feel free to suggest anything else you think he should be doing.

[shammytime] 13/3/2019 11:15

Once again, let's give Rainbow a round of applause. Shorters must despair when he starts running predicting a drop