Strategy
We focus our efforts on delivering bespoke nanomaterials to our customers and their application to market driven applications.
The foundations of our success
World leading R&D
Our highly skilled R&D and Scale Up teams are able to design, develop and scale new materials for customer-specific applications. This is why we enjoy relationships with some of the world’s best known and exciting companies and brands.
Manufacturing at scale
Customers come to Nanoco for new material development because of our R&D skills and also our ability to scale up to mass production with the reassurance that customer products are underpinned by our validated IP portfolio.
Validated IP
Nanoco’s IP portfolio is the one everyone needs access to for the mass production of cadmium-free nanomaterials. Nanoco was the very first company to develop CFQD® cadmium-free quantum dots on an industrial scale. We have a significant portfolio of IP that protects many innovations around quantum dots including the controlled high volume production of high quality nanomaterials. Other patents cover heavy metal free materials, surface chemistry and a wide range of different form factors.
Nanoco has patents registered in 15 countries as well as the European Patent Convention including all seven of the world’s highest GDP countries.
Our focus markets
Our platform technology and our skills at configuring nanomaterials means our key strengths can be leveraged across different high growth global markets.
The global image sensor and camera markets are significant and forecast to experience strong growth.
Camera and imager markets
Sensing Mega Trends
Mega trends occur on a global scale and lead to sustained irreversible transformations in markets.
Mega trends are driving attractive growth in the sensing market with Nanoco materials a high value added component.
The global display markets are significant and forecast to experience solid growth.
Display Mega Trends
Digital displays are now the expected norm, in public areas and in private use, with crystal clear images and dynamic colour ranges visible in all lighting conditions.
Mega trends are driving growth in the display market with Nanoco materials capable of contributing across a range of technologies and devices.
Our revenue streams
Products
Our Runcorn facility has the capacity to make mass market volumes of HEATWAVE® nanomaterials for IR sensing applications and CFQD® quantum dots for displays. Capacity can be easily scaled.
Services
Our highly skilled R&D and Scale Up teams are able to design, develop and scale new materials for customer-specific applications. Global customers trust us to deliver novel materials to demanding specifications.
Licences
Channel partners can acquire a right of access to or use of Nanoco technology and IP in return for a one off fee. These fees reflect the costs already previously incurred by Nanoco in developing our technology and IP.
Royalties
Channel partners with a licence to Nanoco IP can also sell materials directly to their customers in return for a percentage royalty of any revenue earned payable to Nanoco.
Strategic objectives
Objective
- To become self-sustaining financially
- To continue to invest in R&D for future products
How
- In-house manufacture and direct supply to customers
- Non-exclusive technology licensing
- Professional services
- Royalty income
Future focus
- Converting current opportunities into revenues with a strong emphasis on nanomaterials
- Exploring opportunities with a number of potential customers
KPIs
- Year-end cash and short-term deposits
- Revenue
- Profit after tax
- Total billings
Risks
- Strategic
- Operational
- Financial
Objective
- To maintain our competitive advantage
How
- Continue to create and patent new IP
- Continue to develop in-house manufacturing capabilities
Future focus
- Continuing to invest in R&D in order to remain at the forefront of this technology
- Exploring ways to open up new market opportunities
KPIs
- Year-end cash and short-term deposits
- Total investment in research and development
Risks
- Strategic
- Compliance
Objective
- Maintain the integrity of our IP ringfence to drive value from commercial supply of nanomaterials and R&D services.
How
- Assisting licensees in maximising their opportunities in manufacturing
- Working with licencees to create routes to market for our products
Future focus
- Continuing to support our licensing partners to maximise the benefit to all parties
- Giving partners the best performing dots
KPIs
- Portfolio of patents and patents pending
- Run rate of annual licence fee income
Risks
- Strategic