CAP-XX CEO to Present at Nanotech Northern Europe

17 Sep 2008 17:07

Next week, at Nanotech Northern Europe in Copenhagen, Anthony Kongats, CEO forAustralia-based CAP-XX Ltd. (LSE:CPX), will share lessons learned whiledeveloping his company's nano-structured supercapacitors from governmentlaboratory to today's deployment in space-constrained electronics devicesworldwide. WHO: Anthony Kongats founded CAP-XX in 1997 to commercialise the supercapacitortechnology spawned by joint research done at the Australian government's premierscience and research organization - CSIRO - and Kongats' own electronicscompany, Energy Storage Systems. WHAT: Kongats will share his commercialisation challenges and his perspective on theglobal investment environment for nanotechnology. CAP-XX is the onlypublicly-listed nanotechnology company being profiled. CAP-XX chose the Alternative Investment Markets (AIM) in London which hadsupported similar internationally-focused technology companies and othernanotechnology start-ups such as Oxonica. Kongats will discuss start-up challenges such as attracting venture funding,readying a technology for production, building a patent portfolio, selling a newconcept into a new market, preparing for a public offering and rampingmanufacturing capacity to meet demand. WHERE: Nanotech Northern Europe, Europe's annual nanotechnology conference organised bySpinverse, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23 - 25 September:http://www.nanotech.net/content/conference WHEN: Thursday, 25 September, 11:30 am, Kongats will present during the "AnalystPerspectives" section of "Investing in nanotechnology," a full-day session onthe business and investment potential of nanotechnology. About CAP-XX: The CAP-XX nano-structured carbon supercapacitors store energy in tiny cells,then release large bursts of power when needed. For example, mobile phones usesupercapacitors to deliver brighter flashes and richer-sounding music, vibrationenergy-harvesters use them to power data transmission bursts in battery-freecondition monitoring systems, and solid state disks (SSDs) rely on them forbackup power. CAP-XX has sold more than 3 million supercapacitors, enabling smaller, thinner,longer-running and more feature-rich space-constrained electronic devices suchas camera phones, SSDs, PDAs, wireless sensors and medical devices. Examplesinclude rugged PDAs and Point-of-Sale systems from Banksys, Handheld Products,Intermec, Datalogic and Symbol Technologies, and wireless condition-monitoringsystems supporting energy-harvesters. Sydney, Australia-based CAP-XX is publicly-traded on AIM and has sales officesin the UK and USA. For more information: http://www.cap-xx.com orsales@cap-xx.com. About Spinverse: Spinverse commercialises emerging technologies by combining scientific,industrial and investment expertise. Spinverse organises internationaltechnology events, provides capital and technology transfer services andcoordinates national programs in nanotechnology, fuel cells and mobilecommunications. www.spinverse.com. Copyright Business Wire 2008