26 Jan 2010 07:00
| For immediate release | 26 January 2010 |
NANOCO GROUP PLC
("Nanoco" or "the Company")
Appointment of Manufacturing Director
Nanoco Group plc (AIM: NANO), a world leader in the development and manufacture of commercial quantities of quantum dots, is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Gooda in the newly created position of Manufacturing Director. In this role he will lead the on-going scale-up of manufacturing and commercial supply of product.
Mr Gooda is a highly experienced production engineer and general manager with a track record at major international companies including ICI. For the past 10 years he has been Site Director at Croda's Uniqema UK manufacturing facility in Bromborough, Merseyside. Mr Gooda, who holds an MBA in addition to engineering qualifications, has a particular expertise in operations management.
At Nanoco his responsibilities will include leadership of the on-going quantum dot scale-up activities as well as the planning and delivery of Nanoco's mass production facilities globally.
Michael Edelman, Nanoco's Chief Executive Officer, commented: "We are delighted to welcome an operations manager of Andrew's calibre to Nanoco. His breadth of manufacturing experience will be of great value as we continue the pace of our manufacturing scale-up. His appointment marks an important milestone in the development of Nanoco in that it underlines our progress towards the commercial supply of product."
For further information please contact:
| Nanoco | Tel: +44 (0) 161 603 7900 |
| Michael Edelman, Chief Executive Officer | |
| Michael Bretherton, Chief Financial Officer | |
| Zeus Capital | Tel: +44 (0) 161 831 1512 |
| Alex Clarkson | |
| Nick Cowles | |
| Buchanan Communications | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 |
| Mark Court / Jennie Spivey / Miranda Higham |
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About Nanoco Group plc
Nanoco is a world leader in the development and manufacture of commercial quantities of quantum dots for use in multiple applications including lighting, solar cells and biological imaging. Nanoco's quantum dots, which are free of heavy metals and comply with RoHS legislation, can be combined into a wide range of materials including liquids, polymers and glass. Nanoco forms strategic partnerships with major end users across a range of applications.
Nanoco was founded in 2001 and is based in Manchester,UK. Nanoco began trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in May 2009 under the ticker symbol NANO.
For further information, please visit www.nanocotechnologies.com.
About quantum dots
Quantum dots are fluorescent nano-sized particles of semiconductor material which have the ability to emit light in a specific colour dependent on the size of the particle.
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