"Nanofics" Global Nanocoating Licensees for Handheld Electronic Devices, Announced by Europlasma NV

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OUDENAARDE, Belgium, Nov.19 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

    - List of licensees and sub-licensees include Liquipel, Vita Group,

Hydrowarriors, Fung Yu Group, Aquacoat and Intego Capital LLC.

    Belgium based Europlasma NV, a world leader in the design and manufacturing

of low pressure plasma equipment since 1993 would like to publicly announce its

current list of "Nanofics" patented and patent pending nanocoating technology

licensees for retail of handheld electronic devices.

    "Nanofics" refers to nano-scaled functionalization into the core of complex

shaped materials and products. It is Europlasma's patented and patent pending

nanocoating technology platform, first developed by Europlasma in 1997, and

applied on industrial scale since 1998.

    California based Liquipel (http://www.liquipel.com) has been a licensee of

Europlasma's patented and patent pending "Nanofics" technology since 2011.

Liquipel was awarded a Silver Medal at the 2012 Thomas Edison Awards using

Europlasma's breakthrough, nanocoating technology platform. Liquipel obtained

an exclusive retail license for the Nanofics technology in the United States

and non-exclusive retail licenses in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, and

Australia. The Nanofics technology has been sub-licensed by Liquipel to LQP

Asia Limited for Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, and to Vita Group for

Australia.

    Fung Yu Group and its partner Hydrowarriors (http://www.hydrowarriors.com)

based in China currently market the Nanofics technology for handheld electronic

devices under the brand name "Hydrowarriors" and have an exclusive license for

the retail market in China and Macau, as well as a non- exclusive license for

the retail market in Hong Kong.

    Intego Capital LLC (http://www.integocapital.com) is a Delaware based

technology investment firm founded in early 2012. Intego Capital currently

holds exclusive licenses for Europlasma's "Nanofics" nanocoating technology in

Nigeria, the Middle East (GCC and Levant countries) and North Africa region

(MENA), Latin America (LATAM), Turkey, Central America, Mexico and the

Caribbean. In addition, Intego Capital has a non-exclusive license in India,

Bangladesh and Pakistan. In the MENA region Intego is launching from Dubai under

the Aquacoat brand name (http://www.aquacoat.co).

    Europlasma's Managing Director Filip Legein comments: "as the true pioneer

in nanocoating technology, we are happy to see that 15 years of intensive R&D

by the Europlasma team has resulted in a growing number of markets and

applications, such as air filtration products, functional textiles, medical

devices, and now handheld electronics. In handheld electronic devices it has

become clear that the end customer is willing to pay for additional protection

against liquid damage. It will be interesting to see how fast the retail market

will drive the manufacturers to adopt the technology on a wider scale. This has

created a steep growth in demand which Europlasma is able to meet with a

reliable technology platform, running on industrial scale of equipment."

    Europlasma is expecting to announce new retail partnerships for handheld

electronic devices in Europe and other regions soon. If you are a mobile

operator, retailer or mobile distributor interested in our patented and patent

pending Nanofics nanocoating technology, please contact our licensees directly

through their websites.

    If you would like to become a licensee for an available territory, or you

are interested to implement the technology on a manufacturing level, please

contact Mr. Filip Legein at: filip.legein@europlasma.be.

    For press inquiries, please contact our marketing representative Gretel

Matthys at: press@europlasma.be.

    Europlasma NV - De Bruwaan 5d, 9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium - Tel

+32(0)55-30-32-05 - Fax +32(0) 55-31-87-53 - press@europlasma.be

    Source: Europlasma NV