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Welcome December 9, 2015

Introduction to EIT RawMaterials

Karen Hanghøj

Investment Plan for Europe European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)

Alessandro Carano

Business Opportunities in the Circular Economy

Jocelyn Blériot

Affecting Business Creation & Growth

Dr. Lisa O’Donoghue

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Votechnik

- Automated LCD recycling

- Trumaster -ALR

- Over 25m LCDs sold in EU per annum

- Electronic recyclers, sorters and separators

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History

€430,000 research project at University of Limerick funded by the Environmental Protection Agency

Spin out company/ IP aggreement / Funds raised €300,000 / 2 prototypes developed

Patents granted / Awarded Rushlight London Clean Tech Award for Environmental Management

Awarded 2 contracts to deploy the technology in Ireland and Denmark

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Growth path Our focus is on the ReVolv €1.6 pilot action CIP Eco-Innovation

Development the pilot to deploys and use a roll out & replication model

Impact: Preventing the emission of hazardous materials, 40 kg of mercury and 15 kg of liquid crystals, from entering the environment per year and will be enabling the recycling of 288 kg of indium and 10-25 tonnes of phosphor powder per year, while promoting standards such as WEEELABEX.

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Conditions for growth

Route to direct sales:

business model implimented through ReVolv

The right partners for design, manufacturer, deployment, commercialise

Accessing customers and market : the sweet spot

ReVolv board

Access to Funding: final section of co-financing

Debt financing

Contractual models

Grants

Equity Riase

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The impact of KIC EIT RawMaterials

Knowelable investors...particular to this expertise field

Accessing from Ireland / RM KIC pool of investors per theme / funding for the gap to market/ RM projects heavily engineering

Other types of financing:

Potential for non asset backed loans

Pilot actions/ KAVA activities

SME friendly time frames/procedures for these activities

EU market knowledge & resources:

Recycling-Complex value chain and market that crosses many borders

Connecting and networking

Creating an entrepreneur

Science & Engineering background / Learning the ropes / The earlier the better

Affecting Business Creation & Growth

Jan Wicén, CEO

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Metasphere - Produces Nano Structured

Spherical Powder Materials

- Designs Absolutely Novel Spherical Materials and Tungsten Carbide, Titanium, Ceramics, etc.

- Mining-, Oil- & Gas-, Machining-, Welding- and Heavy Industry.

- Powder Suppliers, Additive Manufactureres, Welders, Hardfacing etc.

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History

Metaspheres Metallurgical Process for Nano Structuring of Powder Materials is the result of 20 years of metallurgic research.

A full scale Pilot Plant was built in Luleå, Sweden 2010 to 2012. In December 2012 was the first batch of Tungsten Carbide Powder produced, having unseen material characteristics. Luleå Technical University, SWEREA-MEFOS and LKAB-METLAB has been valuable resources.

The first years was characterized by optimization of the process and Marketing and Sales of sample volumes to the market for validation

Today Metasphere is delivering tonnage to the market and is investing in a 20-fold production capacity. At the time has two Absolutely Novel Powder Materials been developed.

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Growth path

Metaspheres is 2020 acknowledged to supply the Best Spherical Tungsten Carbide Powder in the world. Metasphere is also known to be the #1 supplier of designed spherical powder materials.

Metaspheres Nano Structuring Process can and will have a positive impact on the Raw Material sector, by providing the global industry with new, unseen, materials that will enable cost efficient improvements in most applications.

Metaspheres Process uses recycled materials, is extremely Energy saving and is a closed process without any emission of hazardous elements. I.e. Metaspheres Process is Sustainable, Environmentally Friendly and thus has a positive impact on the Circular Economy.

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Conditions for growth

Access to Funding on reasonable terms.

Updated Standardized Test Methods that can test Metaspheres extreme material characteristics. E.g. Hardness of Tungsten Carbide.

Access to qualified personnel.

Reduction of trade obstacles such as some REACH specifics.

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The impact of KIC EIT RawMaterials

An early Financial support from a KIC-EIT would definitely have speeded up our Time to Market

Any Start-Up within the sector of raw materials would benefit from an access to a wide pan European network

Metasphere would have benefited to get early contacts with industrial partners of the KIC-EIT. E.g. H C Starck GmbH, ERAMET and Höganäs AB.

Belonging to a Community is always good and edifying for a Start-Up

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Agenda

09h00 Registration

09h30 Introduction to KIC EIT RawMaterials

09h50 Investment Plan for Europe

10h00 Business Opportunities in the Circular Economy

10h30 – break –

10h45 From research to market – views of start-ups

11h45 Oppurtunities for, with and by new businesses (panel)

13h00 Wrap-up

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Huge impact

“The creation of new businesses will definitely and positively affect the circular economy and our society.”

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Important role

“The KIC will be able to make a substantial difference in the entrepreneurial landscape.”

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Expert view

“The KIC will be able to filter the best projects and support those projects with the biggest impact.”

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Small and big

“The KIC will be there to support both young small startups as well as industry or university spin-outs.”

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Great community

“The KIC will be the access point to a growing European community of entrepreneurs, corporations, research institutions and universities.”

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Well integrated

“The KIC will ensure that all the new businesses stay in line with our society vision and return to research, eduction, and society.”

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