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GRAPHENE ENABLED SYSTEMS LTD LAUNCHES Since the company's launch in May 2016, the Graphene Enabled team has been busy building the businesses capability and working towards its mission of creating spin-outs based on the University's Graphene patent portfolio and scientific know-how. UMIP HIGHLIGHTS Graphene Enabled is currently working on growing its pipeline of commercial opportunities. Projects under evaluation cover such areas as; electronic devices and conductive tracks printed with graphene and other 2D materials, new applications for graphene enhanced textiles and yarns, novel techniques for manufacturing graphene sheets which can be integrated into 3rd party production processes, as well as a variety of different opportunities based on polymer composite materials enhanced with GNPs. The objective is to create a pipeline of possible opportunities and, from these, create a short-list of projects which have the potential to form the basis of new spin-out businesses. Once a new project has been defined as viable Graphene Enabled will, prior to the creation of a spin-out, carry out an analysis of the technology and associated IP, research and characterise the target markets, clearly define the product's competitive advantage and prepare financial and operational plans. Graphene Enabled doesn't work alone in creating spin-outs – it engages suitable entrepreneurs, investors and managers to enable the acceleration of projects to the marketplace. In addition, for each spin-out, Graphene Enabled will create a high-quality product demonstrator to excite the market and solicit feed-back. This preparation work will help to ensure that every spin-out is founded on a robust business case that is supported by market-specific information. This approach maximizes the chances of the spin-out businesses being successful. If all the manufacturing processes and testing go according to plan Graphene Enabled expects to produce its first project demonstrator in quarter one 2017. From Left to Right: Ushpal Thind, Dr Margherita Sepioni and Andrew Wilkinson