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Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. Announces License Agreement With Prominent Sporting Goods Manufacturer
Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: APNT)
announced that as a result of the success of the joint research program of
the companies, it has entered into a license agreement with a prominent
sporting goods manufacturer covering Applied Nanotech's carbon composite
technology. The license grants the sporting goods manufacturer the
exclusive right to use ANI's technology in the manufacture and sale of
tennis and badminton racquets in Japan and Taiwan, and the nonexclusive
right to sell these products on a worldwide basis. The license agreement
also contemplates the potential expansion into the golf club shaft market,
defining the terms and royalties should the manufacturer choose to enter
production in the future.
In exchange for this license, ANI will receive an initial royalty fee of
$577,000 and an ongoing royalty of 4% based on sales of the sporting goods
manufacturer's products using the technology. The manufacturer will also
fund additional development of the technology to facilitate integration of
the technology into the manufacturing process.
"As we reported in our press release of June 17, 2008, ANI has achieved
improvements of over 40% in flexural strength and over 30% in compression
strength for epoxy/carbon nanotube composites. The properties of these new
composites were successfully transferred to the process of manufacturing
fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) where ANI achieved a promising 23%
improvement in the flexural strength and improvements in the compression
strength of the final RFP, which will allow the research and development
results to be transferred to manufacturing," said Dr. Zvi Yaniv, CEO of
Applied Nanotech, Inc.
"We are pleased that our efforts in the composites area have led to this
license agreement," said Tom Bijou, Chairman and CEO of Applied Nanotech
Holdings, Inc. "Although the total size of the exclusive markets for the
targeted racquet products is limited, estimated at less than $150 million
annually in the exclusive region, our success with this project has opened
the door to opportunities with other companies and for other applications.
We expect composites to be an increasingly important area of our business
allowing lighter weight products with equal strength or stronger products
of the same weight."
ABOUT APPLIED NANOTECH HOLDINGS, INC.
Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. is a premier research and commercialization
organization dedicated to developing applications for nanotechnology with
an extremely strong position in the fields of electron emission
applications from carbon film/nanotubes, sensors, functionalized
nanomaterials, and nanoelectronics. It also possesses investments related
to electronic digitized sign technology. Applied Nanotech has over 250
patents or patents pending and its business model is to license its
technology to partners that will manufacture and distribute products using
the technology. Applied Nanotech's website is www.appliednanotech.net.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties concerning our business, products, and financial results.
Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted. More
information about potential risk factors that could affect our business,
products, and financial results are included in our annual report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, and in reports
subsequently filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC"). All documents are available through the SEC's Electronic Data
Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov or from our
website listed above. We hereby disclaim any obligation to publicly update
the information provided above, including forward-looking statements, to
reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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