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News Release from: Surface Transforms
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Team on 14 May 2004
Dunlop to produce and sell carbon brake
materials
Surface Transforms has signed a major licensing contract with Dunlop Aerospace, one of the world's leading suppliers of aircraft braking systems and services to the aerospace industry.
Surface Transforms has signed a major licensing contract with Dunlop Aerospace, one of the world's leading suppliers of aircraft braking systems and services to the aerospace industry This is the most significant contract signed to date by Surface Transforms
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 7 Sep 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Under the contract and subject to Surface Transforms' technology passing certain technical milestones leading up to certification on a new commercial aircraft, Dunlop Aerospace will be able to produce and sell carbon brake materials transformed by Surface Transforms' proprietary technology from a Dunlop facility located at its Coventry site.
This new licensing contract is the first application of Surface Transforms' carbon ceramic technology within the global commercial aircraft industry.
Prior to signing the licensing contract, Surface Transforms has been receiving regular payments for the design and specification of a plant, and for the production of test batches of materials for new aircraft brakes using a Dunlop pilot plant which was successfully installed in Surface Transforms' Ellesmere Port plant in December 2002.
Managing Director of Surface Transforms, Julio Faria, commented: "This is tremendous news".
"This concludes the first stage of nearly three hard years of development by our team and Dunlop's team of scientists and engineers".
"It has been a terrific effort by all parties, but I would like to pay particular tribute to the dedication of the staff of Surface Transforms".
"While there still is a lot of hard work to be done, this first major deal represents a great step forward for Surface Transforms, and is positive proof of the strength of both our technology and our commercial strategy to license the production to global aerospace partners".
John Whelan, Marketing and Business Development Director at Dunlop Aerospace, said: "This contract marks a key milestone in a joint collaboration between Dunlop Aerospace and Surface Transforms towards making aircraft brakes that combine demonstrable weight advantages and improved durability over existing rival braking technologies".
"We are delighted this agreement is in place".
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