Rapid Progress and Company Development
Company History
Company founded
Promethean Particles was established, based on the research of Professor Ed Lester from the Univeristy of Nottingham
First office
Our first lab and office space was at an incubator unit in Biocity, Nottingham
"Innovation Achieved" award
In the Lord Satfford Awards 2009, we received the "Innovation Achieved" award
"Materials & Devices" award
We won in the “Materials & Devices” category of the UK Nano & Emerging Technologies Forum Business Innovation Awards hosted by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI)
Faraday Building
We moved into two industrial units of the Faraday Building, part of the Nottingham Science & Technology Park. On this site, we had our R&D lab, office space, and a manufacturing space that housed our first pilot-scale reactor system
Genesis Park expansion
Our new site at Genesis Park allowed further expansion to a larger space comprised of three warehouse units. Currently housed here are our offices, R&D lab, anf a larger manufacturing area, which includes two pilot-scale systems, our large-scale plant, and accompanying post processing equipment. With this expansion, we have the world’s largest continuous MOF manufacturing plant
"Outstanding Achievement" award
We won the "Outstanding Achievement" category in the Medilink East Midlands Business Awards
"Collaborate to Innovate" award
After working on the Sustainable Hydrothermal Manufacture of Nanomaterials (SHYMAN) project, we won The Engineer magazine’s Collaborate to Innovate award in the Manufacturing Technology category.
"Business Innovation Award"
We received the Institute of Physics (IOP) Business Innovation Award
Over the course of our history, Promethean Particles has demonstrated the effective use of non-dilutive funding through the successful delivery of results on a range of grant-funded projects covering innovative solutions and in parallel with partners from various industries. Some of these notable projects include:
- REMBRANDT – Rapidly Accelerating MOF-based Sorbents as a Novel Decarbonisation Technology (2024 – 2026)
- MONET – MOF-based Negative Emissions Technology (2022-2024)
- PICASSO – Pilot-scale Carbon Capture using Solid Sorbents (2021-2022)
- SHYMAN — Sustainable Hydrothermal Manufacture of Nanomaterials (2012-2016)
- Cell3Ditor — cost-effective and flexible 3D-printed SOFC (solid oxide fuel cell) stacks for commercial applications (2015-2020)
- CARMOF — tailor-made 3D-printed structures based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and metal organic framework (MOF) materials for the efficient capture of carbon dioxide (2018-2022)
- AMICABLE — antimicrobial, lightweight grab poles for public transport vehicles (2020-2021)
- NEMOSINE — innovative packaging solutions for the storage and conservation of 20th century cultural heritage artefacts based on cellulose derivatives (such as slides, movies, photographs and audio recordings) (2018-2022)
- ICELIP — ice-phobic and durable coatings for the aerospace and energy sectors (2020-2022)
- REPETEX — functionalised nanoparticle coating for next-generation water-repellent textiles (2020-2021)
- SAPPHIRE — smart automotive antennas printed on existing housings during manufacture for optimal performance (2020-2022)
A legacy
of public-
funded
projects
Over the course of our history, Promethean Particles has demonstrated the effective use of non-dilutive funding through the successful delivery of results on a range of grant-funded projects covering innovative solutions and in parallel with partners from various industries. Some of these notable projects include:
- REMBRANDT – Rapidly Accelerating MOF-based Sorbents as a Novel Decarbonisation Technology (2024 – 2026)
- MONET – MOF-based Negative Emissions Technology (2022-2024)
- PICASSO – Pilot-scale Carbon Capture using Solid Sorbents (2021-2022)
- SHYMAN — Sustainable Hydrothermal Manufacture of Nanomaterials (2012-2016)
- Cell3Ditor — cost-effective and flexible 3D-printed SOFC (solid oxide fuel cell) stacks for commercial applications (2015-2020)
- CARMOF — tailor-made 3D-printed structures based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and metal organic framework (MOF) materials for the efficient capture of carbon dioxide (2018-2022)
- AMICABLE — antimicrobial, lightweight grab poles for public transport vehicles (2020-2021)
- NEMOSINE — innovative packaging solutions for the storage and conservation of 20th century cultural heritage artefacts based on cellulose derivatives (such as slides, movies, photographs and audio recordings) (2018-2022)
- ICELIP — ice-phobic and durable coatings for the aerospace and energy sectors (2020-2022)
- REPETEX — functionalised nanoparticle coating for next-generation water-repellent textiles (2020-2021)
- SAPPHIRE — smart automotive antennas printed on existing housings during manufacture for optimal performance (2020-2022)
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