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Promethean Completes New £1.5M Funding Round
Promethean Particles Ltd, a leading global supplier of industrial scale, cost-effective metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and other nanomaterials, announces the completion of a GBP £1.5M (million) funding round. The round was co-led by new investors TSP Ventures, along with existing...
Promethean Appoints two new Technical Scientists
Promethean Particles is pleased to announce the appointment of Rebecca Ryder and Scott Priest as Technical Scientists at the Company. Prior to joining Promethean, Rebecca was a research scientist at INOVYN, a subsidiary of global chemical company INEOS, where she worked in the research and...
Promethean Expands Capability to Serve Carbon Capture Customers
Promethean Particles is pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Jack Turner to the newly created position of Application Development Manager, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). Jack's previous role was as a Senior Technical Scientist within the R&D team where he led the company's efforts with...
Promethean Collaborates with Energy Giant Drax on Novel Carbon Capture Project
Promethean Particles is working with Drax and the University of Nottingham to pioneer the use of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for energy-efficient carbon capture. The three organisations are collaborating on a UKCCSRC-funded project called PICASSO - Pilot Scale Carbon Capture using Solid...
Promethean Particles Joins the Chemical Industries Association
Promethean Particles, a leading global provider of industrial scale, cost-effective nanomaterials, has joined the Chemical Industries Association (CIA). The CIA is the UK’s leading industry association for chemical and pharmaceutical companies. Originally heavily focused on improving safety...
Chemistry World Discusses Promethean’s Continuous Flow Nanomaterial Process
Promethean’s new business development manager, Chris Simmons, and technical manager, Selina Ambrose, recently sat down with Vanessa Zainzinger for Chemistry World. The article discusses the benefits of Promethean's proprietary continuous flow manufacturing method for nanomaterial production and...
Promethean Makes Commitment to Net Zero by 2040
Promethean Particles, a leading global provider of industrial scale, cost-effective nanomaterials, has announced its pledge to reach net zero by 2040. Promethean has committed to halve its carbon emissions by 2030 and end its contributions to climate change completely by 2040, as part of the UK...
New Collaboration on Novel Approach to Carbon Capture
Promethean Particles, a leading global provider of industrial scale, cost-effective nanomaterials, has announced its participation in a new collaboration. Along with the University of Nottingham and Drax power station, they aim to demonstrate the potential of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as a...
New XRD Analytical Capability Speeds Time to Market
Promethean Particles (or “Promethean” or the “Company”), the UK-based, leading global provider of industrial scale, cost-effective nanomaterials, is pleased to announce that it procured and installed a benchtop X-Ray Diffractometer (“XRD”) manufactured by Rigaku at the Company’s site in...
Promethean Founder, Prof. Ed Lester, Discusses Nanoparticle Production with Physics World
Following Promethean's recent Institute of Physics Business Award, Promethean's founder, Prof. Ed Lester recently gave an interview to Physics World's Hamish Johnston where he discussed the challenges of nanoparticle production. The full article can be found here. Prof. Lester discusses a number...
Promethean Particles Represented at NANO4EVS
Promethean Particles' Technical Director, Ed Lester, will give a presentation later this month at a webinar hosted by the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining. ‘Nano4EVs - Latest developments in battery technologies’ takes place on November 17, 2020. The webinar will raise awareness of...
Promethean Particles & Partners Receive Highly Commended Status At IChemE Global Awards 2020
Promethean Particles has been awarded highly commended status in this year’s Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Global Awards 2020 within the Research Project category. Following a series of finalist presentations on November 3, the Nottingham-based company received the accolade for its...