P2i, the nanoscale enhancer of products using its Ion-Mask cold plasma deposition technology, has announced the appointment of Ian Robins as business development director
Ian Robins joins the company having previously worked as business development director for Scipher, a high technology start-up that successfully floated on the London Stock exchange, and innovation and operations director for Zellweger Analytics.
Ian is a business-oriented technologist with a degree and PhD from the University of London and an MBA from Henley Management School.
Commenting on the appointment, Dr Robins said: "P2i is a unique company with a technology that can be applied across many differing markets".
"I'm thrilled to be joining the rest of the team at P2i and look forward to successfully exploiting the Ion-Mask technology in its key target markets".
"Ian joins us at an exciting time for the business as we begin talking to a number of international brands about enhancing their products," says P2i's chairman and CEO Graham Hine.
"His extensive experience in the assessment, development and exploitation of novel technologies will be particularly beneficial as we move the business onto a more commercial footing".
How Ion-Mask works.
Ion-Mask works by applying a protective layer, just nanometres thick, over the entire surface of a product by means of an ionised gas or " plasma.
This layer is molecularly bound to the surface and will not leach away.
This transforms the surface of the product to display ultra low surface energy values down to one third that of PTFE (Teflon), displaying low liquid retention properties; whilst leaving the other properties of the product unchanged.
Both the inside and outside surfaces are enhanced, reducing binding and liquid loss while maximising sample recovery.
Treated items display enhanced repellency to a wide variety of reagents, virtually eliminating liquid retention.
