| In honor of REFR leaving the ranks of R & D and moving to the ranks of growth companies I've started a new discussion thread for REFR longs to talk about the latest technology and licensee developments.
From the Research Frontiers 2002 Annual Report
Research Frontiers is no longer a “concept company.” Now that commercial production and sales of SPD film and end-products has begun, we anticipate a rising tide of licensee sales and rapid growth of earned royalties as our licensees sell products using SPD light-control technology. In February 2002 Joe Harary was promoted to the position of President to help lead Research Frontiers as it embarks on this new and exciting phase with SPD-Smart™ products being introduced for many applications throughout the world. In March 2002, we promoted Mike LaPointe to the position of Vice President–Marketing to head our expanding marketing department to expedite penetration of the numerous markets for SPD light-control technology, as well as to coordinate our worldwide marketing efforts with those of our licensees.
Research Frontiers is now a growth company. This board is for REFR longs to discuss and share information about the licensees, markets, products and other topics relating to SPD-smart(TM) technology.
Licensees have increased five-fold since 2002. Note the names in BOLD
CURRENT LICENSEES
Research Frontiers has licensed its SPD technology to the following companies:
AGC Automotive Americas (f/k/a AP Technoglass Co.):
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ sunroof glass to selected licensees of the Company.
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ film and emulsions used to make SPD film to selected licensees of the Company.
American Glass Products:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ architectural and automotive windows.
Asahi Glass Company:
Sublicensed to sell SPD-Smart™ sunroof glass to selected licensees of the Company.
Avery Dennison:
Licensed for SPD-Smart™ information displays.
BOS Automotive Products (BOS GmbH):
Licensed to sell variable light transmission SPD-Smart™ sunshades and sunvisors.
BRG Group, Ltd.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ architectural and automotive windows.
Cricursa Cristales Curvados S.A.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ architectural and automotive windows.
Custom Glass Corporation:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ windows and sunroofs for mass transit trains and busses and to provide SPD-Smart™ laminated glass and plastic to other licensees of Research Frontiers.
Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Incorporated:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ emulsions used to make SPD film to selected licensees of the Company.
DuPont:
Licensed to make SPD-Smart Architectural and Automotive Smart Windows, and Emulsion and Light-Control Film for licensees of Research Frontiers
Film Technologies International, Inc.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ film to selected licensees and prospective licensees of the Company for use in licensed product applications.
General Electric Company:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ film to selected licensees and prospective licensees of the Company for use in licensed product applications.
Glaverbel S.A., of Belgium:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ architectural and automotive windows and for automotive vehicle rear-view mirrors and sun visors.
Global Mirror GmbH & Co. KG, and group of affiliated companies:
Licensed for SPD-Smart™ automatically dimming automotive rear-view mirrors for cars, trucks, and other commercial vehicles.
Hankuk Glass Industries/SPD, Inc., of Korea:
Licensed for a broad range of SPD-Smart™ variable light transmission products including windows, flat panel displays, and automotive vehicle rear-view mirrors, sun visors and sunroofs, and to sell SPD-Smart™ film to a selected list of Research Frontiers' licensees and prospective licensees for a variety of applications. View Updates
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ film and emulsions used to make SPD film to selected licensees of the Company.
Innovative Glass Corporation:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ Windows, Doors, and Skylights in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
InspecTech Aero Service, Inc.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ aircraft and marine windows, cabin dividers, sun visors, and windows for certain custom vehicles. View Updates
Isoclima S.p.A.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ architectural and automotive windows, and to sell SPD emulsions and film to other licensees of Research Frontiers.
Kerros Ltd./IntelliTint:
Automotive windows and sunroofs
Laminated Technologies, Inc.:
Licensed to Provide SPD-Smart™ Laminated Glass to other licensees of Research Frontiers.
Leminur Ltd.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ Architectural Windows in the Russian Federation, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
N.V. Bekaert S.A.:
Licensed for SPD-Smart™ variable light transmission windows and to sell SPD film to window companies for automotive and architectural uses, and to a selected list of Research Frontiers' licensees and prospective licensees for a variety of applications.
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ light-control film to selected licensees of the Company.
Pilkington plc:
Licensed to work with SPD-Smart™ light-control technology and to provide lamination and other services to Research Frontiers licensees for use in a variety of SPD-Smart glass and plastic products
Polaroid Corporation:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ film and emulsions used to make SPD film to selected licensees of the Company.
Prelco Inc.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ Windows for Architectural applications, Bus and Trains in Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
Saint-Gobain Glass France S.A.:
Licensed to make and sell SPD-Smart™ architectural windows, automotive and other transportation vehicle windows (other than aircraft and spacecraft), kitchen and laundry home appliance windows, and automotive sunvisors and rear-view mirrors for cars, SUVs, light trucks and other transportation vehicles (other than as original equipment mirrors on heavy trucks, busses, construction vehicles, firetrucks and other vehicles in Class 5-8 or weighing over 16,000 pounds)
SmartGlass Ireland Ltd.:
Licensed to make SPD-Smart™ architectual window products in the Republic of Ireland
SPD Systems, Inc.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ architectural, marine and appliance windows.
SPD Technologies, Inc. (f/k/a Razor's Edge Technologies, Inc.):
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ architectural windows.
ThermoView Industries, Inc.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ architectural windows.
Traco, Inc.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ Windows, Doors, Skylights and Curtainwalls
Vision (Environmental Innovation) Ltd.:
Licensed to sell SPD-Smart™ Windows, Doors, and Skylights in the U.K.
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