Oxford nanoSystems are pleased to announce they have been selected as finalists for this prestigious award. OnS develop innovative coatings to improve heat transfer systems.

The Thames Valley boasts some of the most dynamic and successful companies in the UK. It remains the cauldron of the country’s high-technology industries, the home of many manufacturing companies and a base for a wide variety of excellent service and professional organisations.

The Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards  (#TVBMA) is open to every company in the Thames Valley area and recognizes not only profitability, innovation and employment but also the contribution made to the local economic community and the provision of support to culture and charities in the region.

Winners will be announced at the Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards 2019 glittering black-tie dinner to be held at the Madejski Stadium, Reading on November 28, 2019. The awards presenter will be Vernon Kay. Good Luck OnS!

More information about all the Awards finalists, as well as how to book tickets to attend the ceremony, can be found at https://businessawards.co.uk

Judges’ comments:

The winner’s NanoFlux technology provides a completely new, scientific alternative for manufacturers to improve the efficiency of heat transfer surfaces. What stood out was their bringing together of scientific knowledge and technical knowhow to create an essential product – new or retrofit – that can respond to the carbon neutral challenge 2030/50.

Winners’ comments

“We are really thrilled and surprised to have won an award which had so many impressive finalists. The Thames Valley area is such a hub for innovative and interesting STEM companies. Climate change is at the forefront of people’s minds and this is one of the driving forces behind us developing nanoFLUX coating technology, which can significantly increase heat transfer. Persistence is a very large part of creating successful technology. You need to have an open mind to be able to see different applications for a given product even if things don’t always look like they are going to work.”

Dr Alex Reip, CEO, Oxford nanoSystems

With many thanks to the organisers and sponsors of the Thames Valley Tech Awards

Oxford nanoSystems are pleased to announce they have been shortlisted for the Barclays Award for Innovation, part of the Oxford Trust Enterprise Awards.. The Awards recognise and celebrate the breadth of innovative companies and individual entrepreneurs working in the science and technology industry in the Oxfordshire region today. They acknowledge the entrepreneurs and start-ups who are just starting out on their journey to success and commend established knowledge-intensive businesses that have made a positive impact on the regional economy. The Enterprise Awards have been running since 2005 and have previously showcased future high-growth companies such as Oxbotica, Immunocore, Oxford Nanopore and Adaptix.

The awards will be presented at a special reception after Venturefest, Oxford 2019 held at Oxford Brookes University on 11^th September.

Steve Burgess, CEO of The Oxford Trust and one of the award judges, said: “There was a strong list of applicants for all the awards, which made it extremely difficult for the judges to shortlist for each category.”

“Our region creates some of the world’s leading tech businesses and it’s a real privilege to find out more about the next star companies and entrepreneurs coming through along with those organisations that are already starting to making a real difference.”

The Oxford Trust was established by Oxford’s first true entrepreneurs Sir Martin and Audrey (Lady) Wood in 1985, founders of Oxford Instruments – the first spin-out company from the University of Oxford. The Trust has been a part of, and supported, the local innovation ecosystem for the past thirty plus years. It was the Trust that helped establish Venturefest Oxford 20 years ago, started the Enterprise Awards in 2005, set up the region’s – and the UK’s – first innovation centre, and runs the Oxford Centre for Innovation and Wood Centre for Innovation to support start-up science and tech businesses. #EnterpriseAwards2019

OnS are very excited to announce that they have been chosen as finalists in not just one category, but four for the Thames Valley Tech Awards, organised by The Business Magazine. Innovative Tech Company, Tech Leadership Team, Emerging Tech Company and Science & Technology Award. Many thanks to the Judges for recognising our company as being successful in what we do #TVTA19. @thebusinessmag

OnS have developed nanoFLUX® coating technology which reduces the temperature a heating element needs to reach before the surrounding liquid boils. This reduction allows systems to be more efficient and therefore reduces overall energy consumption. The market applications for this extend in all areas of society from domestic uses in air conditioning and refrigeration to larger industrial including waste energy recovery and energy generation to fast growing markets such as data centre cooling and high-performance electronics.

The Award evening will be a glittering black-tie dinner held at the Royal Berkshire Conference Centre at the Madejski Stadium in Reading on Thursday, September 19, 2019.  Good Luck OnS!

Announced in the Times today. Dr Alexander Reip was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in May 2019. The RSC is a learned society with the goal of “advancing the chemical sciences”. Alex is extremely grateful for the RSC’s recognition of his experience and work in the field of innovative coatings to improve two-phase heat transfer surfaces.

Oxford nanoSystems has developed nanoFLUX®, a coating technology that reduces the temperature a heating element needs to reach before the surrounding liquid boils. This reduction allows systems to be more efficient and therefore reduces overall energy consumption. The market applications for this extend in all areas of society from domestic uses in air conditioning and refrigeration to larger industrial including waste energy recovery and energy generation to fast growing markets such as data centre cooling and high-performance electronics.

For further information contact us at info@oxfordnanosystems.com

Dr Alexander Reip, has been named winner of the prestigious Rising Star in Industry Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Dr Reip, from Oxford nanoSystems Ltd, has won the award for the creative development and scale-up of novel nano-coatings for energy saving and generation in heat transfer.

Receiving the award, Dr Reip said: “I am deeply honoured to have been nominated for and now to receive this award. I am very lucky to have had a fantastic and growing team around me from the start which has made all the difficulties in developing and now commercialising such a technology completely worthwhile.

It has been an incredible journey to have developed a company and technology that actually has the potential to make a real difference to society especially at a time when climate change is a growing problem. It is these developments of interesting and innovative technologies which will help reduce the impact of our growing population and it’s great to be part of the solution.”

Dr Robert Parker, chief executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry said:

“Over the years, our lives have been significantly improved by the chemical sciences, from medicines and food to the environment itself. We are proud of the contribution the chemical sciences make to our global community, which is why it is right for us to recognise important innovations and expertise such as these.

“Our Prizes and Awards recognise people from a range of different specialisms, backgrounds and locations. Every winner is an inspiration to the chemistry community and will play an incredibly important role in enriching people’s lives for generations to come.”

The nanoFLUX® coating technology reduces the temperature a heating element needs to reach before the surrounding liquid boils. This reduction allows systems to be more efficient and therefore reduces overall energy consumption. The market applications for this extend in all areas of society from domestic uses in air conditioning and refrigeration to larger industrial including waste energy recovery and energy generation to fast growing markets such as data centre cooling and high-performance electronics.

The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Awards and Prizes are awarded in recognition of originality and impact of research, or for each winner’s contribution to the chemical sciences industry or education. They also acknowledge the importance of teamwork across the chemical sciences, as well as the abilities of individuals to develop successful collaborations.

Of those to have won a Royal Society of Chemistry Award, an illustrious list of 50 have gone on to win Nobel Prizes for their pioneering work, including 2016 Nobel laureates Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Fraser Stoddart and Ben Feringa.

NOTES FOR EDITORS:

Rewarding Excellence and Gaining Recognition

The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Prizes and Awards recognise achievements by individuals, teams and organisations in advancing the chemical sciences. We want to reward those undertaking excellent work in the chemical sciences from across the world.

There are over 80 Prizes and Awards in our main portfolio, all of which aim to accurately reflect the broad scope of achievement in our community. So whether you work in research, business, industry or education, recognition is open to everyone.

More information is available at: rsc.li/prizes-awards

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