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International Hydrolytics Ltd.
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AHC Markets
IHL has full
authority to license patented AHC technology worldwide, and, during the next five
years, this vehicle will be used to bring a diverse array of innovative products to the attention of hundreds of
major companies who are leaders in their respective market places. In this
regard, it is apparent that, with no known competition, market limitations for
AHC technology are virtually non-existent.
Market
Size
Dwindling
natural resources throughout the world continue to place increasing demands on
modern technology for innovative alternatives to conventional construction and
industrial materials. Fortunately, however, the solutions to many of these
problems already exist in the form of AHC technology, and it only remains for IHL
to commercialize and exploit each new business opportunity. Indeed, as the
quest for today's solutions spawns tomorrow's technical innovations, it is
evident that IHL's potential is virtually unlimited in almost every commercial,
industrial, environmental, and military market place. Therefore, IHL will apply
AHC technology to as broad a spectrum of industrial/governmental problems as
possible, and these observations provide the impetus for realistic assessments
of AHC technology's growth potential in the 2002-2007 time frame.
Worldwide
Business Opportunities
IHL's
projections of worldwide AHC business prospects for the next five years reflect
a gradual, pervasive, movement of approximately 350 innovative,
cost-competitive, environmentally friendly, and high value-added AHC
products/applications into 27 global industries. IHL's compendium of AHC Business Opportunities provides a systematic
summary, within 75 industrial segments, of the following information: relevant
AHC manufacturing processes; appropriate dispersed-phase additives; estimates
of market needs, annual market size, achievable market share, and period of
competitive advantage; profile descriptions of prospective industrial
licensees; and license/sublicense availability within major geographical
territories.
Market
Trends
In
almost every world market, the demand for better products at competitive prices
is motivated less by end users than by manufacturers in search of an edge
against fierce competition. Therefore, IHL's Marketing
Plan presumes that AHC technology will not only be of real benefit to
end-users but also prove economically attractive to manufacturers. For example,
the general compatibility of hydrolytic cements with most commonly used
materials ensures that almost any existing product can be upgraded to surpass
modern specifications and requirements for environmental friendliness, fire
resistance, non-toxicity, and energy efficiency. In addition, AHC technology is
sufficiently straightforward that pilot production, and eventual plant
conversion, scenarios are reduced to integrating process control parameters,
e.g., mixing ratios, cure cycles, etc., with existing facilities and equipment
to achieve desired production rates. On this basis, IHL is destined to become a
leader in the movement toward safer, more energy efficient, and cost effective
building materials, as AHC technology progressively makes the world more energy
efficient and a safer place in which to live. Finally, AHC products are
positioned to make significant contributions in trend areas as close to home as
waste management or as distant as outer space.
Commercial
(Domestic and Foreign)
In
the domestic market, major institutions are being shaken by dramatic increases
in product liability suits, and record breaking costs for insurance coverage
have entire industries scrambling for increased protection. Obviously, low
cost, light weight, rigid, inert, non-combustible, non-toxic, non-hygroscopic,
weatherproof, vermin proof, non-biodegradable, smokeless, odorless,
non-irritating, and rot-proof alternatives to conventional thermal, electrical,
and acoustical insulating materials represent a major part of the solution, and
AHC materials are on the crest of this advancing wave. Furthermore, waste
management, an area of serious worldwide concern, will make high returns
possible for companies who combine AHC processes with overly abundant,
extremely low-cost, waste stream resources.
U.S.
Government-Funded Programs
As
man ventures further into space, advanced materials will be required, and AHC
technology is well poised to make vital contributions to new material
developments that satisfy these needs. For example, AHC technology is
especially suited for applications to the stringent environmental demands of
anti-ballistic missile defense programs, and the low density of many AHC
materials, in combination with inherent fire resistance, begs for consideration
as re-entry surfaces. Finally, AHC materials are impervious to excess
ultraviolet and infrared radiation, an important consideration for orbital
platforms requiring surface stability, and, in the not too distant future, a
worldwide trend in state-of-the-art electromagnetic devices may be a direct
result of AHC technology.
Market Status
As the basic
framework for highly focused worldwide marketing of AHC technology, the results
of preliminary thrusts by IHL's master licensees i.e., USGI and IHI, provide a
most impressive starting point. This starting point, in turn, reflects current
AHC market status, as summarized in the following paragraphs.
Current
Licenses
In
addition to master licenses with IHL, HERA has long-standing exclusive licenses
with Fletcher Challenge Limited (FCL) and Fujimori Kogyo Co. Ltd. (FKCL).
Specifically, FCL, a world-scale manufacturer of paper pulp and a broad range
of construction materials, is licensed to
manufacture wood- and gypsum-based wallboard products in New Zealand,
Australia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Far East nations of the Pacific Rim.
In addition, FKCL, a mid-sized Japanese company engaged in the manufacture of
packaging, automotive component, and specialty building materials, holds a
license for water vapor heating, ventilating, and air conditioning duct systems
(this AHC-based product is fully certified for commercial construction
throughout Japan).
Impending
Licenses
For
nearly twenty years, corporate wisdom in the United States has turned away from
a variety of Federal tax incentives; e.g., research and development tax
credits, in favor of maximizing bottom line profits to shareholders. As a
result, foreign companies and international markets have always been more receptive
to innovative AHC technology than their domestic counterparts. However, for a
variety of reasons, this general attitude is changing drastically, as evidenced
by high levels of interest in AHC technology generated by IHL's master
licensees during the past eighteen years. Accordingly, IHL is confident that
the impending AHC licenses are, collectively, the first precursor of a general
movement by corporate America to "catch up with the rest of the
world" and reap the many benefits of AHC technology.
Previous
Contacts
Throughout
their respective histories, each of IHL's master licensees has used AHC product
brochures, test data reports, and generic sample sets as an inexpensive form of
test marketing. As a result, several hundred domestic and foreign companies or
governments who previously expressed initial interests in AHC technology are in
various stages of awareness in regard to IHL's overall capability. Many of
these companies and government entities merit active follow-up or
renewal-of-affiliation, by IHL, to either reconfirm original interests in AHC
technology or identify new classes of AHC products.
New
Opportunities
IHL's
worldwide business prospects grow brighter with time, as supplies of
conventional materials decrease or become more expensive, demands for
innovative, cost-effective, alternative materials increase, and pressures mount
for environmental remediation/waste management. Indeed, what IHL's master
licensees once considered "avenues" of opportunity have expanded and
must now, under the IHL umbrella, be described as "global
superhighways" of opportunity.
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