Alusid - appoints David Taylor CBE to the Board

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Frontier IP Group plc

16 March 2021

 

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16 March 2021

Frontier IP Group Plc

("Frontier IP" or the "Group")

Portfolio news - Founding chief executive of English Partnerships and Amec Developments, University Pro Chancellor joins Alusid Board of Directors

Frontier IP, a specialist in commercialising intellectual property, notes today's announcement from portfolio company Alusid (the "Company") that David Taylor CBE has been appointed to the Board of Directors as the representative of the University of Central Lancashire ("UCLan" or the "University").

David is UCLan's Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the University Board, the University's governing body. He has more than 30 years' experience in the private, public and voluntary sectors, encapsulating large-scale urban regeneration projects, start-up companies and green technologies.

His roles have included being the founding chief executive of both English Partnerships and Amec Developments, a director of the Olympic Development Authority, and Chairman of HullCityBuild and Elevate East Lancashire. He is currently Chairman of David Taylor Partnerships, a privately-owned corporate and property company.

Alusid, a spin out from UCLan, creates premium-quality tiles and other architectural surfaces from recycled industrial waste ceramics, glass and other materials. Its partners include Parkside Architectural Tiles, the commercial arm of Topps Tiles, and Panaz Limited. The company is now scaling up its technology for mass manufacture, transforming production from 4,000m² a year to 30,000m² a month.

Frontier IP Chief Executive Neil Crabb said: "David's vast experience and contacts in the property sector and his strong interest in green technologies will prove invaluable as Alusid develops. We are delighted he is joining the Board."

Property entrepreneur and University of Central Lancashire Pro Chancellor David Taylor joins Alusid Board of Directors

Alusid is delighted to welcome David Taylor CBE to the Board of Directors as the representative of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).

David was appointed Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the University Board, UCLan's governing body, in 2014. He has extensive experience in the private, public and voluntary sectors. In a career spanning more than 30 years, David has built a portfolio of companies focused on the built environment and green technologies including Allied Lighting Limited, Standard Gas Technologies, Carbon Numbers Limited and Endo Enterprises (UK) Limited.

He is Chairman of David Taylor Partnerships (DTP), a Preston-based privately owned corporate and property company specialising in start-up companies and large-scale urban regeneration. Projects include a joint venture with British Land to build 980 homes, a library and a civic centre on derelict land in Canada Quays, London.

In his work for UCLan, David initiated a new £200m masterplan transforming the university presence in Preston with two new buildings, the Engineering and Innovation Centre and the Student Centre and also the University Square, the first major civic square to be developed in the North West in recent times.

His other roles include founding Chief Executive of both English Partnerships and Amec Developments, and Deputy Chairman of Preston North End Football Club, a post he has held for 25 years. He has been Chairman of HullCityBuild and Elevate East Lancashire. He was a director of the Olympic Development Authority, which organised the London 2012 games. David is interim Chairman of the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and has been instrumental in the LEP's development of a new strategic framework, the establishment of business-led sector groups and delivering investment for growth, through projects such as the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre at Samlesbury Enterprise Zone, as well as securing a further £34.1m from the Government's Getting Building Fund.

He joins Alusid at an important stage in its development. The company has proved its technology to recycle industrial waste ceramics, glass and glaze into premium-quality tiles and other surfaces that can be scaled up to mass manufacture and discussions are now taking place with potential industry partners.

David was awarded a CBE for services to the community of Lancashire in 2007 and became Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire in 2014.

Alusid is a spin out from the University of Central Lancashire. It was co-founded by Dr David Binns, Professor of Contemporary Ceramics, who is the company's Creative Director, and Dr Alasdair Bremner, a former Postdoctoral Research Fellow, who is now full time Alusid Chief Executive Officer.

David Taylor, Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the University Board, University of Central Lancashire, said: "I am delighted to be joining the board of Alusid as the University's representative. I am particularly pleased to be joining a company with the potential to transform tile production through its innovative green technology."

Alusid Chief Executive Officer Alasdair Bremner said: "We are very happy David is joining the board. His unparalleled experience in business and focus on green technologies will prove invaluable at this crucial stage in our development and for helping us achieve our ambitions for the business."

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ABOUT ALUSID

Alusid creates beautiful, premium-quality tiles and architectural surfaces The company creates beautiful, premium quality tiles and architectural surfaces by recycling industrial waste ceramics, glass and other materials much of which would otherwise end in landfill. Tiles are made from a minimum of 95 per cent recycled content and usually contain more.

The company's Sequel ranges are distributed exclusively by Parkside Architectural Tiles, the commercial arm of Topps Tiles. Sequel Vibe was named Wall Tile Of The Year in The Tile Association's prestigious awards last year.

Alusid also makes its own products under the brand name SilicaStone distributed in the UK by Panaz . Customers include COS, part of H&M, Christian Dior, Nando's, Harrods, Selfridges, Amazon UK and Pret-a-Manger.

ABout frontier IP

Frontier IP unites science and commerce by identifying strong intellectual property and accelerating its development through a range of commercialisation services. A critical part of the Group's work is involving relevant industry partners at an early stage of development to ensure technology meets real world demands and needs.

The Group looks to build and grow a portfolio of equity stakes and licence income by taking an active involvement in spin-out companies, including support for fund raising and collaboration with relevant industry partners at an early stage of development.

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