Bit of a blue sky company but some interesting products. Plastic stronger than steel !!

In Sept it anounced its first agreement with a UK manufacturer involving the grant of a licence for the use of the 3DM Powder Impression Moulding (PIM) process. The first products intended to be manufactured using the PIM process are in the building products sector

http://www.3dmworldwide.com/index.htm

Price risen 12% today on little news and the US seller now seems to be out of the way.

There are some excellent post on this company on the Mike Walters site unfortunatly as a subscriber only site unable to reproduce

DYOR I hold shares

Any views welcome

Post AGM and new agreement http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200311261430065286S.html

Perhaps it's a bit late to get in TDM but Robotic Technology Systems should do OK out of this contract. And it's in at the begining.

3DM Worldwide PLC
12 December 2003


Press Release 12 December 2003


Guaranteed minimum US$15 million 5-year Silkwood royalty

3DM Worldwide plc ('3DM'), a leader in plastics technology intellectual
property, announces that the development phase of the pre-fabricated housing
system, to be supplied by Silkwood Financial Corporation ('Silkwood') to Mexico,
is now complete.

Under the terms of the original agreement, Silkwood will now pay a 10% royalty
to 3DM on all revenues generated, with a guaranteed minimum of US$15 million
over a five-year period, regardless of how many housing units are sold. This
level of payment is structured so that 3DM will receive a minimum of US$1
million during the first year, US$2 million during the second year, and so on
until receiving at least US$5 million during the fifth year. Payments in each
12-month period are due quarterly in equal amounts, and the first invoice is
being raised immediately. In addition, 3DM will be reimbursed for approximately
US$425,000 in related research and development expenses.

As announced on 7 November 2003, 3DM has granted Global Tech International Inc.
('GTII') a licence to extend the Silkwood project to the United States, where a
potential market opportunity has been identified in the southern states, and
particularly in Texas. Royalty payments will be separately negotiated for each
case, and the structure of these will typically follow the original Silkwood
model.

Ken Brooks, Chairman of 3DM Worldwide plc said: 'The successful completion of
the Silkwood development phase is a significant milestone for 3DM, not just in
financial terms but also in proving the effectiveness of our Powder Impression
Moulding ('PIM') process for the potentially very large global low-cost housing
market. It gives us confidence that 3DM will benefit in the future from further
pre-fabricated housing deals, including those we anticipate being arranged by
GTII in the United States.'

Further information about 3DM can be found at the new website -

www.3dmworldwide.com

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For further information:
3DM Worldwide PLC
Ken Brooks, Chairman Tel: +44 (0) 1993 779 468
kenb@3dmworldwide.com
www.3dmworldwide.com

3DM Worldwide PLC
16 December 2003


Press Release 16 December 2003

Extended tyre sensor licence agreement


3DM Worldwide plc ('3DM'), a leader in plastics technology intellectual
property, announces that it has signed a supplemental agreement with Transense
Technologies plc ('Transense') to extend the scope of the field-of-use allowed
under its tyre sensor licence agreement.

Transense has developed a type of tyre sensor based on Surface Acoustic Wave ('
SAW') technology. 3DM has a non-exclusive licence on this sensor technology,
although Transense has also agreed that it will not grant a similar licence to
any company whose primary business is wheel manufacturing before 30 September
2004.

From 1 January 2004 it will be mandatory for tyre sensors to be attached to all
vehicles manufactured in the USA that weigh 10,000 pounds or less. This
legislation has been driven by a mixture of safety and environmental concerns.
Tyre problems are one of the most common causes of vehicle breakdowns, while
hundreds of thousands of accidents each year in the USA are attributed to low
tyre pressures. Under inflated tyres also produce greater road resistance, more
rapid tyre wear and higher fuel consumption. SAW sensors deliver accurate
pressure readings quickly and directly to the driver, they are small and
inexpensive to manufacture, and they do not need batteries.

On 24 November 2003, 3DM announced that, with the consent of Transense, it had
agreed to grant to Global Tech International Inc. ('GTII') a sub-licence for the
use of the SAW tyre sensor technology. Under that agreement, GTII will pay
150,000 to 3DM as well as a royalty equal to 115% of the royalty payable by 3DM
to Transense under the terms of the head licence. The sub-licence will apply
for the duration of the head licence, which is for the life of the patents and
know-how and of any improvements, but only to the NAFTA area, with 3DM retaining
rights to the rest of the world

3DM's original licence agreement with Transense restricted 3DM and hence GTII to
only using sensors that were moulded into the actual wheel. This new agreement
extends the potential field-of-use to any part of an overall wheel, and this
change could be of particular advantage to GTII which is currently in
discussions with one of the leading US automotive groups.

3DM will pay 50,000 to Transense for widening the head licence's field-of-use,
and 3DM will in turn receive 100,000 from GTII for extending the field-of-use
change to the sub-licence agreement. This increases to 250,000 the fee to be
paid by GTII to 3DM, with all royalty and other terms and conditions of 3DM's
sub-licence agreement with GTII remaining unchanged. In addition, also as
announced on 24 November 2003, GTII is currently being acquired by Longborough
Capital plc which is 20% owned by 3DM.

Ken Brooks, Chairman of 3DM Worldwide plc said: 'With the imminent introduction
of new tyre sensor legislation in the USA, this agreement could be extremely
valuable for GTII in its discussions with a major US auto company and, in
addition to the additional sub-licence fee, 3DM would directly benefit from any
contract wins through both royalty income and our 20% stake in Longborough.'

James Perry, Chief Executive of Transense said: 'I am very pleased that 3DM has
requested the extension of the scope of its tyre pressure monitoring licence to
include sensors attached to the wheel and to the valve. We have been testing a
new in-valve system developed over the past year and, having successfully
demonstrated it to 3DM recently, 3DM has decided to broaden its licence to
enable 3DM's sub-licensee to progress its discussions with a leading US
automotive manufacturer.'

Further information about 3DM can be found at the new website -

www.3dmworldwide.com

- Ends -

Two posts with very good RNS news articles (12Dec & 16Dec) following previous good news for 3DM Worldwide and expectations that many more deals are to come in the near future yet the sentiment of mm's is to drop the share price. It does look as if the mm's are flushing out weak buyers. I intend to hold on and a good opportunity to buy in some more.

legins,

Quite a few of the companies that have had such a good run on AIM since the middle of this year are now dropping back somewhat.

What we have to determine is if it's a general trend, or just a few companies that are retracing.

PDX dipped quite a bit, and has now regained half of the recent losses.

I wonder if some are detecting tougher times ahead, and taking profits?

Or moving into gold and resource stocks, as these are widely being tipped to be the winners in 2004?

I have always believed that plastic is almost impossible to repair by welding or any other commonly acceptable method used in other materials wood/steel/fibreglass etc.

Therefore how would I repair my boat if i bumped it?

Any ideas?

Ask 3DM, they claim it is easy to weld, probably a welding resin compound of the same material.

legins

I will ask.

Cods

It will be interesting to hear of an answer you get from them. Do you have a fibreglass boat and do sea fishing?

As this material is robust and strong as steel then I doubt you would suffer the same damage as a GRP hull. It would be useful to find out if the plastic has any shock absorbing properties if you make any enquiries.

I guess a prospective owner of a new boat with a plastic hull would want to know if the material is impervious to Osmosis of sea water seapage like GRP hulls are prone to which require the regular maintenance & treatment costs to prevent it.

Legins

No I don't have a boat but I have always understood that plastic was practically impossible to repair effectively. Obviously i could be quite wrong but if I was buying a boat I would want to know that repairs could be carried out cheaply and effectively. Anyway I've emailed the company and will report back. I may ring them on monday because apart from investment strategy I have a natural curiosity.

The web site cleary states that it can be repaired quickly and cheaply but don't give details so it will be interesting to see how it's done.

Legins

I've received a reply from TDM and it seems the stuff iseasy to repair.

I don't suppose TDM would mind me putting the reply up here.

"I am not sure what type of "plastic" you refer to as being difficult to repair.
It is possible you are referring to something like Bakelite or some grades of polyurethane, where the matertial is in fact a "thermoset" plastic.
these types are not however in the great majority of applications of today.
most commodity and engineering grades of plastic are meltable and reusable/recycleable.....a very important feature in most user applications. The materials called plastic in the vast majority of applications can be jointed / repaired very easily.
for instance.....where you see blue water or yellow gas pipes in lengths at the side of the road waiting to be laid....these are jointed using plastic welding rods or fusion couplings allowing the two components to be fused together. the same principal applies with large areas of damage.....either a "patch "of molton plastic can be inserted , or an entire section cut out and a new one welded in .
Indeed in most cases repair or jointing is extremely easy and has been done successfully for vewry many years.
I hope this answers your query adequately , but if you require further and more specific information , please do not hesitate to reply."

Seems a very satisfactory answer - what do you think?

cods

Option to Acquire Recycling Business

Good move for the future

http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200402130700063614V.html

3DM Worldwide PLC
29 March 2004


Press Release 29 March 2004



3DM Worldwide announces a Licence Agreement with Geomatrix Inc.


3DM Worldwide plc ('3DM' or the 'Company'), a leader in plastics technology
intellectual property, is pleased to announce the signing of a Development
Licence Agreement with Geomatrix Inc. of Michigan, USA.

Geomatrix is a supplier of wood and plastic products for the home consumer
building materials market in the United States and Canada. Geomatrix is a major
supplier to Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW), a Fortune 100 company whose
sales in fiscal 2003 were US$30.8 billion. Lowe's serves approximately 10
million customers a week at more than 950 home improvement stores and, in 2003,
it was named as the USA's most admired specialty retailer. Geomatrix's other
customers include The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD) which describes itself as the
world's largest home improvement retailer and is the second largest retailer in
the United States, with fiscal 2003 sales of US$64.8 billion.

Under this agreement, Geomatrix has been granted a licence by 3DM to develop a
number of products in North America, beginning with lattice fence panelling,
decking, trim boards, door windows and trim mouldings used in residential home
construction.

The terms of the licence, which is initially for fifteen years and renewable
thereafter, call for a 10 per cent royalty to be paid to 3DM on the first US$10
million of product, subject to minimum sales of US$2 million in the first year,
US$10 million in the second year and US$20 million in the third year. There are
reducing royalties on sales above US$10 million per annum, set at 8 per cent on
sales of US$10 million to US$25 million and 6 per cent of sales above US$25
million. 3DM will retain ownership of its existing Intellectual Property, as
well as any new Intellectual Property developed from the existing applications.
Production is expected to start in the second half of 2004.

Initial research and development work for the product range will be undertaken
by Value Plastic Technologies LLC ('VPT'). Thereafter Geomatrix will source
full production manufacture through one of its own affiliates but with VPT
manufacturing and selling the bespoke machinery for 3DM's Powder Impression
Moulding ('PIM') process.

VPT is a specialist plastics business whose activities include the manufacture
of plastic processing machinery. Under the terms of an agreement that was
announced on 7th November 2003, 3DM has a 20 per cent interest in VPT, whose
President and Chief Technical Officer is Miguel Linares, previously President of
3DM Technologies Inc.

Ken Brooks, Executive Chairman of 3DM Worldwide plc said: 'Our November 2003
announcement on VPT said they would use a leased prototype PIM machine to
conduct R&D under a non-exclusive licence on potential PIM applications within
the consumer building materials industry in the United States. We were very
confident that our partners in VPT would be of great use to us in the North
American roll-out of the PIM process and this first deal introduced by them is
extremely exciting. We expect more from this source in the future.'


- Ends -



For further information:

3DM Worldwide PLC
Ken Brooks, Chairman Tel: +44 (0) 1993 779468
kenb@3dmworldwide.com
www.3dmworldwide.com

Update on 3DM Worldwide Investment and Licensing Deal with Highseas Technologies Limited



http://www.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200403291539580552x.html

sorry janus - didn't realise there was another thread :-(

Very good news that needs two airings anyway, one for each piece of news ;-)

Regards

Adie2001

No problem Adie.

The Highseas website for those interested also Dixon Yachts design website

http://www.highseas.co.uk/

http://www.dixonyachtdesign.com/

From the Independant

Buzz about plastics

There is a growing buzz around 3DM Worldwide, the AIM-listed inventor of a revolutionary new manufacturing technology, a plastics moulding process it calls powder impression moulding. The process uses recycled material and is energy efficient, and the resultant product can be made as strong as steel. 3DM is not a manufacturer, but rather licenses the technology to others, and in just the past week PIM has been signed up for use in yachts, door windows and fence panelling. The company is expected to make its first profit this year as royalties start to come through

Well I'm still in this and hopefully expecting a bounce this afternoon...Could be wrong of course !

Some comments from the papers today

Guardian

On AIM, 3DM Worldwide was one of the biggest losers after investment website T1PS.com claimed the market capitalisation of the loss-making plastic moulding technology company, at 52m, was almost impossible to justify.

T1PS has written to 3DM asking for clarification on a number of issues, the most interesting of which concerns Silkwood Financial Corporation.

As close followers of the company will know, 3DM agreed a $15m (8m) five-year royalty deal with Silkwood earlier this year.
The company, however, which has yet to file its annual report, has been unable to provide T1PS with a contact name or number for Silkwood.

Telegraph

Plastics developer 3DM Worldwide tumbled 20.5 to 78p after share tipping website t1ps.com said it "cannot see how the current share price is justified". Simon Cawkwell, the bear trader nicknamed "Evil Knevil" is understood to be bullish the stock.

Independent

3DM Worldwide came under heavy selling pressure for the third day in a row, sending the group's shares crashing 20.5p to 78p. Such was the hurry of some investors to exit the stock that sellers were willing to accept prices as low as 68p, a level at which a block of 375,000 shares crossed the market. The plastics developer has until the end of the month to post its 2003 results otherwise its shares face suspension.

Mail

Following a weighty 'sell' article on t1ps.com, the investment website, investors bailed oit of Aim-listed 3DM Worldwide in droves.
Shares of the company, which owns intellectual property rights to a process that converts waste plastic into a form harder but much lighter than steel, crashed to 69p before closing 20.5p down at 78p.

Interesting times. I am led to believe that TDM are talking to their lawyers re the insinuations on t1ps.com and a statement will probably be made today