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http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=200804080701038145RA excellent RNS today,with some great technology making this a well worth a look company and up 6% on opening.
I held these some time back and have kept them on my watch list,only negative
i could see and the reason for selling was a very large hole in their pension fund.
Needs checking out, but as i stated well worth running a cautious eye over as
some great potential here.
aimo
cyril

have they received $10m from Atmel?

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Touch of magic for plastics group in screen revolution

By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail On Sunday

PUBLISHED: 22:16, 30 March 2013 | UPDATED: 22:16, 30 March 2013

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Take the tablet: Carclo's grids can be used on devices of all sizes


Touchscreen phones are all the rage these days and it seems that everyone under the age of 40 either has one or wants one. These screens are made almost exclusively using a transparent conductive film known as indium tin oxide (ITO).


This works well enough on phones but it is less effective on larger devices such as tablets. It is also expensive and in short supply, but historically there has been no alternative. Now there is and it comes from a British plastics firm called Carclo. The group has invented a way to make touchscreens work using conductive ink technology. The potential for this is huge and Carclo shares should motor as profits surge.


CIT works using an extremely fine metal grid, where each strand of metal is about a tenth of the width of a human hair. Invisible to the naked eye, this grid is applied to a screen and responds to touch. It is cheaper than ITO and is also more effective, so it can be used on screens of any size.


The makers of mobile phones, tablets and computers are always trying to make their devices lighter, thinner and more glamorous looking, as well as cheaper and more efficient in terms of battery life.


CIT helps in every respect. Many smartphones and tablets have big black borders around them, which hide some of the circuitry that ITO film requires. CIT does not need that circuitry, so it can dispense with borders. It can even be used on curved surfaces, enabling manufacturers to make super-trendy products.




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CIT could also be used in other electronic gadgets, such as coffee machines or even watches in the future.


Carclo has spent the past couple of years perfecting its technology, working with an American company called Atmel, one of the biggest touchscreen makers in the world. Carclo makes the CIT and Atmel applies it to screens. Atmel’s customers include virtually every leading electronics business apart from Apple.

Atmel does supply Apple’s main rival Samsung, however, as well as a number of other big Asian firms. Some of these are already using Carclo’s technology, but this has been limited to date as the company has been making sure everything works perfectly and that it has the capacity to fulfil demand.


Now it is ready to roll. Atmel handed over $10 million (£6 million) last week as an upfront payment to facilitate future production.


Brokers took this as a solid endorsement of Carclo’s progress and its ability to deliver the new technology to Atmel over the coming year.


A new chief executive, Chris Malley, also took up the reins last week, following the retirement of former boss Ian Williamson. Malley has spent years working on CIT, so he is ideally placed to help Carclo expand. The business has two other divisions – making plastic components for medical devices and top-end LED lights.


These have delivered Carclo’s sales and profits to date but are expected to take an increasingly smaller role as demand for conductive ink technology takes off.


For the year ending today, Carclo is expected to deliver sales of £89 million and profits of £6 million. Next year, however, sales are expected to rise 23 per cent to £110 million, while profits are forecast to climb 75 per cent to £10.5 million, with further strong growth predicted for 2015.


Midas verdict: Carclo shares are 398p and should move higher. The company has devised a technology that makes touchscreen gadgets cheaper and better than they are already. In today’s world, that makes Carclo look like a winner. Buy.

As of Mar 29, 2013, the consensus forecast amongst 2 polled investment analysts covering Carclo plc advises investors to purchase equity in the company. This has been the consensus forecast since the sentiment of investment analysts improved on Sep 10, 2012. The previous consensus forecast advised that Carclo plc would outperform the market.

future program roll out looks especially interesting - should see £6 with ease before y/e here if consistent with expectation - if exceed...................... great touchscreen technology - an innovative world leader

Atmel Corporation Announcement
RNS
RNS Number : 8297D
Carclo plc
02 May 2013



2 May 2013



Carclo plc

("the Company")



Atmel Corporation Announcement



The Company notes the comments in respect of XSense™ and Conductive Inkjet Technology ("CIT") made by Atmel Corporation ("Atmel") executives during the Analysts Earnings call that accompanied Atmel's Q1 results on 1 May 2013.



Extracts from the transcript of the Earnings call are reproduced below:



"The market for ITO alternatives and metal mesh technology in particular is moving into the mainstream. During the first quarter, ASUS shipped their 7-inch tablet known as the Memo Pad featuring XSense. In addition, XSense was recently selected for multiple new designs with several tier-one OEMs. Furthermore, we are engaged in active discussions with major ecosystem partners to develop reference designs and to ensure that substantial capacity is available to support the forecasted roll-out of large screen systems. Based on these engagements and increasingly strong customer feedback, we believe that the adoption of metal mesh technology as a replacement for traditional ITO sensors is accelerating. Today, our manufacturing requirements are being supplied by our partner, CIT, as we qualify our Colorado facility for large scale production. We currently expect our facility to be qualified this month which is a delay from Q1 which had been our prior schedule. Due primarily to this delay, we expect XSense revenue to be between $15 to 25 million for 2013. Despite this near term reduction in revenue, we anticipate a substantial ramp in volume and are planning to expand capacity to support product revenue exceeding $100 million dollars in 2014. As a leader in this technology, with strong IP and manufacturing know-how, we expect the market for metal mesh solutions, which has an addressable market of over $5 billion today, to grow rapidly over the next few years, with XSense as the leading product."



"We are also excited with the progress we have made with XSense despite the push out in near term revenue. Customer enthusiasm for metal mesh solutions and XSense in particular is strong and we are confident of the rapid growth of this market and our leading position with XSense."



The further design wins, the eco-system partner relationships and the ramp in manufacturing capacity are all very positive for CIT's Fine Line Technology business. Based on Atmel's adjusted XSense revenue guidance for calendar year 2013 we anticipate that CIT's revenues will be in the range of £8 - £12 million for the financial year ending 31 March 2014. Growth prospects for subsequent financial years are substantial.



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Carclo growth prospects 'substantial'
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Carclo believes growth prospects for subsequent financial years are substantial after noting comments on XSense and Conductive Inkjet Technology by Atmel Corporation executives.

Carclo says that based on Atmel's adjusted XSense revenue guidance for calendar year 2013, it anticipates that CIT's revenues will be in the range of £8m-£12m for the financial year ending 31 March 2014 growth prospects for subsequent years is substantial.

Carclo's strategy is to develop new technologies and products to drive future growth and its investment in Conductive Inkjet Technology is at the heart of the newly emerging market for very low cost printed electronics.

Atmel said: "The market for ITO alternatives and metal mesh technology in particular is moving into the mainstream. During the first quarter, ASUS shipped their 7-inch tablet known as the Memo Pad featuring XSense.

"In addition, XSense was recently selected for multiple new designs with several tier-one OEMs.

"Furthermore, we are engaged in active discussions with major ecosystem partners to develop reference designs and to ensure that substantial capacity is available to support the forecasted roll-out of large screen systems.

"Based on these engagements and increasingly strong customer feedback, we believe that the adoption of metal mesh technology as a replacement for traditional ITO sensors is accelerating. Today, our manufacturing requirements are being supplied by our partner, CIT, as we qualify our Colorado facility for large scale production.

"We currently expect our facility to be qualified this month which is a delay from Q1 which had been our prior schedule. Due primarily to this delay, we expect XSense revenue to be between $15 to 25 million for 2013.

"Despite this near term reduction in revenue, we anticipate a substantial ramp in volume and are planning to expand capacity to support product revenue exceeding $100m dollars in 2014.

"As a leader in this technology, with strong IP and manufacturing know-how, we expect the market for metal mesh solutions, which has an addressable market of over $5bn today, to grow rapidly over the next few years, with XSense as the leading product.

"We are also excited with the progress we have made with XSense despite the push out in near term revenue. Customer enthusiasm for metal mesh solutions and XSense in particular is strong and we are confident of the rapid growth of this market and our leading position with XSense."



At 9:45am: (LON:CAR) Carclo share price was +13p at 425p


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MARKET REPORT: Carclo shares jump as dealers hear October trading update to be brought forward

By Geoff Foster

PUBLISHED: 21:54, 6 September 2013 | UPDATED: 21:54, 6 September 2013



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-2414119/Carclo-shares-jump-trading-update-brought-forward.html

The last update 1 Aug -


IMS and Atmel Corporation Announcement

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RNS Number : 6846K

Carclo plc

01 August 2013




1 August 2013

Carclo plc

("the group")



Interim Management Statement and Atmel Corporation Announcement



We are pleased to report that the new financial year has started positively and that the group is trading in line with the board's expectations.



At Conductive Inkjet Technology ("CIT") the new high speed coating line is performing very well with first volume production quantities now having been shipped. CIT is well positioned to meet the requirements for the expected ramp up in XSense™ volumes. In this respect the group notes the positive comments in respect of XSense™ made by Atmel Corporation ("Atmel") executives during the analysts' Earnings call that accompanied Atmel's Q2 results on 31 July 2013. Extracts from the transcript of the Earnings call are reproduced below:



"Since our last earnings call I am very pleased to report we have fully qualified our Colorado facility for large scale production of our market leading metal mesh technology. Customer interest and design activity are strong and we are engaged in numerous new product designs with several tier-one OEMs as well as reference designs with Intel Corporation, a major ecosystem partner. We are now able to demonstrate XSense with excellent optical quality for very high pixel density displays such as Full-HD displays on smartphones and larger screens such as tablets and Ultrabooks. Additionally, we are on-track to bringing on new capacity in the latter part of this year that will support at least $100 million dollars of XSense revenue in 2014.



The market for touch sensors today is over $5 billion dollars annually and a recent report by NPD Display Search forecasts the market to increase from 12 million square meters shipped in 2012 to 35.9 million square meters in 2015 as a result of the dramatic growth in mobile applications including smartphones, tablet PCs, notebooks and Ultrabooks. This represents a compound annual growth rate of over 44% over the next 3 years.



As a leader in metal mesh technology, with strong IP and manufacturing know-how, Atmel stands to significantly benefit from the dramatic increase in the overall growth in the touch sensor market as well as the rapid replacement of traditional ITO sensors by our disruptive XSense metal mesh technology in the coming years."



The qualification of Atmel's Colorado facility, the significant design activity and the future capacity commitments are all very encouraging for CIT's Fine Line Technology business which is now starting to see increased revenues from the sale of coated film. Based on Atmel's adjusted XSense revenue guidance for calendar year 2013 and its confirmation of 2014 revenue guidance we anticipate that CIT's revenues will be in the range of £4 - 7 million for the financial year ending 31 March 2014. Growth prospects for subsequent financial years are substantial.



Carclo Diagnostic Solutions has commissioned a detailed market review to prioritise commercial developments whilst, in parallel, optimising the Micropoc platforms.



New business activity has been strong in our operating businesses. In Technical Plastics, we expect this activity to result in good growth, particularly in our US and Czech businesses, over the coming years; our new US facility expansion is on track for completion in the final quarter of this financial year. Our LED Technologies division has traded well and its Wipac business is poised to take on a number of new LED supercar lighting programmes which will support this year's revenue targets and drive significant future growth. The LED Optics business has performed to plan and has benefitted from promising new business wins. In Precision Engineering our aerospace businesses continue to perform satisfactorily.



As usual, due to working days and seasonality, the group will generate a greater proportion of its operating profits in the second half of the year, and this year we expect this effect to be exaggerated by the second half increase in CIT coated film sales. The group's financial position remains strong and the outlook for the year as a whole remains very positive.



- ENDS -

sp taken another serious hit today after results announcement heading for 250p on fairly small volume?

sp down again @249p,no news.

StockMarketWire.com
Carclo's operating businesses, as expected, are enjoying stronger trading in the second half of the financial year.

But Carclo says that lower than previously expected sales at Conductive Inkjet Technology will reduce the forecast profitability of CIT and the group in the second half.

At CIT, sales of coated film in the second half are set to be ahead of the first half sales number, but below the board's previously disclosed estimated range.

This is due to a slower than anticipated ramp up in production on the programs which are using XSens touch sensors. CIT's partner, Atmel Corporation, recently announced its first production rollout for the HP Omni 10 from its Colorado manufacturing site and Atmel continues to supply XSense for this programme.

The company says further programmes are expected to come on stream through the first half of this year, benefiting from the superior capabilities of XSense (including narrow bezel capability) versus competitive offerings. An interim management statement adds: "The market for XSense and other metal mesh solutions is growing rapidly as adoption begins to gain traction at the expense of ITO touch sensor solutions in this $5 billion market. At the same time we have seen competition in the market increase for all touch solutions, which is causing pricing pressure; while we expect developments in the touch sensor market to become clearer during 2014, this is likely to reduce coated film revenues and margins versus our previous estimates. The product capabilities of XSense are strong and we remain confident that it can gain a significant market share in this rapidly growing market."

The group says its technical plastics, LED technologies and precision engineering businesses are all performing in line with the board's expectations.

sp down 36% anybody (brave enough) going to catch the falling knife?

Sp has been in steady decline for over a year now. Might be a bounce, but the trend is still down, imo.

done a little bottom fishing here as reaction to recent IMS may have been overdone. dyor

You're a brave man h! Too scary at the moment for me.

StockMarketWire.com
Carclo's operating businesses, as expected, are enjoying stronger trading in the second half of the financial year.

But Carclo says that lower than previously expected sales at Conductive Inkjet Technology will reduce the forecast profitability of CIT and the group in the second half.

At CIT, sales of coated film in the second half are set to be ahead of the first half sales number, but below the board's previously disclosed estimated range.

This is due to a slower than anticipated ramp up in production on the programs which are using XSens touch sensors. CIT's partner, Atmel Corporation, recently announced its first production rollout for the HP Omni 10 from its Colorado manufacturing site and Atmel continues to supply XSense for this programme.

The company says further programmes are expected to come on stream through the first half of this year, benefiting from the superior capabilities of XSense (including narrow bezel capability) versus competitive offerings. An interim management statement adds: "The market for XSense and other metal mesh solutions is growing rapidly as adoption begins to gain traction at the expense of ITO touch sensor solutions in this $5 billion market. At the same time we have seen competition in the market increase for all touch solutions, which is causing pricing pressure; while we expect developments in the touch sensor market to become clearer during 2014, this is likely to reduce coated film revenues and margins versus our previous estimates. The product capabilities of XSense are strong and we remain confident that it can gain a significant market share in this rapidly growing market."

The group says its technical plastics, LED technologies and precision engineering businesses are all performing in line with the board's expectations.

The group says its balance sheet is strong and its funding remains secure.

Harry sales by the CIT division only represent a small %age of existing sales so if they don't grow as fast as expected they will not impact on the overall position in the short term.

RNS Atmel announcement sp recovering.