PPK the Story

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So PPK was a mining equipment company that decided to demerge that side. It is now PPKME and those who held shares at that time, now hold shares in the mining company that is separate. Why they did this is because they have focused the technology side of their business.

PPK have worked closely with Deakin Uni and together have started several offshoots to try and commercialise their tech. If you do some research into Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT) you'll see this is the holy grail of materials, basically (Spider web) made synthetically. So why hasn't this been a commercial product before if it's so good? Simply, cost. Here is a great interview a few years back with Alan Kohler (https://www.eurekareport.com.au/inv...-to-bring-down-cost-of-bnnt-materially/149763) it shows what PPK are trying to Achieve.

Since that Interview PPK has come a long way. The SOI is very tightly held, this is why it was able to reach $21 in the not too distant past. I was fortunate to be able to take advantage of this and now hold a large number at an avg of 90c. Is this why I'm posting? Absolutely I'm hoping to make a squillion on this. The more people know about PPK the better for me. On the old HC thread there was a $50 thread, while that seems crazy, it actually isn't that mad. That would give PPK a MC of $4.4 Billion. It already reached $1.5 billion previously, but like BRN it went too early with a lack of revenue.

I was holding PPK when they did an IPO for LIS Energy. I received shares as a dividend and I was able to sell those shares when it first launched onto the ASX. Why did I sell, purely due to market over pricing the company. Like any good IPO it went crazy, so crazy not to take advantage. However LIS Energy has a great story. In a nut shell here is what they are offering.

"In the past, lithium sulfur batteries failed to reach commercialisation because the cells had a poor cycle life, having to be replaced too often. There was something missing LIS embed unique nanomaterials — Boron Nitride Nanotubes (BNNTs), and a new nano-composite called Li‑nanomesh™ into the cells to enhance their strength, life cycle and performance."

Previously the life cycle of the batteries were limited to less than 100 recharges before degrading so badly that they were useless. Recently LIS passed the holy Grail 1200 recharges still holding above 60%, kind of the standard for a battery to become commercial. Look at it also like this. They charge much much faster and hold much more energy, so smaller batteries, less weight, more distance and also this can be for aviation. Incredibly they are talking of 4 hours for drone flight. All beaches in Australia could have 2 drones and they could cover 8 hours of daylight looking for sharks or other dangers. (Add BRN Akida 1 shot learning to this, and look out!) But if you look at LIS this is just one area of one battery, I recommend anyone interested look at LIS and see what they are achieving. What does this have to do with PPK, well basically they are the parent company and own over 50% of the company. Where does LIS get their BNNT from, well from BNNT (https://www.bnnt.com.au/site/content/) PPK being the Parent company here also.

The next exciting step in the PPK ecosystem is White Graphene. Another nano material that is making waves. (https://www.white-graphene.com/) This company have already signed partnership deals with some big players. Sun Metals a subsidiary of Korea Zinc Company Limited, and also Tencate (https://www.tencateadvancedarmor.com/) they plan on using BNNT as an additive to strengthen their armour plating. Currently tests are in progress, expecting news later this year. But the main point here is that WGL is a private company currently not listed on the ASX. If history repeats then it is likely to IPO and we would expect holders of PPK to get a special dividend of shares in WGL. As the SP as declined so far recently, i believe that the reward for loyal holders would be that history will repeat. When will this happen? Well anywhere from tomorrow to who knows when, I feel it depends on the IPO market. NASA is very interested in white graphene I suggest people start there if they want to know more of this wonder material.

So I've added links to help see what is in the PPK ecosystems they have built. However there is still a lot more that i haven't added. I see as the above the main reasons i have jumped into PPK and I strongly believe we are currently undervalued by a minimum of around $150-200 million on the MC. That would currently double the SP were we are today. Why? Below is a list of the main PPK ecosystem. AMAG (https://amagroup.io/) will likely be listing on the NASDAQ at some point in the near future when market improves.

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So looking at the big picture. Cash held, Shares in LIS = roughly $100Million, 93 Million shares directly/indirectly in WGL last seed raise was at 50c so $46 million, 51% in BNNTTL which has the ability to make 50kg of BNNT annually if listed would likely be $200+MC, 45% of Craig Ballistics selling armour etc to Australian police and Army defence contracts. Plus other countries. If listed $300+ Million MC, plus if you look at PPK there are BNNT Precious Metals Pty Limited (Precious Metals), Strategic Alloys Pty Ltd (Strategic Alloys), and just recently they acquiring a 51% interest in PowerPlus Energy (PPE). This will give them the foundation of battery manufacturing in Australia with who knows what batteries they will end up manufacturing. The company in the last 2 years has ticked so many boxes and are lining up all their ducks for future goal kicking. As you can see the MC of $300-400 Million just on cash and direct/indirect assets, how much is their IP worth?

BRN could be life changing for many, unfortunately PPK can't, because the SOI is too low for retail. If anyone wants in it needs to be long term as the liquidity is low currently. WGL IPO up coming, and I'd like to see the SP around $5 before any cash is raised. It is more than likely to be at that level before the end of 2023. All IMO no advice at all just a heads up on a real opportunity again IMO.
 

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So I'm going to keep posting here by myself as a "told you so" diary (actually for my own mental health ROFL).

PPK GROUP

This Queensland company’s Boron Nitride Nanotubes (BNNT) produces a ‘fibre’ 100 times stronger than steel but as light as carbon fibre, super flexible, more thermally conductive than copper, and able to sustain high temperatures of up to 1000C without degrading.

The tech has applications from aviation, automotives and aerospace to ballistic armour, defence, electronics and beyond.

That’s probably good for Li-S Energy’s (ASX:LIS) disruptive battery technology – PPK’s most commercially advanced technology incubation project that just secured funding under the Federal Government’s Trailblazer University Project.

LIS will receive up to $5m in federal co-investment over the next four years to further develop its lithium sulphur batteries that could, for example, allow EVs to drive longer and drones to fly for hours between charges, as well as mobile phones you don’t have to plug in for a week.

PPK retains 50.2% ownership of Li-S, which has been on a roll since its successful spin-out IPO last September.

Li-S already has a collaboration with Boeing subsidiary Insitu Pacific to integrate and test its battery technology in a range of drones. That followed the announcement of a partnership with Janus Electric to power around 400 electric trucks.

With its broader focus on BNNTs, PPK has formed a strategic alloys JV with manufacturing solutions company Amaero International (ASX:3DA) and Deakin University to incorporate the high-strength and super flexible fibres into Amaero’s High Operating Temperature Aluminium Alloys (HOT Al).

PPK also has a material stake (45%) in Craig International Ballistics too, which is a leading supplier of body armour to the Australian Defence Force and Police Forces.

As if that wasn’t enough to be getting on with, PPK also has a strategic 20% stake in Advanced Mobility Analytics Group Pty Ltd, an artificial intelligence SaaS product that’s basically a traffic management safety system that can even predict accidents.

Wait, there’s more.

The $229.47m market cap company is also working on commercial manufacturing plans for its ~60% owned subsidiary, White Graphene Ltd.

White Graphene is also known as Boron Nitride Nanosheets, flat 2D sheets with microscopic thickness that share many properties of BNNT such as high strength, thermal stability up to 900C, excellent thermal conductivity, electrical insulation, and radiation shielding.


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Fair value $3.90 (actually i think this is still undervalued).....
 

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The news is getting out :)
 

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So I'm going to keep posting here by myself as a "told you so" diary (actually for my own mental health ROFL).

PPK GROUP

This Queensland company’s Boron Nitride Nanotubes (BNNT) produces a ‘fibre’ 100 times stronger than steel but as light as carbon fibre, super flexible, more thermally conductive than copper, and able to sustain high temperatures of up to 1000C without degrading.

The tech has applications from aviation, automotives and aerospace to ballistic armour, defence, electronics and beyond.

That’s probably good for Li-S Energy’s (ASX:LIS) disruptive battery technology – PPK’s most commercially advanced technology incubation project that just secured funding under the Federal Government’s Trailblazer University Project.

LIS will receive up to $5m in federal co-investment over the next four years to further develop its lithium sulphur batteries that could, for example, allow EVs to drive longer and drones to fly for hours between charges, as well as mobile phones you don’t have to plug in for a week.

PPK retains 50.2% ownership of Li-S, which has been on a roll since its successful spin-out IPO last September.

Li-S already has a collaboration with Boeing subsidiary Insitu Pacific to integrate and test its battery technology in a range of drones. That followed the announcement of a partnership with Janus Electric to power around 400 electric trucks.

With its broader focus on BNNTs, PPK has formed a strategic alloys JV with manufacturing solutions company Amaero International (ASX:3DA) and Deakin University to incorporate the high-strength and super flexible fibres into Amaero’s High Operating Temperature Aluminium Alloys (HOT Al).

PPK also has a material stake (45%) in Craig International Ballistics too, which is a leading supplier of body armour to the Australian Defence Force and Police Forces.

As if that wasn’t enough to be getting on with, PPK also has a strategic 20% stake in Advanced Mobility Analytics Group Pty Ltd, an artificial intelligence SaaS product that’s basically a traffic management safety system that can even predict accidents.

Wait, there’s more.

The $229.47m market cap company is also working on commercial manufacturing plans for its ~60% owned subsidiary, White Graphene Ltd.

White Graphene is also known as Boron Nitride Nanosheets, flat 2D sheets with microscopic thickness that share many properties of BNNT such as high strength, thermal stability up to 900C, excellent thermal conductivity, electrical insulation, and radiation shielding.


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Fair value $3.90 (actually i think this is still undervalued).....

Our search for Australia’s most innovative companies – how PPK went from mining to cutting edge manufacturing​


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@AuManufacturing is searching for Australia’s 50 most innovative manufacturers, and today we feature our latest nominee for recognition, technology investment powerhouse PPK Group. Here, Peter Roberts interviews co-founder and Executive Chairman, Robin Levison.
Robin Levison is an unlikely entrepreneur focussing on commercialising university research in the advanced manufacturing of totally new materials.
His background is that a man whose first job at Merrill Lynch disappointed his coal miner father – a man who tragically passed away from silicosis.

And his greatest success came in growing a manufacturer of underground mining equipment during Australia’s resources boom, Industrea, from a valuation of around $3 million to the $850 million valuation achieved when sold to global giant GE in 2012.
Together with two co-founders, they surveyed the scene and according to Levison: “It became fairly clear to us four or five years ago that everything to do with coal was going to be in decline.
“I started to see the future, even though I wasn’t driving an electric vehicle, in a move towards decarbonisation, vehicle electrification and our involvement in everything from solar to batteries and EVs.
“…What did we do, we transitioned PPK Group (his new company) from being a mining services business to what I would call a university technology incubation and commercialisation business.”
Want to join @AuManufacturing’s list of Australia’s 50 most innovative manufacturers – apply to be recognised in this exclusive group here:
Now, having demerged the mining equipment business, PPK Group while not itself a manufacturer, has parlayed its capabilities in analysing and investing in new businesses into a manufacturing investment portfolio ranging from BNNT Technology, White Graphene and Li-S Energy to Craig International Ballistics and Advanced Mobility Analytics Group.
While the latter was born of University of Queensland Technology, the portfolio is centred around technologies from the Institute for Frontier Materials at Deakin University, Geelong, utilising boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT), which have similar properties to carbon fibre nanotubes.
What began as laboratory work has evolved to the stage where BNNT Technology can manufacture in commercial volumes – its largest-ever sale is 250 grams – and is commercialising numerous uses from lithium sulphur batteries to thermal packaging, 3D metal printing, ceramics and reinforced polymers.
“It looked to us that of we could take the laboratory scale manufacturing which had been successful in producing greater than 95 percent purity BNNTs, and if we could scale that up…and become the lowest cost, highest purity manufacturer it would be a success.”
This led to the group’s investment in Li-S Energy, which is commercialising lithium sulphur batteries which have a specific energy capacity almost three times that of a conventional lithium sulphur battery.
Levison said: “At Deakin these (the batteries) had been undergoing R&D for 10 years and had been mildly successful, but not successful enough for them to continue.
“We set up a new co and we funded the risky part of the development, to take that to fruition.”
In the batteries, BNNTs and a new nano-composite called Li‑nanomesh help reduce the formation of dendrites, reducing short-circuit risks and capacity loss.
In April Li-S Energy announced the development its first 20 layer battery cells utilising its third generation semi-solid state lithium sulphur chemistry, and in March PPK acquired a material interest in Australia’s largest privately owned battery manufacturer PowerPlus Energy.
The synergies between a novel technology and a battery manufacturer are obvious. BNNT Technology has also signed its first defence sector collaboration agreement with survivability systems specialist TenCate Advanced Armor.
Several of PPK’s businesses have been able to raise cash from investors, in the process returning cash to PPK’s investors, with Li-S Energy having a hugely successful listing propelling PPK Group’s shares to $21.95 a year ago.
Li-S Energy raised $34 million in an initial public offering (IPO), while another PPK business White Graphene which is commercialising boron nitride nanosheets a single molecule thick and BNNT itself have raised their own funds.
Despite these successes PPK Group nonetheless has been savaged by the sharp falls in technology stocks worldwide in the past year, though its fall to as low as $1.60 on the ASX has been more than most.
“Investors are still way ahead (on their investment) – we have proven the model does work.”
Levison is cognisant that today’s capital raising environment is much more risk averse than before, however he remains bullish about BNNTs and the potential for Australian battery manufacturing support from the federal government’s National Reconstruction Fund.
“”We have a lot of shots on the goal – we only need one or two of them to hit the mark to be a success.”
 

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Li-S Energy achieves 45% increase in volumetric energy density with new semi-solid state lithium sulfur battery​

31 May 2023

Australian battery technology company Li-S Energy has announced the development of its first 20-layer battery cells utilising third-generation (GEN3) semi-solid state lithium sulfur battery technology.
Key benefits Li-S Energy’s GEN3 lithium sulfur battery cell include:
  • a 45% improvement in volumetric energy density, reaching 540Wh/l
  • higher gravimetric energy density of over 400Wh/kg
  • enhanced safety with the use of a low flammability electrolyte.
Compared to current lithium-ion (Li-ion) cells, this performance is nearly double the gravimetric energy density and a comparable volumetric energy density. In practical terms, this means Li-S Energy’s battery cells are now the same size as existing Li-ion batteries — but half the weight.
The GEN3 cells take advantage of the company’s patented Boron Nitride Nanotubes (BNNTs) and Li-nanomesh within the cell construction to reduce dendrite growth and to further improve safety and cycle life.
Based on enquiries to date, the company anticipates GEN3 cells will be of significant commercial interest to high-value partners in sectors such as drones and eAviation — in which the company has already established collaboration partners.
Based on growth forecasts by research organisations IDTechEX1 and Precedence Research2, Li-S Energy estimates the combined eAviation and drone battery market will exceed $US32 billion per year by 2035.
Li-S Energy CEO, Lee Finniear commented: “The development of these new battery cells is yet another validation of the strength of our scientific and technical teams, and our close collaboration with Australian and international institutions. This breakthrough highlights the strength of our progress over the last year. In the coming months we look forward to commencing production of commercial samples for our key international partners.”
The Li-S Energy development team is currently working to develop the cell cycle testing and characterisation results to produce an industry standard datasheet on the new 20-layer cells.
Li-S Energy is a pioneer of Australia’s emerging domestic battery supply chain, developing lighter batteries that eliminate the heavy metals like nickel, cobalt and manganese used in Li-ion batteries.
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AMAG Partners with Stinson ITS​

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Advanced Mobility Analytics Group (AMAG) and Stinson ITS, a leading provider, integrator and manufacturer of intelligent transportation systems are excited to announce an exclusive distribution partnership. Under this partnership, Stinson ITS will become the sole distributor of AMAG’s cutting edge solutions in Canada. The collaboration will focus on AMAG’s Smart Operations and Safety solutions proven to save lives. The partnership represents a step toward creating safer roads across Canada.

By leveraging AMAG's real-time conflict analysis technology, cities and provinces across Canada will reduce crashes and save lives​

Every year, millions of lives are affected by traffic crashes, highlighting the critical need for proactive methods for improving traffic safety. AMAG’s AI-powered, real-time conflict analysis technology is at the forefront of crash prevention, enabling transportation authorities to identify conflicts and hazards before crashes occur. AMAG empowers decision-makers to make data-driven interventions and prioritize safety. Stinson ITS will leverage its extensive network and industry experience to ensure that Canadian cities have access to this life-saving technology.

Stinson ITS will focus on AMAG’s SMART OPERATIONS and SMART SAFETY to deliver safer and smarter Canadian cities and provinces.
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Examines near-miss patterns, finds traffic behavior trends, evaluates the safety impacts of innovative treatments, and provides insights into the likelihood and contributing factors of crashes at intersections, roundabouts, school zones, work zones, etc., making roads safer for everyone.
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Measures and collects real-time road-user data on a wide range of high-risk events and operational conditions, enabling traffic control management system operators and stakeholders as well as connected vehicle systems can automatically improve road user safety & operations.

Stinson ITS and AMAG look to future safety gains for Canadian Customers​

“Our collaboration with AMAG marks a significant milestone in our mission to enhance traffic safety”, said Michael McGuire, President of Stinson ITS. “AMAG’s real-time conflict analysis technology is a game-changer in crash prevention. We are excited to combine our expertise with AMAG’s technology to revolutionize traffic safety nationwide.”
“AMAG is thrilled to partner with Stinson ITS as the exclusive distributor of our conflict analysis solutions in Canada”, said Simon Washington, CEO and Co-founder of AMAG. “Their deep industry knowledge, ability to integrate technical solutions for their customers, and dedication to road safety make them the perfect partner to bring our innovative technology to transportation authorities across the country. Together we will have a significant impact on traffic safety”.

About STINSON ITS​

Stinson ITS is a distributor, manufacturer, and system integrator of Intelligent Transportation Systems, specializing in turn-key solutions that optimize traffic management, enhance traffic safety, and improve sustainability. With a comprehensive portfolio of cutting-edge technologies, Stinson ITS is dedicated to creating smarter transportation networks that reduce congestion, save lives, & mitigate environmental harm. Our commitment to saving lives through innovation positions us as a trusted leader in the industry, driving positive changes in the way we navigate our roads.

For more info about Stinson ITS, visit https://stinsonits.ca/
For more info about AMAG, visit https://amagroup.io/
 

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