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CHICAGO, Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ocean Tomo Transactions, a part of J.S. Held, announces the sale of the world's strongest perovskite quantum dot intellectual property portfolio and related know-how and manufacturing assets by Swiss-based technology company Avantama AG. Avantama is a leader in high-tech materials for electronics with innovations used in optical and electronic coatings.
Avantama has developed a global patent portfolio of more than 220 assets covering innovations, including processes, compositions, formulations, films, and devices for the commercialization of semiconductor nanoparticle and quantum dot inks and films, essential for perovskite solar cells, SWIR sensors and LCD, QD-OLED, QD-microLED, and QD-EL displays.
The company has demonstrated the commercialization potential of these technologies with proven and established multi-ton scale production capacities in Switzerland. Avantama's materials have enabled a world-record power efficiency of 25% in perovskite PV cells and leading QD-EL display demonstrators. The company has been an audited materials supplier for electronics since 2016.
Avantama's technologies are essential to achieve commercialization in perovskite solar cells leveraging semiconductor nanoparticle ETL and HTL inks, as well as next-generation displays leveraging perovskite quantum dot inks and films. The company's nanoparticle formulations are routinely used in the development of solution-processed perovskite solar cells, organic solar cells, SWIR detectors and QD-EL displays. Their cadmium-free quantum dots are rapidly redefining the display market with an industry-leading optical performance and unmatched Rec.2020 coverage.
Avantama's nanoparticle formulations are highly customizable offering unparalleled material flexibility, finely tuned nanoparticle sizes, particle functionalizations and coating formulations for various coating and printing processes. More than a decade of specialization in nanoparticle and formulation engineering confirm the team's ability to repeatably generate customized nanoparticles and formulations at multi-ton scale. This valuable technological know-how is also on offer with the offering.
Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, is representing Avantama in this asset transaction. Inquiries related to the transaction or to receive sample materials should be directed to Christopher Bruce at christopher.bruce@jsheld.com.
About Ocean Tomo Transactions, a part of J.S. Held
Ocean Tomo Transactions, a part of J.S. Held, works closely with intellectual property owners and corporations seeking to monetize high-value IP-driven businesses, IP portfolios, or proprietary technology solutions. The team has closed transactions totaling more than $1 Billion in IP value realization and has advised on IP engagements totaling over $10 Billion.
As a part of J.S. Held, Ocean Tomo Transactions works alongside more than 1500 professionals globally and assists clients – corporations, insurers, law firms, governments, and institutional investors.
J.S. Held is a global consulting firm that combines technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to advise clients seeking to realize value and mitigate risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high-stakes events demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations.
J.S. Held professionals serve organizations across six continents, including 81% of the Global 200 Law Firms, 70% of the Forbes Top 20 Insurance Companies (85% of the NAIC Top 50 Property & Casualty Insurers), and 65% of the Fortune 100 Companies.
J.S. Held, its affiliates and subsidiaries are not certified public accounting firm(s) and do not provide audit, attest, or any other public accounting services. J.S. Held, its affiliates and subsidiaries are not law firms and do not provide legal advice. Securities offered through PM Securities, LLC, d/b/a Phoenix IB, a part of J.S. Held, member FINRA/ SIPC or Ocean Tomo Investment Group, LLC, a part of J.S. Held, member FINRA/ SIPC. All rights reserved.
Media Contact
Kristi L. Stathis, J.S. Held, +1 773 294 4360, Kristi.Stathis@jsheld.com, JSHeld.com
CHICAGO, Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ocean Tomo Transactions, a part of J.S. Held, announces the sale of the world's strongest perovskite quantum dot intellectual property portfolio and related know-how and manufacturing assets by Swiss-based technology company Avantama AG. Avantama is a leader in high-tech materials for electronics with innovations used in optical and electronic coatings.
Avantama has developed a global patent portfolio of more than 220 assets covering innovations, including processes, compositions, formulations, films, and devices for the commercialization of semiconductor nanoparticle and quantum dot inks and films, essential for perovskite solar cells, SWIR sensors and LCD, QD-OLED, QD-microLED, and QD-EL displays.
The company has demonstrated the commercialization potential of these technologies with proven and established multi-ton scale production capacities in Switzerland. Avantama's materials have enabled a world-record power efficiency of 25% in perovskite PV cells and leading QD-EL display demonstrators. The company has been an audited materials supplier for electronics since 2016.
Avantama's technologies are essential to achieve commercialization in perovskite solar cells leveraging semiconductor nanoparticle ETL and HTL inks, as well as next-generation displays leveraging perovskite quantum dot inks and films. The company's nanoparticle formulations are routinely used in the development of solution-processed perovskite solar cells, organic solar cells, SWIR detectors and QD-EL displays. Their cadmium-free quantum dots are rapidly redefining the display market with an industry-leading optical performance and unmatched Rec.2020 coverage.
Avantama's nanoparticle formulations are highly customizable offering unparalleled material flexibility, finely tuned nanoparticle sizes, particle functionalizations and coating formulations for various coating and printing processes. More than a decade of specialization in nanoparticle and formulation engineering confirm the team's ability to repeatably generate customized nanoparticles and formulations at multi-ton scale. This valuable technological know-how is also on offer with the offering.
Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, is representing Avantama in this asset transaction. Inquiries related to the transaction or to receive sample materials should be directed to Christopher Bruce at christopher.bruce@jsheld.com.
About Ocean Tomo Transactions, a part of J.S. Held
Ocean Tomo Transactions, a part of J.S. Held, works closely with intellectual property owners and corporations seeking to monetize high-value IP-driven businesses, IP portfolios, or proprietary technology solutions. The team has closed transactions totaling more than $1 Billion in IP value realization and has advised on IP engagements totaling over $10 Billion.
As a part of J.S. Held, Ocean Tomo Transactions works alongside more than 1500 professionals globally and assists clients – corporations, insurers, law firms, governments, and institutional investors.
J.S. Held is a global consulting firm that combines technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to advise clients seeking to realize value and mitigate risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high-stakes events demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations.
J.S. Held professionals serve organizations across six continents, including 81% of the Global 200 Law Firms, 70% of the Forbes Top 20 Insurance Companies (85% of the NAIC Top 50 Property & Casualty Insurers), and 65% of the Fortune 100 Companies.
J.S. Held, its affiliates and subsidiaries are not certified public accounting firm(s) and do not provide audit, attest, or any other public accounting services. J.S. Held, its affiliates and subsidiaries are not law firms and do not provide legal advice. Securities offered through PM Securities, LLC, d/b/a Phoenix IB, a part of J.S. Held, member FINRA/ SIPC or Ocean Tomo Investment Group, LLC, a part of J.S. Held, member FINRA/ SIPC. All rights reserved.
Media Contact
Kristi L. Stathis, J.S. Held, +1 773 294 4360, Kristi.Stathis@jsheld.com, JSHeld.com
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World's Strongest Perovskite Quantum Dot IP Portfolio on sale
79th Festival de Cannes • Spotlight on Chinese Cinema • China Pavilion
CANNES, France, May 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 14 (local time), the Chinese film My World Without Me, directed by Tian Hairong, was screened at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. Selected for the International Promotional Screening Unit of the 79th Festival de Cannes, the film garnered warm applause and high praise from audiences around the world, as well as invaluable feedback and insights.
Following the screening, the film's creative team joined a themed panel at the China Pavilion titled "The Power of Images and Care for the Soul," engaging in a heartfelt dialogue with filmmakers and audiences from across the globe on the themes of life and adversity — resonating deeply with the tender hearts of people from all cultural backgrounds. The panel was hosted by China Film Foundation & China Film Association and organized by China Film Foundation • Wutianming Film Fund.
About the Film and Its Creative Team
My World Without Me is directed and headlined by Tian Hairong, with Zhang Hanyu serving as executive producer for the first time. The film was crafted over nearly seven years with exceptional care and dedication. It focuses on the contemporary community of people with hidden depression, conveying love and hope through the quiet spaces of daily life and the gentle light found in ordinary moments. Confronting suffering head-on, the film exemplifies the restrained aesthetics and humanistic warmth characteristic of Chinese realist cinema, offering an Eastern perspective on mental health narratives.
Tian Hairong is a graduate of the Performance Department of the Shanghai Theatre Academy and a renowned actress and producer in mainland China. She received the Golden Deer Award for Best Actress at the Changchun International Film Festival for Romantic Girl, the Best Actress award at the Nordic International Film Festival for The Spirit of a Generation: Tang Qunying, and the Best Supporting Actress award at the 12th Macao International Film Festival. Tian expressed her hope that through international platforms such as Cannes, the world will come to feel the warmth and depth of Chinese cinema.
International Recognition
French director Frédéric Oberlin praised the film for using a uniquely Eastern mastery of emotion to deliver silent feelings directly to the heart. Sinologist Luisa Prudentino noted after viewing the film that its sincere emotional core transcends cultural barriers, protecting the dignity of life and becoming a warm thread of empathy connecting different civilizations.
The film is set to continue participating in further international film festivals, using the power of cinema to build bridges of cultural communication and to help Chinese stories reach the world in a manner rich with humanistic care.
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Touching Hearts Through Cinema -- Chinese Film "My World Without Me" Earns High Praise at Cannes
