Round up SUMMER 2013
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round up . THIS ISSUE Accsys Technologies Year End Results Accoya® Worldwide Conference, Bremen, Germany New “Barefoot Friendly” Decking Range Launches in branches across Germany Agreement made with Medite for a license to produce Tricoya Accsys Technologies launch Accoya Movie Upcoming events SUMMER 2013 www.accsysplc.com www.Accoya.com www.tricoya.com world leaders in wood technology Accoya Exterior Facade, Louis Vuitton, Mexico - Distributor Inntec World leaders in wood technology

Accsys technologies Year end results 31st MARCH 2013 At the end of June we announced our results for the year ended 31st March 2013. I am pleased to report that it has been a year of encouraging strategic and operational progress for the company. Group revenue has notably increased, a trend we expect to continue as Accoya® achieves further market penetration. We have moved closer to finalising licensing agreements on two fronts, with talks with a number of other parties advancing well. Summary Operation Highlights - Total of 42 (2012: 35) Accoya® distribution or agency agreements covering...

ACCSYS TECHNOLOGIES INTERIM MANAGEMENT STATEMENT 30th July 2013 We have once again demonstrated impressive sales progress, with revenue significantly increased on both the previous quarter and the corresponding quarter in our prior financial year. On the licensing front, we continue to move closer to our relationship with Solvay being ratified and TTL has also signed its first Tricoya® licence agreement with Medite, subject to their Board approval. Highlights include - Total revenue increased by 76% to €7.9m in the quarter to June compared to the same quarter last year, and included licence...

Accoya® Worldwide Conference Bremen, Germany 10th - 12th September 2013 All Accoya distributors are invited to the 3rd annual Accoya worldwide conference event which is to be held 10th -12th September in Bremen, Germany. The plan is to visit a high performance joinery manufacturer that uses Accoya as well as visit an international coatings company who will provide an insight into their products, testing and recent case studies. There will also be numerous Accsys and Accoya presentations covering sales, marketing, new product development and commercial introduction. If you have not reserved...

North America is pleased to announce the addition of National Wood Products as a distributor servicing the Northern California market. National Wood Products is a hardwood lumber distributor that focuses on quality and customer service. Vertex is a leader in the design, import and installation of wood windows and doors to the Israeli marketplace. Vertex serves the building and construction industry bringing the design and engineering of energy efficient, beautiful window and door products. In addition to windows and doors Vertex markets shades, blinds, and rolling shutter systems for...

New “Barefoot Friendly” Decking Range Launches in branches Across Germany Solvay expands Accoya® Deck range to Germany. Similar to the French campaign under the brand name Accoya Deck a high performance Accoya deck board along with an attractive coating has been produced and is now available in FRIES and KURZ branches in Germany. The product offering includes decking boards in various dimensions and colours, under construction beams, coatings and a dedicated hidden fastener system. A comprehensive marketing package including websites and in-branch displays have been developed and launched...

Agreement made with Medite for a licence to produce Tricoya® Tricoya Technologies Ltd (TTL) has announced that it has entered into a joint development, production and distribution licence agreement with Medite Europe Ltd to build and operate a plant to manufacture, market and sell Tricoya®. The plant will have an initial capacity of 30,000 metric tonnes per annum of Tricoya® - equivalent to approximately 42,000m3 of Tricoya® MDF panels. Tricoya Technologies is an equal joint venture between Ineos and Accsys Technologies. Ineos is a leading global chemicals company and process technology...

“The agreement provides further evidence of the progress that Accsys has made in marketing, selling and licensing its award-winning products and technologies on a global basis. As recently announced, sales of Accoya® are expected to have increased in excess of 50% in the first quarter of the current financial year when compared to the same period last year and we continue to work hard on developing further licence opportunities for Accoya® and Tricoya®. These are exciting times for our business and developments such as this licence agreement will help us to move closer to our shortterm goal...

Tricoya® Technologies was platinum sponsor at European Panels Federation Conference Tricoya Technologies Ltd, Platinum sponsor of the European Panel Federation Annual General Meeting, launched the new Tricoya Durability Class 1 brand logo and showcased Tricoya products on the Tricoya dedicated stand. The three day gathering brought together experts, manufacturers and representatives from across the European wood panels product industry. Tricoya Technologies made a presentation to all 150 delegates and was the main sponsor for the AGM, Gala dinner and small exhibition. The event took place...

THE DURABILITY OF ACCOYA® SAPWOOD RESULTS FROM GROUND CONTACT TESTS AFTER 8 YEARS of EXPOSURE Figure 1 - decay rates of fungus cellar stakelets The harsh test site runs exposed timbers in accelerated decay chambers and in exterior ground contact tests at their Whakarewarewa site. The tests have run for eight years and show Accoya® performing better than teak, merbau, cypress, cedar and H3.2 (above ground, uncoated horizontal) and H4 (in-ground contact) preservative (CCA) treated timbers, proving that Accoya® has the highest possible durability classification. SCION decay testing is now 8...

Accoya® Decking vs. Tropical Wood & WPC Thermowood pine As the decking season has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere please find our latest independent testing on Accoya in Japan. Accoya is ideal for decking and this test proves that Accoya can be “barefoot friendly”. As you can see from the images opposite the cool blue images are Accoya and the red/pink images are WPC (wood polymer composites), which you cannot walk on barefoot as it’ll be too hot. In fact, Accoya is a good insulator and doesn’t conduct heat. Hence it can be used in sunny climates with lots of direct sunlight and high...