PolyU Signs Commercialization and Collaboration Agreement with Avalon

PolyU Signs Commercialization and Collaboration Agreement with Avalon - Another milestone in PolyU’s accomplishments in technology transfer

PolyU signed with Avalon Nanofibre Limited (Avalon) to commercialize and conduct further research on nanofibre technology platform developed by Professor Wallace Woon-fong Leung, Chair Professor of Innovation Products & Technologies, Department of Mechanical Engineering. The agreement was signed by Dr. Henry Feng, CEO of Avalon and PolyU’s Executive Vice President Mr. Nicholas Yang at the signing ceremony cum press conference held on October 23, 2014 (Thursday). The ceremony was kicked off with the opening remarks delivered by Mr. Yang. 

Professor Alex Wai, PolyU Vice President (Research Development) further gave a speech highlighting the collaboration as “PolyU’s success in technology transfer model from the promotion of up-stream collaborative research to technology development and commercialization”. Dr. Feng and Dr. Manson Fok, Chairman of Avalon, further shared at the ceremony on the significant impacts and technological breakthroughs the technology brought to the industry. Right after the signing of the agreement, Professor Leung illustrated to the audience the technical backgrounds and applications of the edge-cutting nanofibre technology.  

Kindly refer to PolyU’s official media release at http://www.polyu.edu.hk/web/en/media/media_releases/index_id_6044.html for more details. 

To view the snapshots of the Press Conference, please visit here.