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In its recent IoT report*, IDTechEx states, "Key are micro controllers, potentially billions a year, with sensor interfaces and wireless interfaces". Ilika's solid state rechargeable lithium ion batteries have fast charge and discharge rates, high energy density and low leakage currents, which enable autonomous perpetual beacons combining energy harvesters, microprocessors, transmitters and sensors.

 

*www.IDTechEx.com/iot and www.IDTechEx.com/wsn

Graeme Purdy has been the CEO of Ilika since its foundation in 2004. He led the company through two successful rounds of venture funding before floating it on the London Stock Exchange in 2010.

 

Prior to joining Ilika, Graeme was COO of a high-technology company in the Netherlands and before that worked internationally in a variety of technical and commercial roles for Shell. Graeme holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD business school in France. Graeme is a Chartered Engineer and a Sainsbury Management Fellow.

Ilika is a pioneer in solid state battery technology and materials innovation. Ilika's range of solid state Stereax® batteries includes miniaturised batteries for powering wireless sensors deployed in applications ranging from hostile industrial environments to medical implants. Ilika has also recently extended its roadmap to develop larger format cells suitable for providing automotive power.