# Ilika plc Q&A with Chief Financial Officer Steve Boydell: Launch of Stereax P180 (LON:IKA)

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/ilika-plc-qa-cfo-steve-boydell-launch-stereax-p180-lonika/412728000
- Published: 2017-04-28T12:49:24+01:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

**[Ilika plc](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/ilika-plc/ika.l)**(
[LON:IKA](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/company/ilika-plc/ika.l)) Chief
Financial Officer Steve Boydell caught up with DirectorsTalk for an exclusive interview
to discuss the launch of Stereax P180

 

**Q1: Ilika, today, has announced the launch of the Stereax P180 solid state battery,
what’s the target application for this battery?**

**A1**: The size and performance of the Stereax P180 make it ideal for powering 
autonomous sensor devices in hostile environments so coupled with an energy harvester
such as a photovoltaic panel, these batteries provide a ‘fit and forget’ solution
enabling sensors to monitor operating environment conditions.

 

**Q2: Could you give us some examples of hostile environments?**

**A2**: Yes, Ilika’s Stereax P180 is targeted to address the needs of what’s known
as the ‘industrial internet of things’ (IIoT) plus we include automotive, infrastructure
and aerospace environments.

 

**Q3: So, what are the principal features of those hostile environments?**

**A3**: Typically, these environments include vibration and extended temperature
range. The P180 operates, and can be stored, at a wider range of temperatures than
other solid state and indeed conventional lithium batteries. It’s designed for temperatures
ranging between -42 to 150 degrees centigrade, at the higher temperatures the P180
can power sensors situated near hot machinery or engines or exhausts in cars whereas
the lower temperatures they can be deployed to monitor infrastructure such as pipelines
and bridges.

 

**Q4: Is the industrial internet of things a large market?**

**A4**: There’s a lot of data from various analysts suggesting that the industrial
internet of things is becoming larger than the consumer internet of things. Berg
Insight predict that there’ll be more than 40 million connected devices in industrial
IoT by 2020 and Accenture predict that industrial IoT will give a boost to the global
economy of about $15 trillion by 2030.

 

_**Ilika plc** (LON:IKA) is the holding company. The Company is engaged in the production,
design and development of high throughput methods of material synthesis, characterization
and screening. It has developed solid-state battery technology to meet the demands
of the Internet of Things (IoT). The Company has materials development programs 
addressing a range of applications, including the solid-state battery, aerospace
alloys and electronic materials._

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