Research Frontiers SPD-SmartGlass Licensee and Strategic Investor Gauzy Ltd. secures the Series C investment from Hyundai Motor Company, Blue Red Partners VC (Singapore), and Avery Dennison

Tel Aviv, Israel and Woodbury, New York, April 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The COVID-19 pandemic’s global reach has touched countless lives, along with the economic and investment ecosystem in Israel and worldwide. Despite the current crisis, Gauzy Ltd, a material science startup based in Tel Aviv, Israel has secured the Series C investment from Hyundai Motor Company, Blue Red Partners VC, and Avery Dennison. Gauzy is a strategic investor and licensee of Research Frontiers (Nasdaq: REFR), which is the inventor of patented SPD-SmartGlass light control technology.

Gauzy has been collaborating with industrial players to integrate Gauzy’s LCG (light control glass) technologies, including SPD (suspended particle device) and LC (Liquid Crystal), into the serial production of various types of products. Both technologies allow for dynamic and user-controlled light control. SPD provides the ultimate light control solution - comfortable, safe, and energy efficient. LC technologies are used for privacy, solar reflection, and displays that turn transparent for smart mobility solutions.

In February of 2019, Gauzy announced on NASDAQ a strategic investment in Research Frontiers (Nasdaq: REFR) and its plans to develop and manufacture SPD. Throughout the year, Gauzy established the infrastructure required to create its SPD technology. This includes erecting a state-of-the-art material synthesis facility in Israel, and a custom SPD production line strategically located in Germany (Stuttgart) as part of Gauzy’s subsidiary company, Gauzy GmbH. These two facilities are currently operating and producing SPD emulsion and light control film for the automotive, aircraft, and architectural industries, with modified staffing and procedures to protect Gauzy’s employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On December 5, 2019 Gauzy hosted automotive and tier one executives from around the world at an exclusive event revealing its new proprietary production line set within an 11,000sqm property in Germany. This production site is dedicated to producing 1,000,000sqm of SPD material yearly for the automotive and architectural industries. Gauzy’s state-of-the-art production techniques have brought down the cost of SPD-Smart light control technology significantly, has shortened delivery times to customers, and have added new capabilities and functionality to the world of smart glass.