Flowgroup : Initiation of Flow boiler production

Flowgroup plc

(the "Company")

Initiation of Flow boiler production

Flowgroup plc (AIM: FLOW), which develops and commercialises alternative and efficient energy technology products, announces that it has initiated volume production of its electricity-generating Flow boiler, with the first boiler rolling off the line on 17 November 2014. The Flow boiler is being manufactured by Jabil Circuit Inc. ("Jabil"), one of the world's leading OEM manufacturing partners.

In December 2013 Flowgroup entered into an exclusive Manufacturing Services Agreement with Jabil to manufacture microCHP Flow boilers. Jabil has now installed the first volume production line in their manufacturing facility in Livingston, Scotland and have commenced the mechanical build of the first production boilers. Volume production will now continue on a pre-arranged schedule throughout 2015. 

The Company has been running some small-scale tests of some of the marketing channels it intends to use, the outcomes of which have been encouraging.  As a result, over 10,000 new customers have expressed interest in the boiler.  This pre-existing pool of potential customers provides a good resource to target in a controlled manner up to and following launch. The full sales, marketing and PR launch is planned for mid-January 2015.     

Tony Stiff, Group CEO of Flowgroup, commented: "Initiating production is clearly the most significant achievement to date for the Group.  10 years of development culminates in this moment, where the first production model of the Flow boiler rolls off the production line that we expect to produce hundreds of thousands of Flow boilers over the coming years. We now move into our sales phase, with our full launch planned for mid-January 2015.  The response to our test marketing campaigns has been very encouraging and has produced a strong pool of customers to whom to sell the first Flow boilers.I'd like to take this opportunity to thank every member of the Flowgroup team, our suppliers, partners, investors and customers for all their support that has brought us to this defining moment.  I look forward with great anticipation to the success I believe 2015 and beyond will bring ."   

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