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P2i Meets US Manufacturers to Tackle Electronics Protection Challenges
Stephen Coulson and Justin Kleingartner returned from a US tour visiting manufacturers in California, Michigan, and Minnesota — exploring how P2i's solutions-led approach addresses liquid damage and corrosion across hearing aids, drones, and automotive electronics.
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Protecting Hearing Aids with Precision
As hearing aid miniaturisation accelerates and sustainability requirements tighten, manufacturers need protection that works at the molecular level — without compromising repairability, audio performance, or environmental compliance.
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2025 Roundup — A Year of Acceleration, New Partnerships, and Market-Shaping Innovation
Jolt Capital's controlling stake, the launch of Liquid Barrier Coatings, PFAS-free hearing aid protection, and a new India partnership — a look back at the milestones that shaped P2i in 2025.
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Automotive PCBA Thermal-Management Coatings: Protection Across the Product Lifecycle
As automotive electronics become more power-dense and reliability-critical, the coating chosen at design stage has implications across the entire product lifecycle — from NPI yield to field repairability. P2i's plasma nanocoatings are built for all three stages.
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Jolt Capital Invests in P2i — A New Chapter for Protective Nanotechnology
Jolt Capital, a European deeptech-focused private equity firm, has taken a controlling stake in P2i — marking a significant milestone for the business and a formal beginning to a partnership that has been building for several years.
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PFOA-Free Coatings for Hearing Aids — Compliance Without Compromise
EU restrictions on PFOA-related chemistries came into force in July 2025 for medical devices. For hearing aid manufacturers, the compliance deadline is real — but the more important question is what replaces legacy coatings without compromising the reliability, acoustic performance, and reworkability that define the category.
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Automotive Electronics Protection — Choosing the Right Coating for Every Application
Automotive electronics operate in conditions that would destroy standard consumer PCBA — under-bonnet heat cycling, road vibration, condensation behind sealed fascias, humidity extremes from -40°C to 85°C. The coating selected at qualification stage has implications for yield, rework, and field reliability across the lifetime of the vehicle.
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Molecular Protection for Over-the-Ear Headphones — Reliability Without Compromise
Over-ear headphones share the same fundamental protection challenge as hearing aids and TWS earphones — electronics exposed daily to sweat, humidity, and intermittent moisture, in a form factor where there is no room for mechanical seals that add bulk or compromise acoustics. The engineering answer is the same.
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5G Infrastructure Protection — Why Electronics Reliability Starts at the Coating
5G base stations are deployed in some of the most demanding environments for electronics — urban rooftops, rural towers, coastal installations — where humidity, condensation, corrosive pollutants, and temperature cycling operate continuously and unattended. The coating decision made at qualification stage determines whether field failures become an engineering variable or an operational inevitability.
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Protecting Gaming Headsets — The Case for Molecular-Level Coating
Gaming headsets share the same fundamental protection challenge as hearing aids and TWS earphones — electronics exposed daily to sweat and humidity, in a form factor where mechanical seals add bulk and traditional conformal coatings risk altering acoustic performance. The engineering answer is the same one P2i has been applying in those categories for over 15 years.
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