Liquidmetal® Technologies Inc and The Swatch Group Ltd. today announced that they have signed an exclusive licensing agreement, allowing the Swiss manufacturer to utilize the Liquidmetal alloy technology worlwide. Within the Swatch Group, the Liquidmetal technology has been used for the first time in 2009 for the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean, and in 2010 for the Breguet “Reveil Musical”. The present contract will allow the Swatch Group to use the technology exclusively in their entire line of timepieces.
The alloys belonging to this class of materials with amorphous atomic structure (by contrast to the crystalline structure) are particularly well adopted for the utilization in the watch industry, as they lend themselves to process technology similar to that possessed by plastics and present unique properties with respect to forming. Liquidmetal Technologies Inc. masters the technology and the development of amorphous alloys. This agreement will open new horizons to both partners in this field.
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Source: Swatch Group
