PCT Ltd (PCTL)

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PCTL DD search looking at the people involved and trying to find some significant connections mainly with respect to the technology that brought these people together? Connections that allow them to build an International Company each bringing technical & business backgrounds that compliments & expands the development of this Technology. IMO It's always about bringing the right minds & expertise together in any business. I ended up focused on where PAUL GERARD JOSEPH MCCLORY fit into the mix here. He has some very strong Multiple Market Connections. Yes it is a lot to read. But it expands on some information not in my previous post.

Director PCTL Europe Appointed on 26 February 2019

MR PAUL GERARD JOSEPH MCCLORY
Total number of appointments 2
Date of birth August 1940
PARADIGM CONVERGENCE TECHNOLOGIES (EUROPE) LIMITED (11847711)
Company status Active
Correspondence 36 Ash Grove, Kirklevington, Yarm, United Kingdom, TS15 9NQ
Role ACTIVE Director
Appointed on 26 February 2019
Nationality British Country of Residence United Kingdom
Occupation Manager

PAUL GERARD JOSEPH MCCLORY Director
Appointed on 7 December 2017

SONOCHEM CENTRE LTD (08470912)
Company status Active
Correspondence Bank Gallery, High Street, Kenilworth, England, CV8 1LY
Role ACTIVE Director
Appointed on 7 December 2017
Nationality British Country of Residence United Kingdom
Occupation Consultant
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/TsUwPledNGQP2ttoZSwTveXNZec/appointments

SONOCHEM CENTRE LTD Incorporated on 3 April 2013

Company number 08470912
Active Company type Private limited Company
Incorporated on 3 April 2013

3 officers
Professor Timothy James MASON
Paul Gerard MCCLORY,
Dr. Mircea VINATORU,

The 2 active persons with significant control
MASON, Timothy James, Professor
VINATORU, Mircea, Dr

These two founders of SONOCHEM CENTRE LTD are some of the Top Researchers in Europe in sonochemistry, the design of ultrasonic apparatus for research and pilot/industrial applications.

Mircea Vinatoru PhD
Director at Politehnica University of Bucharest

Experienced Chief Technology Officer skilled in Research and Development (R&D), Chemistry, Life Sciences, Science, and Molecular Biology. Strong information technology professional with a PhD focused in sonochemistry, design of ultrasonic apparatus for research and pilot/industrial applications

https://ro.linkedin.com/in/mircea-vinatoru-3008b222

Experience Politehnica University of Bucharest
Direcor Politehnica University of Bucharest Romania
Sep 2016 – Present3 years 4 months

https://www.researchgate.net/institution/Polytechnic_University_of_Bucharest

Timothy James MASON,, Professor, PhD, DSc
Coventry University Centre for Research in the Built and Natural Environment

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Timothy_Mason

Timothy Mason PhD has 682 published research papers that have 14,489 sitations in other published scientific papers.

SonoChem Centre Ltd CTO
Kenilworth, UK

Senior Researcher
Coventry University
Jun 2010 – Mar 2016 5 years 10 months

Coventry, United Kingdom
https://www.coventry.ac.uk/

A few of his 682 Scientific publications.

Ultrasonic technology for enhanced oil recovery from failing oil wells and the equipment for its implemention.

The Extraction of Natural Products using Ultrasound or Microwaves

Can Sonochemistry take place in the absence of cavitation? – A complementary view of how ultrasound can interact with materials.

Timothy J Mason, Director of the Sonochemistry Applied Research Centre,
Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5B

This (My) research started 30 years ago when I was appointed as a lecturer in chemistry at what was then called Lanchester Polytechnic and is now Coventry University. Thus began my long-term research interest in
what has now become known as sonochemistry. My own team contains researchers from the fields of biology, chemistry, environmental science, food technology, material science and pharmacology.
This gives the sort of combination of different backgrounds that allowsthe development of new ideas for research across the boundaries of their individual disciplines.So this is what makes me so optimistic about sonochemistry. I think it provides an ideal model for linking scientific disciplines to expand scientific knowledge through opening the closed doors of specialist science.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Timothy_Mason/publication/259171364_Looking_Back_-_sonochemistry_and_the_cross-fertilisation_of_ideas/links/5572de1008ae7536374e1d86/Looking-Back-sonochemistry-and-the-cross-fertilisation-of-ideas.pdf


So after finding all of the above, I remembered this connection that brought this all together IMO with PCTL.

PCTL William E. Prince – was appointed as a director of the Company on March 23, 2018. Since 2014, Mr. Prince has served as Sr. Vice President Sales & Marketing for Paradigm Convergence Technologies Corp., the Company’s wholly-owned operating subsidiary. For two years prior to joining Paradigm, Mr. Prince was an independent consultant in the electro-chemically activated solution industry.
From 2003 through 2011, Mr. Prince was the President, CEO and Chairman of Integrated Environmental Technologies, Ltd, a publicly traded company with its common stock registered under the 34 Act.


https://www.otcmarkets.com/filing/html?id=13700953&guid=mIWvUqCTdHe613h


Integrated Environmental Technologies, Ltd. (IEVM) Fundamentals
Description

IET, Inc. the wholly-owned operating subsidiary of Integrated Environmental Technologies, Ltd., is a manufacturing company that designs and builds equipment that incorporates innovative technologies which are focused on the enhancement of the environment and the health, safety, and well being of current and future generations. The EcaFlo Division designs, manufactures, markets, sells, and installs proprietary Electro-Chemical Activation (ECA) equipment in the United States and throughout the world.

Integrated Environmental Technologies, Ltd.
Same address as PCTL
http://www.para-con.com/

4235 Commerce Street
Little River, SC 29566

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
http://www.ecotreatments.com/about/overview

Integrated Environmental Technologies, Ltd.

Electro-Chemical Activation (ECA) lead me to sonochemistry and the multitude of markets it serves!


It provides cannabis processors with the ability to develop and customize optimum processing steps to achieve consistent, high-quality product from a variety of sources. THC in its raw form is an oil and we all know oil and water don't mix right?
Take a look at this video and think how you get measured doses of THC to make edible's?

Generation of Emulsions by Ultrasonic Cavitation

A wide range of intermediate and consumer products, such as cosmetics and skin lotions, pharmaceutical ointments, varnishes, paints and lubricants and fuels are based wholly or in part of emulsions. Hielscher manufactures the world’s largest industrial ultrasonic liquid processors for the efficient emulsifying of large volume streams in production plants. In the lab, the emulsification power of ultrasound has been known and applied for long. The video below shows the emulsification of oil (yellow) into water (red) by using a UP400S lab device.

https://www.hielscher.com/emulsify_01.htm

What else can you do with sonochemistry?

When activated, the equipment’s generator powers the transducers to vibrate at their designed ultrasonic frequency. This vibration causes the tank bottom to vibrate as a membrane that produces countless microscopic vacuum bubbles.

In applications such as cleaning glassware, these bubbles implode with tremendous force in a process called cavitation. This cavitation quickly and safely blasts loose contaminants and carries away even the most tenacious residue. Products are cleaned with a solution formulation designed for the application.

In a processing application, products are contained in Erlenmeyer flasks, test tubes, or beakers. These containers are lowered, but not fully immersed, into a water or surfactant solution. Ultrasonic energy passes through the glass walls of the containers to act on the contents.

This approach achieves the homogenizing, emulsifying, degassing, and other cannabis processing steps in a fast, efficient, and environmentally friendly way.

Comparing Ultrasonic Cannabis Production and Quality Control to Alternative Methods

In 2015, the National Hemp Association published an article in Hemp News titled “Five Major Types of Cannabis Extraction” (2). In the article, Rien Havens, PhD, CTO, Really Helping, PBC, stated that in the winter of 2014 he began research to develop the optimal methods of hemp extraction. “It was quite a ride. I had in mind three main goals,” said Havens. “No use of fossil fuels, low energy footprint, and cost effectiveness.”

Here, we paraphrase Havens’ findings as published in the article (2). Readers may wish to access the full article for additional details.

Ethanol produced a relatively good quality extract, but the solvent and energy costs were high. It did not produce the desired results of volume and speed. Residual solvent in the final product was also a drawback.
A closed-loop hydrocarbon extractor is inexpensive to set up, but uses fossil fuels, almost always contains cancer-causing components like benzene, and often there are metal filings and welding debris in the solvent tanks.

A supercritical carbon dioxide extractor was able to produce a high quality extract with very high terpene retention, a great color, taste, speed, and selectivity. The downside of this approach includes high overhead and unruly energy consumption.

Critical water extraction is “green” with no added solvents but clean water. There is no solvent loss, or cost, and the volume and cost of the extractor makes it a good candidate for industrial hemp extraction.
A truly solventless method is sonic and ultrasonic waves in the plant matter that push the product out through vibration. This method can also be scaled up, like water extraction on a budget, and produces a very nice, high-quality extract.

A Closer Look at Ultrasonic Equipment for Cannabis Production
Ultrasonic cleaner tanks are available in multiple sizes in terms of length, width, and depth. When processing in flasks and beakers, a shallow-depth tank is a good choice with a length and width that allows the processing of several containers at once.

The following sections provide a more detailed illustration of how the process works. This example describes the use of a 37-kHz ultrasonic cleaner based on its tank configuration and operating features.

Remember that the transformation or extraction process avoids chemical degradation that can be caused by excessive heat or mechanically induced damage.

Extraction and Processing Steps

Product is placed in flasks along with a recommended solvent. Flasks are partially immersed in a sonicator bath containing a surfactant.


The equipment described was also selected because of its high ultrasonic power per unit volume. This feature permits the preparation process to be completed before heat buildup, a natural result of ultrasonic energy, which can degrade product. If heat is a concern, a useful accessory is a cooling coil to prevent temperature increase. The cooling coil must be attached to a source of recirculating cold liquid such as a laboratory chiller.

http://www.cannabissciencetech.com/article/applying-ultrasonic-energy-cannabis-production-and-quality-control/page/0/1


So here is our Direct link to Sonochemistry

PAUL GERARD JOSEPH MCCLORY and Dr Graham Ross Andrews
are the 2 Directors of the recently formed SONOCHEM LIMITED.
I had mentioned in my previous post that MCCLORY was the Founder but he was added as Director one month after the formation by Dr. Andrews and a week before this PCT Europe Ltd., PR came out.


Little River, South Carolina--(Newsfile Corp. - October 22, 2019)
- PCT LTD (OTC Pink: PCTL), a Little River, South Carolina company and the designer of the Annihilyzer® Infection Control System, a world class whole room cleaning and disinfecting system for hospitals and health care facilities, is pleased to announce that it has shipped the first overseas Annihilyzer® Infection Control System to its partner company, PCT Europe Ltd., in the United Kingdom.

I did not include this Very Interesting Bio on Dr Graham Ross Andrews in my previous post.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/graham-ross-andrews-227aa415/?trk=public-profile-join-page


Dr Graham Ross Andrews
Date Of Birth Sep 1954
Nationality British

About
Corporate finance profesional with 30 years international experience raising money and running companies. Current businesses involve; mining, travel and tourism, as well as oil and gas.

Director Ross Capital Limited Full-time Employed Jan 2019 – Present

Location London, United Kingdom


MMG Capital Limited
43-45 Dorset Street
London W1U 7NA
United Kingdom

GRAHAM ROSS ANDREWS
Senior Advisor, Natural Resources Investment Banking

Dr. Graham Ross Andrews is a corporate finance specialist with worldwide experience and a focus on natural resources. Mr. Andrews holds an MA in mathematics from Oxford University and a PhD also in mathematics from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He worked at BP plc’s corporate finance and corporate planning divisions, and later was Director of Corporate Finance at Chase Manhattan Bank and Managing Director at Banque Indosuez.
Subsequently he has focused on investments in the oil, gas and mining industries worldwide. His current investments include; oil and gas exploration in Paraguay, oil and gas production in the US Gulf of Mexico, gas production in Poland and iron ore mining in Brazil.


GRAHAM ROSS ANDREWS
Senior Advisor, Natural Resources Investment Banking
at MMG Capital is an independent, global, metals and mining focused, corporate finance and private equity advisory firm.

We are specialists in:

raising equity and debt finance for metals and mining companies on a global basis, through our extensive network of institutional investors, private equity funds, debt funds, trading houses and family offices interested in the natural resources, and metals and mining sectors
advising companies, private equity funds and trading houses, active in the metals & mining and steel sectors, on financing, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, JVs, earn-ins, off takes, streaming, royalties and strategic partnerships
identifying investment and acquisition opportunities within the metals and mining sector to meet the specific range of criteria of our Clients
We have a proven track record in providing innovative financing solutions to metals and mining companies over their entire life cycle.

As an independent firm, we are not attached to any brokerage firms or commercial banks, and as such, we are not burdened with any conflict of interest – our focus is entirely on optimizing the best terms and conditions for our Clients.

https://www.mmg.capital/


Company Name
SONOCHEM LIMITED

Company Type
Private limited with Share Capital

Company Status
Active - Newly Incorporated

Incorporated On
14 October 2019

Nature of business (SIC)
72110 Research and experimental development on biotechnology -


DR GRAHAM ROSS ANDREWS Director Oct 2019 -
MR PAUL GERARD JOSEPH MCCLORY Director 18 Nov 2019

https://companycheck.co.uk/company/12259997/SONOCHEM-LIMITED/companies-house-data

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For a full in-depth analysis on each of these directors, click any of the links below



DR GRAHAM ROSS ANDREWS
https://companycheck.co.uk/director/916622115/DR-GRAHAM-ROSS-ANDREWS/summary

MR PAUL GERARD JOSEPH MCCLORY
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/TsUwPledNGQP2ttoZSwTveXNZec/appointments


Nature of business (SIC)
72110 Research and experimental development on biotechnology -


In chemistry, the study of sonochemistry is concerned with understanding the effect of ultrasound in forming acoustic cavitation in liquids, resulting in the initiation or enhancement of the chemical activity in the solution.[1]

For example, in chemical kinetics, it has been observed that ultrasound can greatly enhance chemical reactivity in a number of systems by as much as a million-fold;[16] effectively acting to activate heterogeneous catalysts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonochemistry

And finally we discover that he is actively involved in Cannabis.

Paul Gerard Joseph McClory 77

Director, Aura Health, Inc. (Ontario)

Founder of Neo Material Technologies, Inc., Natural Energy Centre, Vernique Biotech Ltd. and Calorex Heat Pumps Ltd., Paul Gerard Joseph McClory is an entrepreneur is on the board of Rampart Detection Systems Ltd., Aura Health, Inc. (California) and Aura Health, Inc. (Ontario). In the past he held the position of Chief Executive Officer for Vernique Biotech Ltd.

https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/LMLLF/company-people/executive-profile/174244351

With Vernique Biotech Ltd. Paul Gerard Joseph McClory was the Inventor of this Patent: Epoxidised compounds such as oils, esters and waxes, which are based on vernolic acid, have been found to be useful for treating lesions on mammalian skin. The lesions may be caused by disease or wounding. A particularly preferred epoxidised compound is oil extracted from Vernonia galamensis seed.


https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2007077452A2/en

One more Big Medical application of Sonochemistry.

Building Water Systems: The Sustainability and Public Health Nexus
By Michael Diamond (43)
July 3, 2019

In 2017 the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 7,500 cases of Legionnaires’ disease, which is a form of pneumonia spread by water droplets aerosolized through building systems and has a mortality rate of 25% in healthcare settings. Legionella bacteria are common in water and soil, but the risk of it causing illness is amplified when plumbing systems, boilers, chillers and hospital equipment create a mist that can inhaled.

90% OF ALL LEGIONELLA OUTBREAKS ARE PREVENTABLE

The good news is that 90% of all legionella outbreaks are preventable. The bad news is that most healthcare facilities are not putting the systems and procedures in place to prevent the outbreaks. We know what needs to be done, but actually doing it has not been given the priority it requires.

Boyd and Dyjack emphasized the need for clear regulations for water systems, in addition to a deliberate leadership approach to encourage interdisciplinary teamwork in reaching a common vision for water management in healthcare facilities. A team that includes representatives from academia, industry, building managers, environmental health professionals, epidemiologists, clinicians and constituents would ensure that there is a unified approach to risk assessment and a common mission to resolve the problems that have allowed legionella outbreaks to continue.

Legionella Conference 2019

NSF International and the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) will host Legionella Conference 2019: “Building Water Systems: The Sustainability and Public Health Nexus” Sept. 11-13 in Los Angeles
to explore the complex relationship between water conservation and microbial contamination prevention in building water systems.

International experts from government agencies, universities, hospitals and private laboratories in 11 countries are among the scheduled speakers. Organizations represented include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Public Services and Procurement Canada, Network for Public Health Law and Association of State & Territorial Health Officials.

Water conservation efforts can sometimes have the unintended consequence of amplifying Legionella bacteria growth. The pathogen proliferates in poorly maintained water systems and can cause Legionnaires’ Disease, a serious and sometimes fatal flu-like illness that has increased more than five-fold between 2000 and 2017, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention Control (CDC). Common sources of contaminated aerosols include cooling towers, low-flow fixtures, shower heads, HVAC systems, decorative spas and fountains.

International experts will address a wide range of topics related to building water health and water conservation, with topics including complex hospital water systems, cooling towers, proactive water quality monitoring, risk assessments, plumbing engineering, communication plans, greywater transfers for irrigation and culture change in water safety.

Visit Legionella Conference 2019 for a full list of speakers and registration details.

https://infectioncontrol.tips/2019/07/03/building-water-health-nexus/