Product Development Ideas Leveraging Off Teck Trail Operations May 15, 2013
Outline • Product Development Framework • New Product Ideas • Summary • Questions 2
Product Development Framework Employees Equipment Products • Zinc • Teck Trail Lead Raw Materials Customers • Operations Indium • Silver Service Providers 3
Product Development Framework Employees Equipment Product X Product Z Technology Y Service Providers 4
Disclaimer The information that follows is illustrative of the types of opportunities that may exist from Teck Trail Operations products. The information that follows is not an inducement for any individual to engage in a new business. 5
Potential New Product Ideas • Zinc sheet • For architectural applications • Zinc powders • For sputtering targets • Zinc oxide powder • Commercial grade for tire industry • High purity for LEDs and semiconductors • Nanoparticles for cosmetics • High purity zinc metal • For batteries and semiconductor industry 6
Potential New Product Ideas • Silver - extruded • For use as sputtering targets to make thin film coatings • Indium foil • For thermal interfaces • High purity lead • For sputtering targets or batteries • Metal shot • Used in doping and alloying applications => zinc, lead, indium • Metal salt solutions • Plating solutions created by acid-based corrosion 7
Summary • Product development opportunities exist that leverage Trail Operations’ products by: • Physical transformations • Purifications • Chemical transformations • Multi-step processing • Technology platforms • Lots of work though to evaluate and develop these ideas 8
Questions? craig.adams@teck.com 9
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