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- Strengthened commercial leadership team, including a senior business development executive with operational experience in the French Special Forces, together with a strategic partnership with Offset Links.
- Expands HPQ’s and Novacium’s capabilities to identify and pursue potential opportunities beyond France across selected industrial and defence markets.
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MONTREAL, July 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HPQ Silicon Inc. (“HPQ” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: HPQ, OTCQB: HPQFF, FRA: O08), a technology company specializing in advanced materials innovation and next-generation industrial processes, announces that it and Novacium SAS (“Novacium”) are expanding their commercial and business development capabilities.
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This initiative supports Novacium’s transition from technology development toward increased market engagement and commercial development activities across selected industrial and defence markets. It also supports HPQ’s business development strategy for Novacium’s technologies in Canada, the United States and Mexico under HPQ’s exclusive North American commercialization rights.
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The expanded business development platform includes the appointment of senior professionals and a strategic advisory relationship intended to support market outreach, identify prospective opportunities and advance discussions with potential industrial and defence-sector stakeholders.
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“The addition of commercial leaders with decades of international business development experience, together with operational expertise from the French Special Forces, significantly expands Novacium’s business development capabilities by adding experienced professionals in international business development and defence markets,” said Bernard Tourillon, President and CEO of HPQ Silicon Inc. “As Novacium expands its business development organization, HPQ expects to benefit from these expanded capabilities through its strategic investment and exclusive North American commercialization rights. We believe this initiative represents another important step in supporting the identification and evaluation of future commercial opportunities for Novacium’s technologies.”
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Offset Links: A Strategic Partnership to Support International Growth
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HPQ and Novacium have partnered with Offset Links, a consultancy specialising in business development for the industrial and defence sectors.
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Under the agreement, Offset Links will provide strategic advisory and business development support to HPQ and Novacium, including identifying potential commercial opportunities, facilitating introductions to prospective industrial and institutional stakeholders, and supporting discussions relating to international business development initiatives.
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Initial areas of focus are expected to include Australia and the MENA region markets. No commercial agreements, procurement contracts or customer commitments have been entered into as part of this arrangement.
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Jean Deschamps — Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Jean Deschamps brings decades of international experience across industry, infrastructure, and defence, including several decades in the Middle East.
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- Senior leadership roles at SIDEM, THALES, and GIAT Industries.
- Major Gulf infrastructure and industrial projects, including one of Abu Dhabi’s earliest seawater desalination facilities.
- More than 19 years advising the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) on industrial offset programmes in Saudi Arabia.
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