Material And Precision Engineering

O-Spheres Limited

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58 Potential

Decision Maker

Professor To Ngai
info@o-spheres.com
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Unit 1017, 10/F, Building 19W, No. 19 Science Park West Avenue, Hong Kong Science Park, Pak Shek Kok, N.T.
Raw Description
We are: | • “O” – Pursuing infinite innovations to build a greener globe as our vision | • “Spheres” – Embracing our core technology, “hollow microspheres” as a solution to tackle the world’s environmental challenges | • With the innovative hollow microsphere technology as the core technology, O-Spheres is committed to providing customized R&D and production services that help customers of different industries achieve different product goals. In addition to overcoming the current market pain points with the core technology, the company also upholds the value of the United Nations’ "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)", aiming to alleviate environmental challenges through innovations. | We offer: | • Eco-physical UV filters to eradicate the microplastics associated with personal care products | • Market-leading anti-sedimentation white ink to revolutionize the ink production without VOC emission | • Customised hollow microsphere manufacturing service | Description | We engineer hollow spheres to build a greener globe

Strategic Analysis

Executive Brief

O-Spheres Limited is a deep-tech materials company specializing in the engineering and production of hollow microspheres. Their core value proposition centers on sustainability (SDGs), replacing microplastics in cosmetics with eco-physical UV filters and developing VOC-free, anti-sedimentation inks. They are essentially a "geometry and surface science" company that optimizes material performance through structural architecture at the micron scale.

Strategic Fit & Lead Score

Lead Score: 58 (Adjacent Tech / Custom R&D)

Why this Score? While O-Spheres currently focuses on glass or polymer-based microspheres for cosmetics and inks, their business model is built on surface engineering. 6C can elevate their product line from "Eco-friendly" to "Extreme Performance." Diamond-coated microspheres represent the frontier of material science—combining O-Spheres' hollow geometries with 6C’s CVD diamond properties (thermal conductivity, chemical inertness, and extreme hardness). There is a significant opportunity for 6C to provide the MPCVD infrastructure or coating recipes to help O-Spheres move into high-margin industrial and electrochemical markets.

6C Solutions Proposal

Application Area 6C Solution Technical Value Prop
Advanced Oxidation (AOP) BDD-Coated Microspheres By coating O-Spheres' hollow structures with Boron Doped Diamond (BDD), we create high-surface-area, buoyant electrochemical electrodes. These can float in wastewater to degrade PFAS and organic pollutants more efficiently than flat plates.
High-End Thermal Fillers PCD-Encapsulated Spheres Engineering a Poly Crystalline Diamond (PCD) shell around hollow spheres creates a lightweight filler with a thermal conductivity >1000 W/mK. Ideal for heat dissipation in aerospace or high-density electronics.
Next-Gen UV Filters DLC/Diamond Surface Tuning Diamond has a high refractive index and is 100% biocompatible. 6C can provide process recipes to apply thin-film diamond or Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) to O-Spheres, enhancing UV scattering without the photocatalytic "aging" seen in TiO2.
R&D Infrastructure Custom MPCVD Reactor Build To allow O-Spheres to transition from "Green Tech" to "Deep Tech," 6C can design a custom MPCVD system optimized for fluidized bed diamond growth, enabling them to coat billions of microspheres in a single batch.
Wear-Resistant Inks Nano-Diamond Additives For their ink division, 6C can provide ultra-pure diamond seeds to create "zero-wear" industrial inks for precision printing on glass or metal substrates.

Engagement Hooks

  • Technical Question: "Your hollow microsphere geometry solves the sedimentation issue in inks, but have you considered how a CVD Diamond shell could transform those same spheres into chemically indestructible catalysts for harsh-environment water remediation?"
  • Value Statement: "6C can help O-Spheres bridge the gap between sustainable fillers and extreme-performance materials by integrating MPCVD diamond coatings—turning your hollow architectures into the world's most thermally conductive and chemically inert microspheres."