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Description of Business
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Description of Business

 

(1) Description of Business

 

Nanophase Technologies Corporation, now known as Solesence, Inc. (“Solésence,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), is a science-driven company which, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Solésence, LLC (our “Solésence consumer products subsidiary”), is focused in various skin health- and beauty-markets.  Using consumer health as our end-goal and science and innovation to guide the path, skin health and medical diagnostics combined currently make up the great majority of our business and drive our forward growth strategy.  We offer engineered materials, formulation development and commercial manufacturing through an integrated family of technologies. Our expertise in materials engineering allows us to effectively coat and disperse particles on a nano and “non-nano” scale for use in a variety of skin health markets, including for use in sunscreens as active ingredients and as fully developed prestige skin care and cosmetics products, marketed and sold through our consumer products line.  Additionally, we continue to sell products in legacy markets, including medical diagnostics, architectural coatings, industrial coating applications, abrasion-resistant additives, and plastics additives, all of which fall into the advanced materials product category. 

 

 We target markets, primarily related to skin health products and ingredients where we believe our materials and products offer practical and competitive minerals-based solutions. We traditionally work closely with current customers in these target markets to identify their material and performance requirements. We market our Solésence® products to cosmetics and skin care brands, and our other materials to various end-use applications manufacturers.

 

Recently developed technologies have made certain new products possible and opened potential new markets. During 2015 we were granted a patent on a new type of particle surface treatment (coating) — now called Original Active Stress Defense ™ Technology — which has become the cornerstone of our new product development in consumer products line, with first revenue recognized during 2016. Active Stress Defense™ now refers to a suite of three proprietary technologies — Original Active Stress Defense™, Kleair™, and Bloom™ — all three of which either utilize a unique and proprietary, mineral-based technology or work synergistically with one of our unique and proprietary, mineral-based technologies to improve performance and/or aesthetics. Our ongoing innovation efforts include new IP in areas that advance environmental protection, align with market needs, and complement our existing technologies Through the creation of our consumer products line, we utilize our technology suite to manufacture and sell fully developed solutions to targeted customers in the skin care industry, typically in prestige skin care and cosmetics markets, in addition to the ingredients we have traditionally sold in the personal care area. 

 

Although our primary strategic focus has been the North American market, we currently sell materials to customers overseas and have been working to expand our reach within foreign markets. Our common stock trades on the OTCQB marketplace under the symbol NANX. 

 

While product sales comprise the majority of our revenue, we also recognize revenue from other sources from time to time. These activities are not expected to drive the long-term growth of the business. For this reason, we classify such revenue as “other revenue” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations, as it does not represent revenue directly from the sale of our products. 

 

The Company recorded a net profit and positive cash flow from operations in 2024.  In addition, the company reduced outstanding debt. While the Company’s debt currently matures in the next year, management has a commitment from its related party debt holder that the debt will be refinanced with a maturity date after April 1, 2026. Management believes that current liquidity and expected borrowing capacity are sufficient to fund operations and substantial doubt is not raised regarding the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.