Collaboration Strengthens Expertise in Australia

Sydney, October 1st, 2025

Solidflow is expanding its business into Australia in collaboration with local partners. Today, at the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney, an MoU was signed by Frank Papa of Spacelink Consulting, Minze Walvius of Advier Australia, and Berry Sanders and Toby Sap of Solidflow. The three companies intend to introduce the application of cool gas generators in Australia for use in space as well as use on earth. The signing took place in the pavilion of the European Space Agency in the presence of directors Enrico Palermo of ASA, Harm van de Wetering of NSO, Luca del Monte of ESA and Hugo Klijn, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Sydney who all very much welcomed this Australian – Dutch co-operation.




This MoU marks the beginning of a strong partnership that will evolve into a joint venture with the aim to set up product development and manufacturing of tailor-made Cool Gas Generators (CGGs) in Australia for Australian applications. The spark for this partnership was the ESA EPIC European-Australian start-up contest of which Solidflow was one of the winners.
CGGs are an innovative way to store gas in a chemically bound from, offering key advantages:

  • Pressure-less storage
  • No leakage
  • Rugged technology
  • Long lifetime without maintenance

Solidflow is already producing CGGs for oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen, with additional gases in development.


CGGs are particularly well-suited for Australia’s unique challenges:

  • Reliable performance in remote regions
  • Support for the nation’s ambitious space goals
  • No maintenance needs in harsh environments

This partnership will help drive innovation, resilience, and sustainable solutions in Australia.

Luca del Monte, head of the commercialisation programme of ESA said: 

“We are very happy to see that our Business Incubation Alumni are expanding to Australia. Companies like Solidflow are the vanguards of the European – Australian co-operation we are creating”


Harm van de Wetering, Director of the Netherlands Space Office, said:

"This partnership demonstrates how Dutch innovation can contribute to global challenges while opening new opportunities for cooperation with Australia. Solidflow’s technology is a strong example of how solutions developed within the European space ecosystem can create real impact both in space and on Earth. We are proud to see this Dutch expertise finding its way to Australia and look forward to the benefits it will bring across industries."

The Consul-General states that this partnership highlights the strong and growing cooperation between the Netherlands and Australia in the space sector—combining Dutch innovation with Australian expertise to deliver solutions that benefit both nations.

Berry Sanders, Managing Director of Solidflow: 

“We are looking forward to expand our business to Australia together with our Australian partners Advier Australia and Spacelink Consulting. Cool Gas Generators are very well suited for Australia and will benefit many applications in this country, both in space and on Earth.”

Frank Papa of Spacelink Consulting added: 

“Australia has a great opportunity to pioneer CGG’s technology. We will be able to improve the safety, profitability and productivity in many industries; including mining, agriculture, medicine and aerospace.  Am looking forward to Australian’s ingenuity developing our own CGG based products for the global market.”

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Non pressurized gas storage


Solidflow provides a solid state gas storage solution for several gasses. The benefit of a Cool Gas Generator (CGG) is the pressure less storage of the gas. The gas is stored chemically and is only released on activation. With solid state gas storage there are no leaks and the maintenance of the storage is brought to a minimum. The storage life of a CGG can be up to 10 years without performance loss. With the ingenious interplay between combustion, decomposition, and heat management the gas released from the CGG is at room temperature which makes the gas usable for any application.

 



Applications

The origin of the CGG is from space technology. Solidflow develops, produces and applies the CGG technology in  rescue and safety applications.
Furthermore, Solidflow also applies the technology to the aerospace sector, by increasing the performance of existing propulsion systems and with innovative methods for preventing space debris.