Corporate Member Profiles
Below are a selection of current Institute of Nanotechnology Corporate Members. Click an organisation to view their profile.
ABB
ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. ABB operates through two major divisions -- power technologies and automation technologies -- and serves utility, industrial, and commercial customers. The power technologies division provides the power supply industry with equipment and services for transmission, distribution, and automation. ABB's automation technologies unit offers a variety of equipment used to monitor and control processes in plants and utilities.
ABB Schweiz AG,
Corporate Research,
Segelhof,
5405 Baden
Tel: +41 58 586 82 32
Fax: +41 79 252 23 14
Email: Dr Thomas Liljenberg
AIN
AIN (Navarra Industry Association) is part of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) which is aimed at providing services to enterprises (especially SMEs), technology centres and universities, and in general the entire regional business community, to support on issues related to competitiveness, promoting innovation, internationalization, information, legislation, and business cooperation.
AIN's Center of Advanced Surface Engineering is staffed by a well-trained team of senior and young researchers with near 20 years of experience in different fields of materials sciences and surface treatments.
The core technologies of the Center are:
- Low friction, anti-stick coatings for micro-manufacturing tools and moulds. Coatings for metal-injection moulding
- Plasma and Ion Beam treatments of prosthetic and orthopaedic materials: (hip joints, stents, intramedular nails, bio-resolvable thermoplastics)
- Decorative functional and optical coatings: colour matching, clean technologies, anti-bacterial surfaces, anti-fouling; coatings for flexible substrates
- Coatings for energy: coatings for bi-polar plates of PEM fuel cells; solar selective coatings on rigid and flexible substrates
S. Cosme and S. Damián,
s / n 31 191 Cordovilla-Pamplona Navarra,
Spain,
Tel +34 948 42 11 01
Email: ain@ain.es
AkzoNobel
AkzoNobel are one of the world’s leading industrial companies. Based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, they make and supply a wide range of paints, coatings and specialty chemicals – 2008 revenue totalled €15.4 billion.
In fact, they are the largest global paints and coatings company. As a major producer of specialty chemicals they supply industries worldwide with quality ingredients for life’s essentials. They think about the future, but act in the present. They’re passionate about introducing new ideas and developing sustainable answers for their customers.
That’s why their 60,000 employees – who are based in more than 80 countries – are committed to excellence and delivering Tomorrow’s Answers Today™
They believe in:
- Our customers' future first
- Embracing entrepreneurial thinking
- Developing the talents of our people
- The courage and curiosity to question
- Integrity and responsibility in our actions
AkzoNobel is committed to sustainability at all levels.
Innovations
- Nanotechnology hydrotalcite for flame retardancy enhancement and improved physical properties of various polymers
- Herbol Symbiotec – nanotechnology based, dirt repellent wall paint
Bergeson & Campbell
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. is an AV-rated (highest ranking) Washington, D.C. law firm focusing on conventional and nanoscale industrial, agricultural, and specialty chemicals and medical device, product approval and regulation, product defense, and associated business issues. Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.’s clients are involved in many businesses, including conventional and nanoscale, basic, specialty, and agricultural and antimicrobial chemicals; biotechnology, nanotechnology, and emerging transformative technologies; pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and diagnostic products; fibers; paints and coatings; printing and publishing; and plastic products.
Our activities are international in scope. Our personnel offer extraordinary expertise in such areas as TSCA, FIFRA, FQPA, FDA, EPCRA, CAA regulation and enforcement, and FIFRA data compensation arbitrations. Because of the broad diversity of our subject matter expertise, we are particularly well-positioned to handle the complex issues arising from the interactions of chemical management, health and safety and food and drug law with the multitude of other laws affecting our clients. On all matters, our professionals offer experience, judgment, vision, and vigor. The firm is a member of the Environmental Law Network, which is comprised of environmental law firms nationwide.
1203 Nineteenth Street, NW,
Suite 300,
Washington, DC,
20036-2401
Telephone: 202.557.3800
Fax: 202.557.3836
Website: www.lawbc.com
CEMMNT
Measurement & Characterisation to the Nano Scale.
CEMMNT provides world-leading measurement, characterisation and analytical services across multiple industry sectors, enabling companies to innovate in design, optimise product quality and performance, reduce costs and maximise competitive advantage.
Through CEMMNT, clients benefit from single-point-access to the widest range of state-of-the-art measurement techniques in the UK , ensuring the highest levels of accuracy and performance are achieved. This extensive range is complemented by open access to the knowledge and experience of over 300 multi-disciplinary experts, each committed to providing you with the highest quality in measurement and characterisation technologies specific to your industry.
However large or small the challenge may be, CEMMNT offers a unique correlation of multiple techniques and industry-leading expertise to provide businesses with customer focussed solutions from design concept through to manufacture.
Telephone: 01509 635279
E-mail: enquiry@cemmnt.co.uk
Website: www.cemmnt.co.uk
Envirogene
EnviroGene has been providing molecular diagnostic services to the water, contaminated land and oil and gas industry since 2004. We are experts at applying a 25-year old molecular biology technique known as the quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to field studies. In the water sector, we have developed EnviroTrace, a nanoparticle tracer system used for tracking down sources of pollution in waterways. Here qPCR is used to detect minute quantities of tracers and so the technology is very tolerant of large dilutions. In the contaminated land sector, we use qPCR to determine whether microbes on a site are capable of cleaning up a hydrocarbon contaminant. In the oil and gas sector, we use qPCR to find genes in surface microbes that are diagnostic for oil or gas reservoirs underneath the surface.
EnviroGene Ltd,
Tredomen Innovation & Technology Centre,
Tredomen Business Park,
Ystrad Mynach,
Hengoed,
CF82 7FQ
Alex Korda at alex.korda@envirogene.co.uk
Telephone: +44(0)8452 584360
Fax: +44 (0)1443 819052
FENAC
FENAC - Facility for Environmental Nanoparticle Analysis and Characterisation, University of Birmingham
The Facility for Environmental Nanoparticle Analysis and Characterisation (FENAC) is a NERC funded facility located at the University of Birmingham. The Facility is a joint project between two colleges (Life and Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Physical Sciences) and several Schools and research centres (Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences, Biosciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, and the Centre for Electron Microscopy).
The aim of this facility is to produce reliable data analysing nanoparticles under realistic conditions for the better understanding of biological and environmental impacts of manufactured nanoparticles. The facility will perform physico-chemical characterisation and analysis in the whole of the environmental nanoscience area but will focus on collaborative research with ecotoxicologists and toxicologists working in the field of nanotoxicology using techniques and methods such as electron and force microscopy, field flow fractionation and various spectroscopic methods.
It is becoming increasingly important to understand the risks nanoparticles present to the environment. The Facility for Nanoparticle Analysis and Characterisation (FENAC) offers a service to produce reliable data analysing nanoparticles under realistic conditions for the better understanding of biological and environmental impacts of manufactured nanoparticles.
Based at the University of Birmingham the facility boasts access to state-of-the-art equipment and aims to work collaboratively with researchers and industry, allowing manufacturers and distributors of nanoparticles to look at risk management and monitoring as global and regional regulations develop.
Facility for Environmental Nanoparticle Analysis and Characterisation (FENAC),
School of Geography , Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham,
Edgbaston,
Birmingham,
B15 2TT
Telephone: +44 (0)121 4146989
Fax: +44 (0)121 413078
University of Glasgow
Nanotechnology at The University of Glasgow brings together the expertise of more than 70 academics to influence the emergent technologies of the 21st century. We specialise in five key areas:
- nanotechnology for engineering systems
- nanotechnology for biomedicine
- tools for nanotechnology
- nanotechnology for structural and functional materials
- nanoelectronics
The University has been pushing the frontiers of nanofabrication forward for more than 30 years. Transcending the traditional subject boundaries of physics, chemistry, engineering, biology and earth science, our work is highly interdisciplinary and has established a number of world records in nanofabrication technology and device performance.
Based on the strength of our research excellence in nanotechnology The University of Glasgow is one of only 2 Scottish universities to win an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Knowledge Transfer Account which provides support to ensure that research is exploited to maximum effect. The KTA is able to provide financial support for collaborative projects and help organisations and businesses access our nanotechnology skills, knowledge and experience.
At the University we have a long history of working with industry through mechanisms such as collaborative research, contract research, consultancy and training.
KTA Project Manager: Neil Bowering
Telephone: 0141 330 8688
E-mail: n.bowering@enterprise.gla.ac.uk
Huntsman
Huntsman Polyurethanes is a global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated chemicals. Its operating companies manufacture products for a variety of global industries, including chemicals, plastics, automotive, aviation, textiles, footwear, paints and coatings, construction, technology, agriculture, health care, detergent, personal care, furniture, appliances and packaging.
Originally known for pioneering innovations in packaging and, later, for rapid and integrated growth in petrochemicals, Huntsman today has more than 11,000 employees and operates from multiple locations worldwide. The Company had 2009 revenues of approximately $8 billion.
Huntsman Polyurethanes,
Everslaan 45,
3078 Everberg
Belgium
Telephone: +32 2 7589691
E-mail: chris_i_lindsay@huntsman.com
Website: www.huntsman.com
INASMET
INASMET is a private non-profit making Technological Research Centre placed in San Sebastian ( Spain ). Its main activities cover the research and development of materials, their processing technologies and environmental impact in manufacturing or products. The Centre currently comprises around 200 staff and more than 74% of INASMET?s income originates from private contracts (including public competitive projects) where the organisation uses its expertise to solve specific technological problems.
INASMET main activities in Nanotechnologies are focused on several areas:
- Surface treatments and functionalizations
- Nanocoatings
- Nanocomposites based on polymer, ceramic or metallic matrixes
- Synthesis, purification and functionalization of carbon nanotubes by CVD
- Synthesis and de-agglomeration of ceramic nanoparticles by chemical and hydrothermal methods
Covering essentially the following applications:
- Nano(bio) technology for medical applications
- Nanotechnologies for structural applications
- Nanotechnologies for sensors
Maite Jimeno
Fax: +44 (0)1722329640
E-mail: maite.jimeno@inasmet.es
Infineum
Infineum develops and manufactures chemical additives for use in lubricants & fuels. Approximately 1 in 3 vehicles throughout the world contains Infineum Additives in the Engine, Fuel or Transmission system.
These additives are the essential active chemical ingredients used in Lubricants and Fuels to improve or create their functionality. Our Lubricant additives are used primarily in automotive, heavy-duty diesel and marine engines. We additionally develop and market additives used in refinery processing and in finished Fuels. Reducing the environmental impact of transportation is either directly or indirectly the driver for all our new product developments.
Just passing our 10 year anniversary, Infineum is a 50/50 joint venture between ExxonMobil and Shell, unifying their respective Petroleum Additives Divisions. Our customers are all oil companies + other lubricant and fuel marketers.
We employ approx. 1650 colleagues world-wide and have an annual revenue in excess of $2.5 billion with a ~25% global market share in this market. We have a corporate priority on Health, Safety & the Environment with a Safety Performance well into the upper decile of the Chemical Industry.
Our UK Business and Technology Centre near Abingdon, in southern Oxfordshire, houses more than 355 Infineum employees and over 90 contractors. It is home to Infineum's World-wide Head Office, our Europe , Middle East & Africa (EMEA) Business Centre, and our principal Research and Development Centre.
Dr Martin Dare-Edwards,
Director, Site and Country Manager for Infineum UK Ltd
Infineum UK Ltd, PO Box 1,
Milton Hill,
Abingdon,
Oxfordshire,
OX13 6BB
Telephone: +44-1235-549500
E-mail: martin.dare-edwards@infineum.com
Website: www.infineum.com
Kolektor
Kolektor Nanotesla Institute is a R&D center that builds on significant expertise in field of nanomaterials and composites, microwave applications and magnetism. This is further enhanced by years of industrial background and substantial investment in state-of-the-art equipment.
Nanotesla Institute was founded by several companies and research institutions in order to:
- perform R&D activities in the field of nanomaterials and nanomagnetism
- collaborate with research institutions in advancing research to prototype level
- promote collaboration between industry and academia on specific industrial R&D projects
- help in transferring new technologies to production line
- cooperate with faculties in hands-on education
Fields of operation:
- nanomaterials
- magnetic fluids
- soft magnetic materials
- materials for microwave applications
- composites on basis of thermoplasts and duroplasts
- microwave characterisation of materials
Founding partners: Trust Kolektor (main founder); Kolektor Magma; Magneti
We are open to other partners and investors.
KOLEKTOR Nanotesla Institut,
Stegne 29,
1521 Ljubljana,
Slovenia
Telephone: +386 1 5833 122
Fax: +386 1 5833 231
E-mail: nanotesla@nanotesla.si
NanoInk
NanoInk Inc. is an emerging growth technology company specializing in ambient direct-write nanofabrication systems and services for the life sciences and nanotechnology R&D markets. Using Dip Pen Nanolithography® (DPN®), a patented and proprietary nanofabrication technology, scientists are enabled to rapidly and easily create sub micron and nanoscale structures from a wide variety of materials. This low cost, easy to use and scalable technique brings sophisticated nanofabrication to the laboratory desktop. Current efforts in commercialization include not only instruments, but also services related to fabrication of custom nano-arrays of proteins. The Nano BioDiscovery Division of NanoInk is a proteomics product and service supplier providing a new generation of array-based instrument systems and contract research services for nanoscale protein detection.
Combining the popular products of NanoInk’s NanoFabrication Systems Division with new technologies continues to create new business at NanoInk. The most recent example is the NanoProfessor™, which seeks to provide a unique, hands-on training program for teaching nanotechnology concepts. Included in the NanoProfessor is a desktop nanofabrication tool (the NLP 2000), a teaching Atomic Force Microscope, Fluorescent Light Microscope, complete teaching curriculum for a 12 week course and supplies adequate for 20 students. Add training for the educators and a collection of web-based support functions make this program a complete nanotechnology teaching resource.
Contact Details:
NanoInk's headquarters is located in the Illinois Science + Technology Park just north of Chicago:
NanoInk, Inc.
8025 Lamon Ave., Skokie, IL 60077 USA
Telephone: 1-847-679-NANO (6266)
Fax: 1-847-679-8767
E-mail: info@nanoink.net
NanoSight
NanoSight develops, manufactures and supplies a unique family of instruments for the visualisation and sizing of nanoparticles.
Based on laser light scattering microscopy, our Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) technology is an exciting new capability that offers significant advantages over existing light scattering techniques for the characterisation of polydispersed populations of nano-scale particles.
Independent of particle density or refractive index, NTA dynamically tracks individual particles within the range of 10 - 1,000nm, validates size distributions with a real-time view of particles, and provides a qualitative and quantitative analysis of sample concentration. NanoSight allows the user to “see” the dispersed particles in real time, moving under Brownian motion, and to assess directly the quality of dispersion/degree of agglomeration. Also, the method measures size, particle by particle, and can estimate concentration. This particle-by-particle approach avoids the averaging assumptions of dynamic light scattering (DLS, or photon correlation spectroscopy, PCS) and provides a unique image. There are now more than 200 users world-wide, with application in drug delivery, protein aggregation, toxicology of nanoparticles, virus counting and general characterisation.
There are more details at our website www.nanosight.com , and a comparison with DLS at http://www.nanosightuk.co.uk/apps/NTA vs DLS Technical Note.pdf
NanoSight Ltd.
Minton Park,
London Road,
Amesbury,
SP4 7RT,
UK
Telephone: +44 (0)1980 676060
Fax: +44 (0)1980 624703
E-mail admin@nanosight.co.uk
NPL
NPL is the United Kingdom's national standards laboratory, an internationally respected and independent centre of excellence in research, development and knowledge transfer in measurement and materials science. For more than a century we have developed and maintained the nation's primary measurement standards - the heart of an infrastructure designed to ensure accuracy, consistency and innovation in physical measurement.
National Physical Laboratory,
Queens Road,
Teddington,
Middlesex,
United Kingdom
TW11 0LW
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8977 3222
E-mail: enquiry@npl.co.uk
Main Contact:
SAFENANO
SAFENANO is the UK’s Micro- and Nano-technology Centre of Excellence for Nanotechnology Safety and is based at the UK’s Institute of Occupational Medicine.
We bring together multidisciplinary expertise in hazard assessment, exposure, toxicology, occupational hygiene and risk assessment, to facilitate the responsible development of safe nanomaterials and nanotechnology-enabled products.
Services from SAFENANO include:
- Due diligence with nanotechnology risks - designed to help industry, commerce and the public sector maintain a healthy workplace and to comply with health and safety legislation
- Product safety and toxicology services for nanomaterials - developed from many years of experience in particle and fibre hazard assessment
- Nanoparticle detection and analysis – utilising state-of-the-art instruments for profiling, sampling and characterization of particles released from processes and products
- Information assessment and review services – covering the breadth of nanotechnology EHS and emerging issues, built on IOM’s many years of conducting reviews and preparing position papers for a variety of audiences in the private and public sector
Dr Steve Hankin
Director of Operations
SAFENANO,
Institute of Occupational Medicine,
Research Avenue North,
Riccarton,
Edinburgh EH14 4AP,
Scotland
Telephone: +44 (0)131 449 8040 (direct dial)
E-mail: steve@safenano.org
Website: http://www.safenano.org/
SurreyNanoSystems
Surrey NanoSystems was formed as a spin off from The University of Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), and an existing thin film system supplier in 2006. The new company was established with the aid of funding from SEEDA (the South East England Development Agency), Surrey University, and the IP Group. Surrey NanoSystems has completed a second funding round (oversubscribed) with further funding from the original investor group, and additional funding from new investors: Octopus Ventures.
Surrey NanoSystems Ltd – Is focused on providing systems capable of advanced research and development for a wide range of nanomaterial types and supplies the following technology solutions: The dual chamber NanoGrowth-Catalyst® – Uniquely combines both catalyst deposition and nanomaterials growth in a 1m x 2m cleanroom compatible package. The substrate is maintained in a vacuum environment at all process stages. The NanoGrowth Catalyst also combines nine of the world's leading nanomaterials development technologies in one system and offers users the ability to develop process for a wide range of nanomaterials such as nanoparticles, nanoclusters, carbon nanotubes, nanowires, and graphene, using:
- PVD Sputtering including co-deposition
- Sputter etch and Ashing
- Nanoparticle deposition
- PECVD DC/RF nanomaterial growth
- LP/HP CVD nanomaterial growth
- Solid/liquid phase catalyst / precursor delivery
- Thermal annealing
- Rapid Thermal Growth (RTG)
- RTP activation
The NanoGrowth 1000n® – providing six nanomaterials approaches from a single system:
- CVD, PECVD/DC, PECVD/RF – multiple process at the push of a button
- Removal of native oxides - Sputter etch capability
- ICP option - Adds ICP DC and ICP RF processes
Surrey NanoSystems,
Unit 24 Euro Business Park,
New Road
Newhaven, BN9 0DQ,
UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 1273 515899
Fax: +44 (0) 1273 512311
E-mail: enquiries@surreynanosystems.com
