Print
Email
Print Edition StoriesWednesday, September 1, 2010
Tech across New England
Nanocomp Technologies focused on lightening up materials
By Mass High Tech Staff
Cellect Plastics demos oil spill cleanup tech
Mass. metal developer aims for more fuel efficient cars
Nanocomp Technologies Inc.
Location: Concord, N.H.
URL: www.nanocomptech.com
Phone: 603-442-8992
founded: 2004
Top executive: Peter Antoinette, CEO
Industry: Materials from carbon nanotubes
With a planned move into a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility within the next year, Nanocomp Technologies Inc. says it will be able to dramatically expand its manufacturing capacity to meet demand for its products, materials from carbon nanotubes. The company makes sheets of tissue-thin, super-tough nanotubes that can be incorporated into things like lightweight vehicle bodies or flexible body armor. The company says its manufacturing capability differentiates it from competitors that are research-focused, bridging the gap from research to manufacturing in ways others have not. Nanocomp is one of the earliest players in turning carbon nanotubes into a usable material.
Nanocomp announced in August that it had been awarded a multi-million dollar Phase II contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory under the U.S. Department of Defense’s Small Business Innovation Research program. The funding will pay for continued work into replacing metal-based electromagnetic interference shielding and electrostatic discharge components on manned and unmanned aircraft with carbon nanotube-based material.
Last year, CEO Peter Antoinette was named a Mass High Tech All-Star. Antoinette co-founded Nanocomp Technologies with CTO David Lashmore in 2004.
From the top, CEO Peter Antoinette: The company’s carbon nanotube technology is “increasingly being viewed as a viable alternative to conventional materials for a wide range of applications.”
Nanocomp expects to soon be able to take its products “beyond the pure technology promise,” creating a “meaningful path to volume production.” “We are striving to deliver a credible fabrication capability to meet the resultant demand, at-scale.”
Comments
If you are commenting using a Facebook account, your profile information may be displayed with your comment depending on your privacy settings. By leaving the 'Post to Facebook' box selected, your comment will be published to your Facebook profile in addition to the space below.
RSS Feeds
