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Nanocomp Technologies Selected to Speak at Nanomanufacturing Summit 2011

Dépèche transmise le 26 septembre 2011 par Business Wire

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., a developer of energy-saving performance materials and component products from carbon nanotubes (CNTs), today announced that President and CEO Peter Antoinette will give a keynote address at the Nanomanufacturing Summit, a technical forum for nanomanufacturing experts and practitioners held in conjunction with the 10th annual NanoBusiness Conference. Peter will discuss the challenges nanotechnology companies are facing as they transition to volume manufacturing and customer acceptance. He will share Nanocomp Technologies’ experiences, as the company is currently building a facility for the production of carbon nanotube sheet and yarn products at scale.

About the Speaker

Peter Antoinette is a driving force in the growth of the Northeast region’s nanotechnology cluster as president and CEO of Nanocomp Technologies, currently the only company in the world to have developed a proven technical methodology for creating nanotube-based materials in industry-ready formats – and in an industrially relevant manufacturing environment. Antoinette co-founded Nanocomp Technologies in 2004.

Prior to starting Nanocomp, Antoinette was the president and CEO of Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc., an early stage liquid crystal technology company where he commercialized optical products for telecommunications and high performance imaging systems. Previously, Antoinette spent 15 years serving Millipore Corporation in various capacities – as a vice president and general manager, and in sales, marketing and technical services. Antoinette sits on the board of directors for the New Hampshire High Technology Council, and is a member of both the National Science Foundation’s Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing Industrial Advisory Board and U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s Small Business Advisory Council.

About Nanocomp Technologies, Inc.

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc. was formed in 2004 to leverage its proprietary and fundamental advancements in the production of long carbon nanotubes as well as a unique ability to fabricate them into physically strong, lightweight and electro-thermally conductive yarns and nonwoven sheets. The company’s objective is to develop products with revolutionary performance benefits that would create a new generation of advanced structural materials and electro-thermal devices. It has more than 20 patents pending and won the Wall Street Journal’s prestigious Technology Innovation Award in 2008. The company is headquartered in Concord, N.H. For additional information, please visit www.nanocomptech.com.