Nano News

Imago Scientific Instruments, the world leading provider of Atom Probe Tomography instruments, announced today that it has ompleted a $3.4 million round of equity funding led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Portage Venture Partners (PVP) and Cipio Partners. “We are delighted to have the continued support from venture capitalists of this caliber to help us build a world class company,” said Timothy Stultz, president and CEO.

BASF has opened its first research center for nanotechnology in Asia. The new center in Singapore involves a €13 million expenditure up to 2008, and will employ 20 staff, mainly scientists and technicians. BASF already operates 17 development sites in Asia Pacific, but this is the first time the company is carrying out research dedicated only to nanotechnology in the region.

IMEC, Europe’s leading independent research institute for nanoelectronics and nanotechnology, confirms during its General Assembly a sustained annual increase in revenues since its foundation in 1984. IMEC’s performance criteria have increased year over year, giving the Belgian-based research institute points in a year when the frame agreement with the government of Flanders will be renewed.

The Cambridge University Electrical Engineering department has completed a new research facility for the development of emerging technologies in optoelectronics, nanoelectronics, displays and other markets. The £14.4 million ($25 million) facility will be the home of the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE) consortium, one of its member companies announced yesterday.

Work has completed on a new test microchip that will be used in Irish universities with the aim of furthering research into nanotechnology.

Cientifica, the world's leading sovereign seller of nanotechnology research and technology information, releases report "Nanotechnologies for the Textiles Market" which reveals that textile applications of nanotechnologies are already a US$ 11 billion market, and will increase by a factor of ten by 2012.

The SchauPlatz NANO is a platform for communication, which is hosted by Beiersdorff GmbH. Relevant companies get the possibility to be part of a nano community which is supporting and inspiring one another.

A lot of retailers and traders are interested in having their own brand. Percenta Europe Ltd. as a wholesale and direct partner of one of the biggest development centres for nanotechnology can give you the opportunity to distribute your own branded goods.

The city of Weifang, in the Chinese province of Shandong, wants to attract investment from the Portuguese chemical industry, Wang Xiulu, the city’s head of promotion and investment, said Wednesday.