Nanotechnology : Finland, Companies and Institutions

University of Jyvaskyla : Nanoscience Center ( NSC )

Benj — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:38:24 +0000

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http://www.jyu.fi/science/muut_yksikot/nsc/en/

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University of Jyväskylä, P.O.Box 35

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FIN-40014

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+358 14 260 4755

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+358 14 260 4756

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Nanosciences in Jyväskylä date back to the 1980s when atomic clusters became the focus of condensed matter physics. Combination with chemistry of supramolecules, biochemistry of molecular recognition and research of viruses added cross-disciplinary flavor to the research. The Nanoscience Center was founded in 2000 to strengthen the research infrastructure, industrial co-operation and education. Today Nanoscience Center operates in a new building designed for multidisciplinary research. It houses nearly 100 researchers, with a background in biology, chemistry or physics, working towards front-line scientific discoveries and applications for commercial use.

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F:ma Thomas E Fagerstedt, Percenta Partner Finland

nanopiste — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:39:40 +0000

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http://fi.percenta.com/

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thomas.fagerstedt@percenta.com

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Scheffersgränd 4 B 15

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22100

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+358 400 967 420

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+358 18 16662

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Thomas Fagerstedt

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F:ma Thomas E Fagerstedt, Percenta Partner Finland offers a wide range of goods to protect surfaces using nanotechnology. The unique and multifunctional surface finishes provide a long lasting protection on a chemical nanotechnological basis.
We are one of the first companies to specialise on research, test and distribution of nano-based surface sealants. We offer a wide range of nano sealing products for private and professional use. All of our products are easy to use and long lasting.
Close collaboration with the best researchers and developers throughout Europe, enables us to respond to the wishes and needs of our customers.

For sales representatives or small businesses who would like to distribute these unique products, we will be pleased to send you a price list on presentation of a trade certificate (or a copy of your headed paper/VAT No). With a small minimum purchase you can build up an additional sideline.

Retail & Trade
A lot of retailers and traders are interested in having their own brand. We as a wholesale and direct partner to more than one supplier, we can help you to distribute your own brand.

Industry
Industrial processing companies have the option of getting 200 or 1000 litre barrels. Processing our sealant products increases the resale price of your products and services.

Private household
Just send a mail to: thomas.fagerstedt(at)percenta.com with the product you need.

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KSV Instruments Ltd

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:07:26 +0000

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http://www.ksvltd.com/

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info@ksvltd.fi

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Höyläämötie 7

Zip or postal code

00380

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+358-9-54973300

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+358-9-54973333

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Sauli Törmäläl

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KSV Instruments Ltd has more than 20 years of experience in developing and manufacturing instruments for nano- and surface science research. The main products of the company are instruments for surface/interfacial tension and contact angle measurements, as well as so called Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett instruments, which are used for preparing and studying nanometer thick organic layers on air-water interfaces and solid substrates.
Furthermore, KSV also manufactures more specialized characterization instruments such as Brewster Angle Microscopes for thin organic film characterization and Quartz Crystal Microbalances for very small (nanogram) mass changes at interfaces during adsorption/desorption processes or reactions taking place at the interface. KSV is very actively looking for new ideas for instruments to develop in the field of nano- and biotechnology and surface chemistry.

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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Benj — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:53:03 +0000

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http://www.vtt.fi/

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P.O. Box 1000

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FI-02044

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+358 20 722 111

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358 20 722 7001

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VTT produces research services that enhance the international competitiveness of companies, society and other customers at all stages of their innovation process. VTT thereby creates the prerequisites for growth, employment and wellbeing.

VTT promotes the realisation of innovative solutions and new businesses by foreseeing already in the strategic research stage the future needs of its customers. VTT creatively combines its multidisciplinary expertise with the know-how of its partners. VTT also exploits global networking and the basic research results of universities in its services.

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Millidyne Oy

Benj — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 15:24:01 +0000

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http://www.millidyne.fi/

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info@millidyne.fi

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Street address

Hermiankatu 6-8

Zip or postal code

33720

Telephone

+358 3 316 5976

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+358 3 317 7900

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With more than 10 years of experience behind us, we create unique products based on ceramic composite powders, sol-gel coatings and specialty polymers for global industrial sectors – applying the most recent advances in nanotechnology to improve the value of your surfaces.
Non-stick stainless steel, water-repellent glass, scratch-resistant plastic... What kind of surface do you want for your product. We provide the coating solution.

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Genano Ltd

Benj — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:51:36 +0000

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http://www.genano.fi/

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info@genano.fi

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Street address

Pyyntitie 3

Zip or postal code

02230

Telephone

+358 9 7743 870

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+358 9 7743 8711

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Established 1999 in Finland, Genano Ltd designs, manufactures and markets air cleaning equipment and solutions.

Genano’s products are based on patent-protected, multifunction-ion (MFI®) technology. 27 years of research led to the design of a method to remove the full range of particles from air including the smallest, ultrafine particles (UFP). Genano uses this technology to create a healthy indoor environment.

Notably, Genano products were also designed to require little or no maintenance.

A growing network of distributors has been established to market ultrapure air cleaning in Finland and internationally.

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Dekati Ltd

Benj — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:46:06 +0000

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http://www.dekati.fi/

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Osuusmyllynkatu 13

Zip or postal code

33700

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+358 3 3578 100

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+358 3 3578 140

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Air quality is one of the basic elements of a healthy environment being therefore one of the major priorities in environmental policy and legislation. Scientific studies show that the smallest particles are the most harmful ones, since they can directly penetrate to the human blood circulation. Within the field of ambient and indoor air quality, there has been an increasing focus on small particles, measured in microns or even nanometers.

Dekati aims to improve the quality of human life and wants to support industry in its struggle to achieve cleaner and more cost efficient processes requiring precise fine particle control and information. Dekati´s core competence and expertise is in the design and manufacture of innovative fine particle measuring and sampling devices.

The breakthrough innovation of Dekati Ltd is the Electrical Low Pressure Impactor (ELPI), developed in co-operation with Tampere University of Technology. ELPI is capable of measuring fine particle concentrations and size distribution in real time.

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Nanoharju

Benj — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:42:11 +0000

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http://www.nanoharju.fi/

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The products that our companies provide include e.g. Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) equipment and process know-how, real-time particle measurement equipment, industrial equipment for the production of nanomaterials (including nanocoatings), high-purity chemicals, high-power active fibers for fiber lasers and so on. Please find more information on the companies and products via the links on the right hand side of this page.

Nanoharju is currently actively knitting a ’network of networks’ which will provide its cluster companies access to abroad. We will be happy to introduce a co-operation plan with major Chinese networks during the spring 2006 – together with the opening of the Nanoharju China office. The office will include a showroom for the Finnish nanotechnology products and companies.

In the autumn 2006 Nanoharju will organise the 4th annual Nanoharju conference. Every year the conference has focused on industrial applications of nanotechnology. This year’s theme will be ’Real projects/products’ and it will introduce real co-operative projects, which have lead to real products and real business – showing the strength of co-operation, partnering and networking.

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Nanoscale Oy

Benj — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:27:57 +0000

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http://www.nanoscale.fi/

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Tyynentie 12 C

Zip or postal code

15230

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+358 3 5535 422

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+358 3 5535 420

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Amroy Europe, LTD.

Benj — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 18:54:30 +0100

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http://www.amroyinc.com/

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P.O.Box 144

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FI-15101

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+358 (0) 400 815 266

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+358 (0) 378 19142

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Epoxy resin is so called thermoset plastic. That means that once the polymerisation has been achieved the plastic structure and molecules form a irrevocable 3D network. This polymerisation gives the plastic (epoxy) an excellent adhesive properties simultaneously with low viscosity prior to the reaction. That is the reason why epoxy is used to bond other more durable components and adhere reinforcement structures into wanted shape.

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Finish Micro and Nanotechnology Network (FMNT)

Benj — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 16:37:34 +0100

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http://www.fmnt.fi/

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Centre of Expertise for Micro & Nanosystems and Adaptive Materials, Technopolis Ventures Ltd., Tekniikantie 21

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FI-02150

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+358 9 2517 15

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+358 9 455 3117

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FMNT is continuously developing its methods and processes to serve the micro and nanotechnology field in Finland. The idea of this portal is to be the entrance to the Finnish micro- and nanotechnology world. Through this portal FMNT wants to serve all those who are interested the micro and nanotechnologies.

FMNT web-portal provides basic knowledge about the micro and nanotechnologies as well as more specific services to the members of the network. One of the main purposes is the increase the visibility of companies, research organizations and other organizations utilizing micro and nanotechnology. The basic idea is to improve this web-portal together with its users and find the experts of the fields to maintain and develop their own fields of micro and nanotechnology of this portal.

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Spinverse Oy

Benj — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:15:31 +0100

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http://www.spinverse.com/

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Innopoli 2, Tekniikantie 14

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FIN - 02150

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+358 9 2517 7888

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Strategy consulting
- business plan coaching and strategy reviews
- vision workshops and consolidation for large enterprises technology programs

Finance consulting
- advising for financing alternatives
- arranging financing
- seed investments

Partnering consulting
- consulting how to work with large companies
- representing small company to large companies, especially mobile sector

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Fluilogic Oy

Benj — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:58:10 +0100

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http://www.fluilogic.fi/

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Street address

Westendintie 1

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FIN-02160

Telephone

+358-9-439 230 22

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+358-9-439 230 21

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Ilkka Talvinen

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Fluilogic helps various industries, in need for precise liquid handling, to improve their processes, productivity and quality by developing, producing and marketing micro and nanoliter dispensing applications using EMB-technology. The goal of precise metering is to create reliability, cost savings, safety and efficiency needed in liquid handling.

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Picosun

Benj — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:31:12 +0100

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http://www.picosun.com/

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info@picosun.com

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Street address

Tietotie 3

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FI-02150

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+358 50 369 9565

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Kustaa Poutiainen

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Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)is used to fabricate ultrathin and conformal thin film structures for many semiconductor and thin film device applications. ALD uses sequential self-limiting surface reactions to achieve control of film growth in the monolayer or sub-monolayer thickness regime. ALD is receiving attention for its potential applications in advanced high-k gate oxides, capacitor dielectrics and copper diffusion barriers in advanced electronic devices. It is also of interest in any advanced application that benefits from control of film structure in the nanometer or sub-nanometer scale.

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Beneq

Benj — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:25:16 +0100

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http://www.beneq.com/

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Street address

Ensimmäinen savu

Zip or postal code

01510

Telephone

+358 9 7599 530

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+358 9 7599 5310

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Converting Proven Innovations Into Industrial Equipment For Global Markets.

Beneq is an industrial equipment manufacturer with a new business concept. Beneq’s business model is built on the fact that an innovative small and medium size enterprise (SME) benefits from a partner, who can industrialize and commercialize the SME’s innovations. The revenues for both companies come from the end customers.

Beneq is the needed business facilitator serving its partners as a trusted ally, providing them the industrialization of their ideas and enabling both parties to generate profits. Together with the partners we make sure that the end customers receive what they need to create added value to their products and production processes.

Typically Beneq’s role in the partnership is to engineer, manufacture, market, sell, and service the industrial equipment whereas the technology partners provide the needed technology basis and process know-how.

Currently, Beneq, together with its' partners is addressing the market of industrial equipment for producing functional surfaces with the latest technology, typically utilizing nanosize materials. The nanotechnology related markets are in the stage of fast growth and it is expected that the market will grow rapidly offering new growth opportunities. Current partnership agreements are in place with ABR Innova Oy, Nanolab Systems Ltd., Nanoscale Oy, and ZET Systems Oy.

Beneq's infrastructure is based on proven ISO 9001 certified operational model. The basic operational infrastructure is provided by Nextrom (www.nextrom.com) who is our partner in the equipment delivery process.

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Helsinki University of Technology: Materials Physics Laboratory

Benj — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:39:26 +0100

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http://focus.hut.fi/

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FIN-02015

Telephone

+358 9 451 3153

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+358 9 451 3164

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Helsinki University of Technology is the leading institute of engineering education and research in Finland. Situated on a campus in Otaniemi (Espoo), some 10 km west of the city of Helsinki, it consists of twelve departments, eleven research institutes and ten separate institutions. The faculties contain approximately 90 laboratories with about 10000 undergraduate and 2500 graduate students.

The Materials Physics Laboratory is one of the seven laboratories of the Department of Engineering Physics and Mathematics. The number of undergraduate students enrolled at the department is about 800. The laboratory was established essentially in its present form in 1973.

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DCA Instruments

Benj — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:24:58 +0100

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http://www.dca.fi/

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info@dca.fi

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Street address

Vajossuonkatu 8

Zip or postal code

20360

Telephone

+358-2-2382 500

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+358-2-2388 993

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The strength and success of the company lies in its unique design capabilities and its proven record of fulfilling the customer's most demanding thin film process requirements.
The understanding of the customers requirements and a thorough knowledge of the thin film processes involved is the basis of all DCA system design.
Often the customer specifications require completely new solutions and a new design. During the design process the system development evolves through several phases
until the final solution is found, fulfilling all customer requirements.

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Nanocomp Ltd

Benj — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:48:10 +0100

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http://www.nanocomp.fi/

Contact Email

contact.nano@nanocomp.fi

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Street address

Teollisuuskatu 15

Zip or postal code

FIN-80100

Telephone

+358 13 316 616

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+358 13 316 617

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Nanocomp is a Finnish high-technology company, established in 1997. The company's roots lie on the diffractive-optics research at the University of Joensuu.

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Nanoway Oy

Benj — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:13:26 +0100

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http://www.nanoway.fi/

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nanoway@nanoway.fi

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Nanoscience Center, Survontie 9

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FIN-40500

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We develop innovative approaches and offer superior solutions for the low temperature community.
We actively collaborate with the Nanotechnology group at the University of Jyvaskyla.
Our core competence is electronic transport in nanostructures.

We provide a revolutionary solution to low temperature thermometry: a primary thermometer for everyday use based on the Coulomb blockade phenomenon.

Nanoway was awarded the valued annual "INNOSUOMI" innovation price on 20th of November 2001. The price was presented by the president of Finland for innovative applications in nanoelectronics.

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ABR Innova Oy

Benj — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:37:23 +0100

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Web url

http://www.abr.fi/

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Street address

Ensimmainen savu

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FIN-01510

Telephone

+358 (0)9 759 9530

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+358 (0)9 7599 5310

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Markku Rajala

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ABR Innova was founded in Finland in 1995. The company started out building various photonics-related businesses for Nextrom, a subsidiary of Nokia. This gave ABR a stronger leverage in terms of IPR. In 2002, ABR Innova sold its photonics interests in order to focus 100% on large-scale glass and ceramic markets. This soon was extented to steel surfaces as well.

At the core of ABRs products and support services is a novel hot aerosol technique for depositing coatings of nano-scale particles on glass or ceramic surfaces. These provide significant performance benefits:

1. Self-Cleaning: an invisible, bonded layer of nano-particles enables any indoor or outdoor glass inorganic surface (tile, glass, steel) to indefinitely repel accumulations of any organic materials, such as molds or bacteria.

2. Repelling Moisture: the hydrophilic characteristics of certain nanoparticles can be deployed to eradicate the formation of droplets on surfaces.

3. Coloring: by applying nano-particles at working temperatures, glass surfaces can be colored without the need for separate (and expensive) vats of colored glass. Also, glass itself can be created in the aerosol if desired. In addition to cost savings, the technology provides unique possibilities for glass design.

The company also works on advanced projects, developing new applications for its core technology.

ABR has offices in Helsinki, Finland (headquarters); Lohja, Finland (plant) and Silicon Valley, California and has agents in other locations around the world.