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expands its product portfolio with REWE Internatio- nal AG, Austria: The food retailer MERKUR will sell further care products of Nanogate‘s feldten brand. Medium-term sales expectations are in the six-digit range.

Furthermore, Nanogate acquires 51% of the German GfO Gesellschaft für Oberflächentechnik mbH and invests EUR1.5 million. http://www.nanogate.de

N anoInk, Inc.® has reached an agreement with Exsor Com. e Imp. de Equipamentos de Pre-

cisão Ltda. to serve as NanoInk’s exclusive distribu- tor in Brazil for the company’s desktop nanofabrica- tion equipment including the NLP 2000 System, the DPN 5000 System and the NanoProfessor™ Nanosci- ence Education Program. Founded in 2006, Exsor provides nanotechnology and optics products and equipment to companies and universities in Brazil.

James Hussey, chief executive officer for NanoInk said, “We are extremely pleased to expand our reach into Brazil with Exsor, which has demonstrated its strong commitment to nanotechnology as a distribu- tor of this rapidly developing technology.”

“We are thrilled to be named the authorized distri- butor for NanoInk in Brazil,” said Ute Labitzke, gene- ral manager, of Exsor. “We feel there is a tremendous market for NanoInk’s nanofabrication equipment which brings sophisticated nanofabrication equip- ment to the laboratory desktop. Additionally, the Na- noProfessor Program offers innovative technology in the area of nanoscience and we look forward to of- fering this program to community colleges, technical institutes, and undergraduate universities throughout

Brazil.” NanoInk’s NanoFabrication Systems Division brings sophisticated nanofabrication to the laborato- ry desktop in an easy to use and affordable setting. NanoInk’s NLP 2000 System is a desktop nanofa- brication system that allows researchers to rapidly design and create custom engineered and functio- nalized surfaces, using Dip Pen Nanolithography® (DPN®

) to transfer minute amounts of materials over a large, environmentally controlled work area.

Recently, the Company expanded the range of nanoscale applications for biology with the recent launch of two new Application Notes. NanoInk’s NanoFabrication Systems Division instruments, most notably the NLP 2000 System, have now been pro- ven to enable applications related to micropatterning of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based hydrogel and UV-curable polymer. These new capabilities broaden even further the applicability of the NLP 2000 Sy- stem for biological sciences. Earlier Application Notes described the benefits of using NanoInk’s platform to functionalize biosensors, pattern functional hydrogels and print multiplexed protein arrays. http://www.nanoink.net

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ano Mask, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NANM) has launched a complete line of Nano Silver Tech-

nology Hospital Curtains which is being manufac- tured by an ISO 2010 certified manufacturer. The complete line is now available for sale in the United States and Europe. Nano Silver Technology is an anti- microbial colloid composed of silver nanoparticles stabilized by polymer that exhibits excellent antimi- crobial efficacy across a wide spectrum of microorga- nisms. In testing, Nano Silver Technology testing has de- monstrated the ability to eradicate MRSA (Methicil-

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