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26 nanotimes Companies Facts
round from a syndicate of current and new strategic investors, expected to close later this year. Nanocomp will use the funding to expand its manufacturing capacity and underwrite market expansion, as it completes transition into a new, volume production facility in Merrimack, USA. Nanocomp’s CNT yarn and sheet products are finding use in advanced components in a number of critical US Department of Defense and NASA programs.
NanoFocus AG (N2F.FSE), German developer and manufacturer of optical 3D surface measurement systems and software for the characterization of technical surfaces, presented nanometer-accurate inspection solutions during the Control 2012 in Stuttgart, Germany. With the non-contact optical surface measurement technology, relevant 3D surface texture characteristics for quality assurance can be determined easily and quickly. The accurate and precise assessment of surfaces is decisive in improving functional properties of materials and components. Non-destructive production-supporting measurement technologies are, therefore, becoming increasingly important in research and industry.
NanoFocus offers three lines of confocal-based 3D measurement systems for a broad range of non-contact measurement tasks on nearly all surfaces: the µsurf(R) 3D metrology systems, the µscan(R) 2D/3D optical profilometers, and the µsprint(R) 3D in-line sensors. They enable roughness measurements conforming to DIN EN ISO norms, defect detection, as well as determinations of form, waviness, volume, step heights, and further relevant surface characteristics. The accompanying software, also developed by NanoFocus, offers nearly limitless opportunities for evaluation and documentation.
"Fast measurements without previous preparation of the samples, easy handling and highest precision of measurement results are the outstanding features of our metrology systems. Predefined specifications are met, costs reduced and production errors are minimized," says Juergen Valentin, Chief Technology Officer of NanoFocus AG.
Moreover, on May 23, 2012 NanoFocus AG has decided to increase capital by using the existing approved capital with the consent of the management board a couple of days later. Institutional investors participated in the capital increase following their strategic interests. The capital increase against cash has not exceeded 10% of the company’s share capital and the issue price has not considerably fallen below the stock exchange price at the time of subscription. As a result of the issuance of 205,184 new shares NanoFocus AG received additional financial means amounting to EUR575,000. The issue price of the new shares was EUR2.80.
Cantech Letter interviews Doug Blakeway, CEO of Nanotech Security Corp. (TSXV: NTS).
http://www.cantechletter.com/2012/05/cantech-letter-interviews-doug-blakeway-ceo-of-nanotech-security/