BHR Group

BHR Group is an independent Fluid Engineering consultancy & research organisation, providing practical and cost-effective solutions for Process Industry clients through confidential consultancy projects and shared-cost consortia. Our capabilities include:

* Mixing
* Nanoparticle Dispersion
* Physical and computational modelling
* Process intensification
* Scale-up
* Slurry Handling and Rheology

Buhler

The Grinding & Dispersion Division of the Buhler Group supplies processing equipment to Industries located globally and involved in:

• Nano and sub-micron dispersions
• Inks and Coatings
• Fine and Speciality Chemicals
• Pigment and Dye Stuffs
• Electronics
• Varnishes, Additives, Adhesives Sealants

The Buhler range includes:

• Mixers
• Bead Mills
• Roller Mills
• Extruders
• Raw Materials Handling Systems
• Nano Additives
• Associated equipment

Our product range reaches way beyond single processing equipment to providing total solutions wherever grinding and dispersing processes are required.

With dedicated Engineering, Process Automation and research teams, Buhler develop innovative process solutions obtaining the highest efficiency from new plants and optimizing the economics of existing manufacturing operations.

The Buhler PARTEC GmbH possesses unique know kow in developing and producing nanodispersions using their proprietary chemomechanical process.

PARTEC offers customized solutions around nano particles, nano dispersions as well as nano formulations, which are developed in close cooperation with each individual customer. As result of this cooperation, either a tailored product or a tailored process can be handed over to the customer.

CEMMNT

CEMMNT delivers comprehensive measurement, characterisation and analytical solutions, providing single point access to over 50 techniques and 250 inter-disciplinary specialists from industry leading partners. Our unique systems engineering expertise can also assist companies embedding micro and nano technologies into product and processes.

NETPARK – THE NORTH EAST TECHNOLOGY PARK

NETPARK – THE NORTH EAST TECHNOLOGY PARK Managed and marketed by County Durham Development Company (CDDC), NETPark is one of the fastest growing science parks in the UK.

Dedicated to the commercialisation of cutting edge R&D it focuses on the physical sciences – particularly plastic electronics, microelectronics, photonics, nanotechnology, and their application in the fields of energy, defence and medical-related technologies

Hosokawa

Hosokawa Micron Ltd is your single source for integrated powder processing systems and component machinery. From bulk powder processing to lab analysis and R&D equipment, from stand alone equipment to fully integrated systems, Hosokawa Micron Ltd. are the leaders in bulk handling and solids processing. Hosokawa Micron have the technical expertise and knowledge for bespoke design, manufacture and supply of powder processing systems for the all industry sectors. Key process areas include:

- Drying & Mixing
- Size Reduction
- Containment Technology - achieving ultra high containment levels to less than 10ng m³, for companies seeking superior levels of product and personnel protection throughout processing and packing operations.
- Nanotechnology, Particle enhancement, Coating, Dispersion & Spheronisation

Imerys

Active in 38 countries around the world with close to 300 manufacturing and commercial sites, Imerys is the world leader in Minerals Processing. The Group achieves €2.9 billion in annual sales. Imerys mines and processes minerals from reserves with rare qualities in order to develop solutions that improve its customers’ product performance and manufacturing efficiency. Imerys produces a number of nano-dimension mineral products and has a very active nanominerals research programme. The Group’s products have a great many applications in everyday life, including construction, personal care products, paper, paint, plastic, ceramics and telecommunications.

Imerys' minerals are processed and refined to complement its customer's different production processes, improving the quality and raising the performance of their products. Imerys offers tailor-made solutions based on an in-depth understanding of the manufacturing process, production tools and business constraints of every market segment it serves.

Imerys' research laboratories have an enviable track record for innovation, developing new applications to satisfy its customers' requirements. Imerys engineers its minerals to provide customers with a competitive edge.

Imerys' extensive research and development facilities have become a centre of excellence for mineral applications in the paint and polymer industries. It provides engineered materials, backed by a world class service.

The real secret of Imerys' high performance minerals lies in the specialised processes used to add performance. These include purification, refining, blending, drying, classification and pulverisation. Many of these processes have been developed by Imerys, and the resulting benefits are unique to its customers.

La Playa

La Playa Limited is an award winning insurance broker with an enviable reputation for its imaginative and distinctive work in managing risk for science and technology companies operating in the UK's information technology, communications technology, electronics, life sciences, nanotechnology, cleantech and mediatech sectors.

Intertek

Intertek MSG Intertek MSG, a supplier of Analytical Services, provides expertise in Nano material characterisation throughout the supply chain, ranging from visualising, identifying and measuring nano particles through to measuring the desired improved material end property.

MSG has over 30 years experience in characterising nano scale materials and is able to work with clients on particular needs or larger multi-technique projects. With many different analytical and physical testing instruments available and having been UKAS (ISO 17025) accredited for over 15 years, MSG is a partner of choice for Product development, Problem-solving or Research.

In 2006 MSG was established as a Core Provider in the NanoCentral network, bringing the combined understanding of ‘structure-property-processing’ aspects of materials. In particular, Intertek MSG can apply a number of different particle sizing techniques (laser diffraction, PCCS, disc centrifuge) identify and characterise structures (XRD, SEM, TEM, pore systems), process dispersions in polymers at small scale and measure mechanical properties.

For more information please contact Dr Allan Stewart or Dr Isla Mathieson on +44 (0)1642 435788 or come and see us at stand X at NanoMaterials 08

Intrinsiq Materials Ltd

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Johnson Matthey

Johnson Matthey is a speciality chemicals company and a world leader in advanced materials technology. The group focuses on its core skills in catalysts, precious metals, fine chemicals and process technology, developing products and services that enhance the quality of life for millions around the world.

Since its foundation as a precious metals assayer in 1817, Johnson Matthey has continued to develop new technology, demonstrating its ability to maintain world leadership by adapting constantly to the ever-changing needs of customers. Today the company employs around 7,800 people in over 30 countries across the globe and its principal activities reflect its core skills.

Based at its research centre in Sonning Common, Johnson Matthey has developed flame spray pyrolysis facilities for the production of nanomaterials. A prototype (ca. 5 g/hr) and a development rig (100 g/hr) are operated by one of Johnson Matthey′s experimental team building up an expertise in flame made catalysts and materials. Flame spray pyrolysis is versatile one-step process to producing nanoparticles and can be used to make metal, metal oxide and more complex nanoparticle materials. Johnson Matthey has specialised in using the technique to make metallic nanoparticle catalysts and has developed considerable in-house expertise in this area. This knowledge is also transferable into other application areas.

Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (Nanotechnology KTN) advances the effective exploitation and commercialisation of Micro- and Nano- Technologies (MNT) by promoting knowledge exchange, facilitating innovation, encouraging supply chain collaborations and providing thought leadership.

Established in 2007 as a successor to the former MNT Network, membership of the Nanotechnology KTN is open to industrial companies, technology providers, academia, trade bodies and learned societies with a passion for micro- and nano-technologies.

With over a hundred years of experience within its team, the Nanotechnology KTN is the UK’s primary knowledge-based network for MNT. It proactively engages with business, the science base and individuals to stimulate innovation and knowledge transfer. It promotes the unique capabilities of the Nanotechnology Facilities Network established under the MNT Capital Programme. It provides a communications forum through which the MNT community can inform and influence regional and national policy, and facilitates access to a wide range of funding opportunities.

nanoLake

nanoLake is the nano technical distribution specialist. Through challenging the status quo, nanoLake has discovered speciality technical products and processes in the nano world.

nanoLake specialise in selling nano sized technical materials, by providing application specific advice from our team of technical specialists to make your formulation successful and your company profitable.

Recently the number of commercially available chemistries in the form of nano particles has increased substantially. So, the formulator is now offered a more comprehensive source of raw materials to design a formulation down to the micro- and nano-level and achieve performance characteristics previously out of reach.

Suppliers to nanoLake manufacture nano particles and nano emulsions in industrial volumes for use in all markets from personal care to polymers, composites, coatings, ceramics and lubricants. In addition to a diverse range of nanometer particle oxides, nitrides, carbides, metals and organics, nanoLake offers confidential bespoke technical, operational and commercial advice to customers in line with Lake’s role as a Technical Distribution Specialist.

nanoLake partner with manufacturers who develop outstanding technologies which are then offered with leading technical expertise from industry professionals.

Nano–porous solutions

nano-porous solutions limited develop, manufacture and market advanced nano-porous hollow fibres.

The novel and fully patented technology can be used for selective adsorption or membrane separation applications. Applications vary from removing liquids or VOC′s from gas streams, to the removal of contaminants from water, separation and purification of liquids and proteins.

Nanoscape AG

NanoScape develops and produces highly porous, nanoscale, aluminosilicate (NanoZeolite) materials. Pore sizes range from 3A to 100A with particle sizes typically around 100nm. Materials are supplied in powder form (with hydrophilic or organically modified surfaces) or as suspensions (in aqueous and organic solvents). Current development focuses on CleanTech applications, such as: additives for water purification membranes; air filters; catalysts; and adsorbers for dehumidification systems, heat pumps and heat recovery systems. Furthermore, NanoScape is developing encapsulation and "triggered release" technology, whereby functional molecules (e.g. dyes and catalysts) are incorporated ("encapsulated") into the pore structure to enhance the molecule’s stability and broaden its effective application range.

Nanotechnologies Industries Association

Formed in 2005 by a number of nanotechnology companies with a variety of different backgrounds and activities, the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) creates a clear single voice to represent the diverse industries′ views in the multi-stakeholder debate on nanotechnology; it provides an interface with government, acting as a source for consultation on regulation and standards, communicating the benefits of nanotechnologies and interacting with the media to ensure an ongoing advancement and commercialisation of nanotechnologies.

One North East

One NorthEast is the Regional Development Agency for North East England. One NorthEas′’s Innovation & Business Development (IBD) team delivers the flagship £200M Strategy for Success, which is an innovative programme focusing on three strategic priorities: Energy & Environment, Healthcare and Innovation & Process Technologies. The IBD team work with a number of partners, such as regional Centres of Excellence, universities and businesses, to strengthen the knowledge base, establish mechanisms to enable technology transfer, support development of new and existing clusters and to encourage innovation in North East companies. Together we invest in science, innovation and creativity to amplify the performance of the North East economy, creating a vibrant, ambitious and outward looking region.

Working alongside the IBD team and as part of One NorthEast′s strategic focus to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), the Inward Investment and Aftercare team proactively targets companies in overseas markets to stimulate investment into the region by focusing on technology and analysis of the local supply chain. In 2007 we helped secure £190 million of capital investments and secured 1337 new jobs for the regional economy. Activity concentrates on the key sectors within the Strategy for Success, along with the priorities of the Regional Economic Strategy to support business investment and build upon our dynamic economy, self reliant, healthy environment and distinctive culture.

For more information about innovation and business development activity in North East England please visit http://www.strategyforsuccess.info and for further information about inward investment and aftercare support please visit www.investnortheastengland.com

Printed Electronics

Steve eventually finished being a student at Sheffield University with degrees in Mathematics, Statistics and Computing; BSc, MSc and PhD chemistry and specialised in mass spectrometry. He was on the academic staff at Sheffield until 1974 and became a consultant in analytical chemistry and set up Manchester Circuits in 1976. MCL was purchased by Forward Group plc in 1996 and subsequently by Viasystems Inc in 1997. He was European Director of Research and Development for Viasystems until its closure in 2001.

He has had an interest in digital printing for a number of years and has given many papers on both laser and inkjet printing methods. More recently has set up Printed Electronics Ltd which has two facilities in Cambridge: the first is an inkjet development laboratory which is equipped with state of the art inkjet printing using a wide variety of binary and greyscale inkjet heads for the development of inkjet printed electronics (and other) processes; the second is an inkjet ink characterisation laboratory to determine the properties of functional nano-particulate inks and investigate their non-Newtonian behaviour in high shear rate printing.

Promethean

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Scientific & Medical Products

For over 28 years Scientific & Medical Products has been exclusively involved in the promotion, distribution and service of laboratory instruments and systems for research, development and quality control applications. We offer a wide range of techniques, including specialist instruments for Surface Science, Materials Characterisation and Process Chemistry from the following manufacturers:

– Q-Sense – Quartz Crystal Microbalances with Dissipation (QCM-D)
– Reichert – Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Instruments
– Teclis – Interfacial Chemistry and Contact Angle Tensiometers
– SMS – Vapour (Moisture) Sorption Analysers
– Seiko – Thermal Analysis Equipment
– Thar Technologies – Supercritical Fluid Process Vessels and Systems
– ChemiSens – Reaction and Chemical Process Analysers

Our range of products also includes instruments for sample preparation and pressure chemistry, including stirred reactors.

Teer Coatings Ltd

Closed Field UnBalanced Magnetron Sputter Ion Plating (CFUBMSIP) is an enabling physical vapour deposition (PVD) technology which has many potential applications in nanotechnology. The process enables accurate nanometric control of coating structure and composition.

TCL′s equipment is ideally suited to prepare multilayers using constant reactive deposition conditions and the ability to continually rotate substrates past multiple targets, enabling sequential deposition of layers of different composition. Using this method it is also easy to produce high quality optical materials, e.g. multilayer filter stacks.

TCL′s unique in-house barrel coating facilities offer an all over uniform service for particulates and small items without the requirement for parts to be fixtured before coating. A wide range of coatings, with controllable thickness in the range 10nm and 1000nm, can be deposited, onto powder sizes of 1µm and upwards (typically 100µm). A research project is currently underway to further develop the process for coating of nanoparticles.

Netzsch

NETZSCH-Mastermix Ltd. is a world leading machine manufacturer. We design and manufacture equipment for mechanically producing nanoparticles by 2 distinct processes: comminution (the breaking down of primary particles) or the dispersing of agglomerated nano structured materials.

With machinery designed specifically for the development of nano materials NETZSCH is an excellent partner for help with creating nano dispersions.

University of Liverpool

The University of Liverpool is one of the foremost research intensive Universities in the UK. Its expertise in micro- and nanoMaterials includes NanoParticles, NanoSensors, NanoMaterials and NanoSurfaces. Companies can benefit from our state of the art technology and access to experts in new nanomaterials who can advise on potential benefits and the development of novel materials with bespoke properties.

In addition, the University has recently opened for businesses its new NanoMaterials mixing facility, called UMPF (Ultra Mixing and Processing Facility).

To find out how your company could benefit and for any other business enquiry, please contact the Business Gateway.

National Physical Laboratory

Nanoscience and nanotechnologies are widely predicted to become a central focus for driving economic growth in the 21st century. NPL has a major emphasis on nanosciences and technologies involving numerous dedicated scientists with a capital base worth millions of pounds.

The aim is to make a significant impact on the UK economy and quality of life through the development of key and novel measurement techniques and standards that will enable industries to innovate and adopt new technologies.

NPLs nanoscience supports a wide range of industries from plastic electronics and personal care to high-density magnetic storage and spintronics. This frontier research is focused into the following key areas:

• Nanoparticle characterization - the development of new techniques, methods and standards necessary to measure the size and number distributions of nanoparticles and the surface to core chemistry of nanoparticles. NPL has unique capabilities to bring together expertise in ambient and engineered nanoparticles.
• NPL is internationally leading in the science base for the characterisation of nanoscale chemical and physical properties of materials on atomic and molecular length scales including a wide range of techniques. We are pioneering new analytical methods based on scanning probe and near-field optics to characterise surface chemical properties at the highest resolution.
• NPL is developing essential capability for the microfabrication of nano-probes to underpin the use of nanotechnology for metrology and metrology for nanotechnology.
• NPL is developing novel measurement techniques for quantifying magnetic and electronic properties on the nanoscale in support of ICT industry in high-density magnetic storage and spintronics research.
• The development of standards for nanoscience and nanotechnologies is of major importance. NPL provides key leadership in the development of international standards based on innovative and robust measurement science. For more information please contact:

Courtney Tuffin
Business Development Partner - Quality of Life Division
National Physical Laboratory
Hampton Rd | Teddington | Middlesex | UK | TW11 0LW
Tel: +44 20 89773222 | Mobile: +44 7738 894 521| Fax: +44 20 8614 1234
Email: courtney.tuffin@npl.co.uk

Infineum

Infineum – chemical experts in the stabilisation of nanoparticles

Infineum’s Performance Chemicals Team has extensive expertise in the dispersing and stabilisation of nanoparticle assemblies in a wide range of media.

A global organisation in the formulation, manufacture and marketing of additives for the fuels and lubricants industry. Infineum’s innovative work has been producing winning formulas for the petrochemical industry for over 75 years. We are now looking for new partners who value our technical expertise in the stabilisation of nanoparticles and nanoscale materials.

We are pleased to announce also that Infineum is participating to the 7th Framework Programme by coordinating the "AddNano" project on ‘The development and scale-up of innovative nanotechnology-based processes into the value chain of the lubricants market’. The European Commission has recently communicated that the "AddNano" project has successfully passed the stage 1 evaluation and have invited us to submit a full proposal in accordance with the requirements of the call.

If you are looking for innovative chemicals and ideas to perform for you, please come and explore the possibilities, you will find us at stand 19.

Infineum Performance Chemicals Team
PO Box 1
Milton Hill
Abingdon
Oxfordshire OX13 6BB

Tel: +44 (0) 1235 469469
Email: performance.chemicals@infineum.com

Safenano

SAFENANO is the UK’s premier resource on nanotechnology health and safety.

SAFENANO is a UK DTI Nanotechnology Centre of Excellence with a principal focus on health, safety and environmental aspects of Nanotechnology.

Established in 2006, SAFENANO provides industry, academia, government and the general public with independent, impartial advice about the potential risks to the environment and human health from nanoparticles. This is achieved via SAFENANO’s three main activities: safenano.org, the SAFENANO Community, and SAFENANO Scientific Services.

Spanning the gap between knowledge and regulation in a rapidly changing field, SAFENANO provides independent expert advice and judgement on all aspects of nanotechnology health and safety with an emphasis on designing solutions specifically for the individual client.

Pera

Pera is one of Europe′s leading innovation and business support organisations with a presence in eight European countries. Established in the UK over 60 years ago as an industry association owned by the companies it serves, we now work to improve the growth and competitiveness of industry and business in Europe by helping clients gain;

• Greater access to global knowledge and markets
• More efficient business processes
• Better differentiated products and services
• More effective skills development.

Grimm Aerosol

Grimm Aerosol UK Ltd. is the UK division of the German company Grimm Aerosol Technik founded 25 years ago.

Grimm Aerosol manufactures high quality scientific instrumentation for measurement of airborne nanoparticles and micron particles. The product range includes products for nanoparticle generation and monitoring for industry and research.

JRC

The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union. Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national.