Welcome to Nanophase Technologies (NASDAQ: NANX)
Nanomaterials Innovation

Nanophase Technologies is an industry-leading nanocrystalline materials innovator and manufacturer with an integrated family of nanomaterial technologies. The entire focus of Nanophase is nanotechnology, with two distinct and patented processes for the preparation and commercial manufacturing of nanopowder metal oxides i.e. Aluminum Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Cerium Oxide, and several others. Nanophase Technologies Corporation has developed a process, Discrete Particle Encapsulation, to coat the surface of its nanoparticles with a thin polymeric shell that enables compatibility of the particles with a wide variety of fluids, resins and polymers. Also, Nanophase has developed technology to permit the dispersion of its nanoparticles in water and a variety of polar and non-polar organic fluids. This allows Nanophase to supply concentrated, ready-to-use nanoparticle dispersions, eliminating the need for customers to disperse the nanoparticles themselves. Nanophase’s family of integrated technologies economically produces nanocrystalline materials, and then nanoengineers those materials to fit a customer need.

An enhanced capability of Nanophase is our ability to process complex multi-component materials. This process has demonstrated the ability to produce homogeneous mixed metal oxide nanopowders where the component materials form solid solutions with well-defined single crystalline phases. Nanocrystalline metal oxides having up to four metallic elements have been successfully produced. Nanophase has the capability to produce a wide variety of single-phase pure and mixed rare earth oxides, as well as pure and mixed transition metal oxides and main group metal oxides. The materials produced by this process have application in ultrafine polishing and chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP), catalysis, fuel cells, electronic materials, and advanced imaging.

All of Nanophase's facilities and practices are certified to the latest ISO 9001:2000 international standards. Where applicable, Nanophase facilities are cGMP (current Good Manufacturing Practices) compliant and the Company is registered as a drug ingredient manufacturer with the FDA. Nanophase's facilities are designed for flexibility and growth, and to maintain concise product/process flow. Since our processes are modular, there is ample room for expansion and fundamental infrastructure exists for a further 100% growth with minimal additional cost. Nanophase's processes are tightly controlled using statistical process control (SPC) under our Lean Six-Sigma Manufacturing discipline and are demonstrably scalable, cost effective and robust.

Nanophase produces engineered nanomaterial products for a variety of diverse markets: personal care, sunscreens, abrasion-resistant applications, environmental catalysts, antimicrobial products, and a variety of ultra-fine polishing applications, including semiconductor wafers, hard disk drives, and optics. Various applications include wood preservation, anti-fouling and anti-microbial coatings, fuel cells, catalytic converters, UV-attenuation coatings, scratch resistant coatings, charge dissipating coatings, deodorant/antiperspirants, depilatory/shaving products, and others. In parallel, new markets and applications are constantly being developed.

The Company markets its products to target markets and customers, including multinational corporations and Fortune 500 companies. As a small company with a strong focus on technology and commercial manufacturing, the Nanophase business model revolves around strategic partnerships. As examples, Nanophase has worldwide mutually exclusive relationships with BASF for the supply of zinc oxide into sunscreen applications and with Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials, formerly Rodel, for ceria dispersions used in CMP (chemical mechanical planarization) semiconductor applications. While products are available as powders, they are also offered as coated materials and/or stable dispersions in aqueous or organic media, providing partners with nanomaterials in readily usable forms which often lead to decreased time to market.