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NAND ipl has successfully manufactured and commercialized chemical color toners, Diesel Fuel Additives and other specialty chemicals. The product is now being exported to more than 18 countries worldwide. All things small are termed Nano these days. However, nanotechnology is defined as the formation of and/or engineering with particles 100nm or lo... wer in size. Smaller size leads to significant increase in the surface area per unit mass of the product. This leads to achieving the desired performance with much lower quantities of material (e.g. NAND's, where only 10 parts per million is required to achieve the effect and as a result can be added directly to the fuel) and/or an improvement in the desired performance (e.g. pigment color is enhanced the lower the particle size). Furthermore, NAND has also developed technology and know-how in the area of making structured particles using base nano-materials (e.g. Chemical color toner for printer ,CPT). Although nanotechnology is utilized in many diverse fields, NAND is currently focused on utilizing nanotechnology in the specialty chemicals area. As shown in the chart above, about 80% to 90% of nano technology companies are small research oriented organization. In last five years, as more large companies and venture capital firms are getting involved, research funding is no longer the biggest problem. However, the experience and knowledge to scale-up nanotechnologies and experience in bringing products from lab to market place has become the number one challenge which NAND ipl has successfully overcome. The objective of NAND is to move nanomaterials into products and the commercial arena.Read More