Nanotechnology Commercial Organizations – Directory

A.P.E. Research develops and produces very high-resolution probe microscopes (SPM), systems and instrumentation for surface and condensed matter physics.

Develops analytical devices based on biosensors with the aid of nanobiotechnology.

Kolzer manufactures and supplies vacuum treatment plants and is a market leader in the high-vacuum treatment field with over 900 units currently operating worldwide. Kolzer produces a complete range of machinery, offering different types of processes: metallization, sputtering, plasma and PE-CVD.

Producer of nanomaterial enhanced semifinished and finished products for applications in a number of fields such as structural sections, electrical devices, engine and aerospace components, consumer accessories, biomedical prosthesis.

Producer of nanopowders such as nanostructured metal alloys, ceramics and metal-ceramics nanocomposites, polymeric alloys, fillers and nanostructured additives.

Mindseeds Laboratories is a start-up company focused on research and engineering of innovative platforms for single-cell processing, manipulation and analysis.

Nano-Cat provides its industrial customers with nano-hybrid materials and is a complete-service provider and offers turn key solutions as well as solutions to specific tasks in the area of Energy, Health, Transport, Environmental, Defense, Security, and Space Sectors. The spectrum of services ranges from consulting in Materials engineering, production, applications support, all the way to materials characterization.

Veneto Nanotech, the Italian Cluster of Nanotechnology, and IMAST, the Italian technological district on Engineering of polymeric and composite materials and structures, are organizing an annual competition - Nanochallenge - together with Polymerchallenge, an international business plan competition for the best project on nanotechnology and on advanced polymer-based materials.

(website in Italian) Nanodiagnostics is a scientific consulting firm in the areas of medicine, industry and ecology. Its main activity is the discovery and measurement of micro and nanoparticle in products, foods, pharamaceuticals, cosmetics etc.

Nanto is a consulting firm whose mission is to analyze competitors and emerging technologies in order to allow its customers to develop and apply strategic plan processing.

Founded in 2003, Organic Spintronics is a spin-off company of the Italian National Research Council. Organic Spintronics is not only focusing its research on spintronics, but also in development and commercialization of advanced nanomaterials; tools and systems for thin film deposition.

SA Envitech is active in research, development and industrialization of technologies and new materials for the waste treatment, contaminated site remediation, water purification and alternative energy. The company is active in the development and production of nanostructured materials to apply in the environmental and energy field and the holder of numerous international patents. The company independently develops its technologies following a market requests.

SCRIBA Nanotecnologie develops identification, anti-counterfaction, security and health products based on nanotechnology.

SouthNovel produces Aeneas3 a very advanced simulator for Monte Carlo transport in semiconductor devices of general 3D shape and organic and inorganic material, along with Archimedes a free 2D MC simulator for Silicon, Germanium and GaAs cartesian devices. The company also provide toolboxes, documentations and solutions on demand.

The technology employed by Tethis for the production of nanostructured materials - nanostructured thin films - is based on a Pulsed Microplasma Cluster Source (PMCS) that was developed and patented by three of Tethis' co-founders.