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Interviews
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We conducted an exclusive interview with Mike Foley,
Founding Director of CheapTubes Inc.,
worldwide leading distributor of nano carbon materials, located in Vermont USA.
CheapTubes supplies various kinds of CNTs from single, double, and multi wall
to functionalized and graphitized CNTs with various lengths at competitive
prices yet high quality. They also supply single layer graphene oxide that can
be applied such as for transparent conductive coatings, and other nano carbon
based materials. Read our article of the interview at Nanotechnology Now
to learn more about CheapTubes' activities and products, as well as the latest
trend in nano carbon materials business.
While in nano tech 2010 exhibition, we met and
interviewed Bayer MaterialScience from Germany about their
product of Al-CNT composite and printable conductive BayInk TP CNT and BayInk
TP nanosilver. For exciting performance of these nanomaterials, read our article of the interview at Nanotechnology Now to find out more details about Bayer's innovation and product development
activities.
During TIA nano workshop in Tsukuba, NanoGlobe was
invited by Dr Toyohiro Chikyow, the founder of COMET Inc. to visit their
company located in National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS,
www.nims.go.jp) campus. NanoGlobe interviewed their CEO, Dr Setsu Suzuki and
arranged a meeting between Dr Chikyow and EDB colleagues to discuss their
business development in Singapore. Read our article of the interview in our
column
to find out more details about COMET's innovative technology for the "state of
the art" thin film combinatorial high-throughput developments.
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Nanoimprint
Consortium in Singapore
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Differing from the conventional industry consortium,
Singapore Institute of Materials Research of Engineering (IMRE) provides a
platform for building a global industry consortium connecting R&D
capability in Singapore and industry beyond the borders. The Industry
Consortium on Nanoimprint (ICON) covers the full value chain in Nanoimprint
technology and products. IMRE will officially launch ICON together with the 4th
Industrial Symposium on Nanoimprint Lithography on 3rd August 2010
at IMRE. Initiated by Dr Low Hong Yee (Nanoimprint Program Director of IMRE),
the consortium aims to advance the nanoimprint R&D and accelerate the transfer
of nanoimprint technology to industries. Mark your calendar and stay tuned for more details and information at our event website.
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Services
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NanoGlobe
provides professional services based on our unparalleled understanding of
nanotechnology in Asia. Our participation in Asian nanotechnology events
and site-visits give us deep insight into policy issues, strategic intelligence
needs, and the ability to analyze nanotech innovation for commercialization. We
would be honoured to discuss our consulting services and to work together for
your business development success. Click on the Services Button of our website.
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Our Publications
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We continue our "round the world" nano tour of events and site visits and share what we have seen and experienced in our weekly articles appear at Nanotechnology Now website (Nanotechnology in Asia Column), Bimonthly SingNano Newsletter and the Asia Nano Forum Quarterly newsletters and Annual Reports.
At the end of July 2009, we published a book titled "Emerging Nanotechnology Power: Nanotechnology R&D and Business Trends in the Asia Pacific Rim"
which is the only book today covering nanotechnology updated
development in the Asia Pacific region in terms of policy, funding,
infrastructure, education, R&D and commercialization, and
standardization and risk management. 
For special discount (20%), please click HERE &
use discount code: SLJN010917, which will expire on June 30, 2010. We launched our first issue of introductory NanoGlobe Newsletter
in November 2009 which provides an overview of our activities and
global nanotechnology happenings. All our newsletters can be viewed here. Hope you enjoy our publications and we
thank you for your continuous support!
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Greetings!
Greetings again!
It has
been two eventful months and we are
excited to share with you what's been going on in Singapore, Japan, Korea and Iran. Since
our last issue, we participated in major nanotech events in all these Asian countries. We took part in the world largest nanotech
conference & exhibition held in Tokyo, OECD WPN
nanoenergy & nanomedicine
workshops in Seoul, international nanostructures conference in Kish Island (Iran)
and hosted RusNano's
CEO and his executives in Singapore.
NanoGlobe
will
be pleased to work with you to extend your business reach into Asia.
Please
contact us if you are interested in business opportunities to
any of the
companies and professionals we showcase in this issue. Also,
contact us if you are interested in NanoGlobe's
strategic analysis of nanotechnology developments in Japan,
Korea, Iran and other economies in the Asia Pacific region, and our assessment of what
those developments could mean for your business.
Lerwen
Liu, Ph.D
The Asia Nanotech Ambassador
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Breaking News
Launch of the Trial Version of Singapore Nanotechnology Capabilities Report
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NanoGlobe, in partnership with EDB and A*STAR, launched the trial version of the first Singapore Nanotechnology
Capabilities Report, containing the most comprehensive information
about nanotechnology players in Singapore from all sectors: industry, research
& academic, investment, incubation & consulting firms, and government
agencies. Visit our website or click here to download
the complete version. We
will publish the official report in June 2010. If you have any comments on the current trial version, please feel free to email us at contact@nano-globe.biz.
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Events Participation
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NanoGlobe was invited to participate in Tsukuba
Nanotech Innovation Arena (TIA nano, a USD500M nanotech center to be built
starting this year) - Nanotech International Workshop held in the Japan
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
located in the Japan science city Tsukuba during 15-16 February 2010. Dr Liu
was an invited panelist and shared our experience on international
collaboration in nanotechnology R&D and commercialization.
NanoGlobe partnered with International Enterprise (IE) Singapore and
organized the Singapore Pavilion to participate in nano tech 2010, the largest
annual nanotech conference & exhibition in Tokyo Japan, 17-19 February
2010. It was our third time in organizing the Singapore Pavilion to showcase
Singapore nanotechnology ecosystem that consists of exciting research capabilities, innovative nanotech SMEs and world class facilities
& infrastructure and supportive government agencies. In addition, We share
our insights about the event in our column.   NanoGlobe
was invited to participate in the 3rd Nanotech Association
Conference organized by the Japan Nanotechnology Business Creation Initiative (NBCI) in Tokyo on 18 February 2010,
in conjunction with nano tech 2010 conference & exhibition. Dr Liu
presented an overview on Asia nanotechnology commercialization updates and provided
our analysis on nanotechnology commercialization challenges and recommendation
for international cooperation.
NanoGlobe was invited to attend a half-day seminar
organized by Tekes FinNano Programme
to gain more insights about doing business in Japan in order to promote
international cooperation especially among Finnish and Japanese companies and
community. We help promoting Tekes FinNano's effort and feature the seminar in
our article.
 Dr Liu was invited to speak at the 3rd
International Conference on Nanostructures 2010 in Kish Island, Iran. The
conference is a growing biannually event organized by the Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Sharif University of Technology (top university in Iran) and hosted at the Sharif University
International Campus in Kish Island. Topics presented include nanostructured
materials for energy and environment, carbon based nanomaterials, and
nanomaterials for catalytic, photocatalytic, medical, electronics and sensor
applications. We observed about
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Event
Organized and Delegation Hosted in Singapore
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 The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) visited Singapore on March 11-12, 2010 to explore potential collaborations with Singapore companies, government agencies, and investment firms. NanoGlobe via
SingNano organized a one-hour seminar for RusNano CEO Dr Anatoly Chubais to
introduce RusNano ambitious nanotech commercialization short, medium, and long
term goals, exciting investment projects and global partnerships. In Dr Chubais'
address to the Singapore business community, he expressed RusNano's keen interest to work with
Singapore taking advantage of its innovative economy practices and world-class
infrastructure for R8D and business. We also arranged one-on-one meetings with
a few interesting and promising companies in Singapore for potential partnership
with RusNano. Check out the interview of Dr Liu by the Russian Today News Channel providing the glimpse of Singapore nanotech environment.
Together with Singapore Economic Development Board
(EDB) and A*STAR commercial arm ETPL, we hosted the delegation from Council for
Science and Technology Policy
(CSTP, Japanese Cabinet Office), Ministry of Economic, Trade and
Industry (METI) and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and
Technology (AIST). The delegation also represents the newly approved, largest
nanotech center (more than USD500M) to be built in Japan, the Tsukuba
Innovation Arena (TIA) for Nanotechnology. The Singapore visit followed by
other ANF network member visit including Malaysia, Taiwan, and Thailand is to
learn about nanotechnology infrastructure, policy, R&D capabilities and
human resources and education for exploring collaboration opportunities.
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We hope you have enjoyed this issue of
NanoGlobe's Newsletter. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there is anything we can help you with in this exciting region. I look forward to working with
you! If you are interested in having one-on-one discussion, give us a call or
meet us in Hannover Fair April 19-23rd, Lux Executive Summit April 26-27th in Boston, FinNano Seminar May 4-6th in Helsinki,
and NSTI Nanotech 2010 in June 21-25th in Anaheim, CA.
Sincerely,
Lerwen
Liu
Managing Director of NanoGlobe Pte Ltd
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