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CNI is the preeminent producer of Buckytubes. With their multiple pilot plants and commercial demonstration unit operating in Houston, the company can provide many different grades of Buckytubes to accommodate customer-specific needs. The company is working with close to 700 customers around the globe. These customers include leading academic research centers and a wide variety of small and large companies whose businesses depend on advanced materials. CNI has also raised major funding from private investors since 2000 and is also working closely with several government agencies on funded research projects.
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Bob G. GowerPeer Companies
NAICS Code All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing: 333298
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NIST Awards Grant for Nanotube Research
Motorola recently announced that it, in conjunction with Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. and Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells, Inc., has been awarded a $3.6-million grant by the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST to develop "free standing" carbon nanotube electrodes for micro-fuel cells. According to Motorola, the grant, which was...
Houston Startup Company Targets Carbon Fullerenes.(Brief Article)
THE INDUSTRIAL future of single-wall carbon nanotubes based on C-60 Buckminster fullerene and other fullerenes appears almost limitless. A startup company cofounded by one of the key scientists in this field is seeking to capitalize on the potential of these product. Rice...
Biotech Industry Lead Invest in Houston-Area Nanotechnology Start-Up.
By Tom Fowler, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 12--A pair of high rollers in the chemical and biotech industries are investing $15 million in a nanotechnology start-up co-founded by Nobel Prize-winning scientist Richard Smalley. Gordon Cain, former chairman...
Rice University Licenses Nanotube Technology.
Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. CNI has signed a letter of intent with Rice University granting CNI an exclusive license for a broad array of technology related to the production of single-wall carbon nanotubes Buckytubes. This technology has been developed over the past several years ...
CNI AND RICE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCE MAJOR ADVANCEMENT IN COMMERCIALIZATION OF CARBON NANOTECHNOLOGY.
The development of single-wall carbon nanotubes (Bucky[TM]tubes) has moved a major step closer to commercialization, from electronics to medicine, Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. CNI and Rice University in Houston announced on 5 October. Based in Houston, CNI was founded earlier this year by Dr. Richard E....
Sumitomo Corporation And Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI) Combine Forces To Develop The Carbon Nanotechnology Industry In Asia
Sumitomo Corporation and Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. CNI today, announced a joint effort to develop the carbon nanotechnology business in Asia. The decision of these two world-class organizations to combine their efforts in this most important growing industry of nanotechnology will bring even more emphasis to product development and research.CNI is...
Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. And Duke University Sign Agreement Leading To Further Advancement Of Carbon Nanotechnology
Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. CNI and Duke University announced today that they have completed an agreement whereby CNI will receive an exclusive worldwide license from Duke for unique process technology related to the production of single wall carbon nanotubes buckytubes. As part of the arrangement, CNI will support research at...
Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. Licenses Production Process To DuPont - Brings Carbon Nanotechnology Closer To Commercial Reality
Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. CNI today announced agreement for DuPont Central Research & Development (CR&D) to license CNI's patented laser-oven buckytube production process for use in the area of field emission flat panel displays. DuPont CR&D, working with DuPont Displays, will use the buckytubes (single-wall carbon nanotubes) produced by this...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob G. Gower | CEO |
| Dr Ron Liotta | Senior Vice President |
| Dave Robinson | Vice President Engineering |
| Dr Ken McElrath | Vice President Product Development |
| Dr Ken Smith | Vice President Technology |
| David Karohl | Director of Business Development |
| Dr Virginia Cross | Director of Intellectual Property |
| Prof Rick Smalley | |
| Russell Wong | |
| Tom Pitstick |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. | CEO | Current |
| The Southwest CEO Council | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Kirby Corporation | Director | Current |
| Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. | President | Former |
| Communities | President | Former |
| ARCO | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Atlantic Richfield | Senior Vice President | Former |
| ARCO Chemical Company | Vice President | Former |
| Sinclair Oil Corporation | Research Scientist | Former |
| University of Minnesota | Ph.D. In Organic Chemistry | Former |
| Southern Illinois University | M.A. Degrees | Former |
| Southern Illinois University | Bachelor's | Former |
| University of Minnesota | B.A. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation | Former |
Mr. Robinson is VP, Engineering and Production. He has 25 years operations and engineering experience in the chemical industry, most recently as President of Specified Fuels & Chemicals.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. | Vice President Engineering | Current |
Dr. McElrath is VP, Product Development. Dr. McElrath has 30 years of research and product development experience in the chemical industry, most recently with ExxonMobil.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. | Vice President Product Development | Current |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation | Former |
Dr. Smith is VP, Technology and Co-Founder of CNI. Dr. Smith has been a colleague of Rick Smalley's for several years involved in the research and development of carbon nanotechnology.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. | Vice President Technology | Current |
| CNI, Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| CNI, Inc. | Co-Founder | Former |
Mr. Karohl is Director of Business Development. In this role he is responsible for partner relationships in the fields of conductive polymers and various catalyst applications of Buckytubes.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. | Director of Business Development | Current |
Dr. Virginia Cross is Director of Intellectual Property with over 25 years of R & D, business development and regulatory experience in the chemical industry, particularly in polymers and catalysts. Dr. Cross is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. | Director of Intellectual Property | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. | Current | |
| CNI, Inc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. | Current | |
| Compaq Computer Corporation | Associate General Counsel | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. | Current |
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