Aerospace and Automotive Industries

Applied Plasmonics, a fabless semiconductor company, has invented a practical, mass-market use for devices based on surface plasmons. The new technology employs nano-antennas manufactured in a single layer to generate visible light.

Founded in 1958, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. is a privately-held company headquartered in Newark, Delaware, USA. For more than 50 years, Gore has built a worldwide reputation for ethics and integrity in its dealings with customers, suppliers, and employees, and for taking a long-term view when assessing business situations.

The Laboratory’s unparalleled expertise in the areas of guidance, navigation, and control systems remains its greatest resource. Draper is among the leaders in fault-tolerant computing, reliable software development, modeling and simulation, and MEMS technology. It applies its expertise to a broad range of domains, including autonomous air, land, sea, and space systems; information integration; distributed sensors and networks; precision-guided munitions; air traffic flow management; military logistics; and biomedical engineering and chemical/biological defense.

BAE Systems is a global defence and security company with approximately 100,000 employees worldwide. The Company delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and support services. In 2009 BAE Systems reported sales of £22.4 billion (US$ 36.2 billion).

Ramtron International Corporation is a worldwide leader in the design, development, and delivery of unsurpassed semiconductor memory and integrated semiconductor solutions. We are a publicly traded company (Nasdaq:RMTR) with world headquarters located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Precision Photonics Corporation (PPC) was founded in 2000, in Boulder, Colorado by scientists-turned-engineers from neighboring NIST and JILA research institutions. We have built a world-class team of scientists, engineers and technicians to develop, manufacture, and sell precision optical components, coatings and assemblies.

MacDermid founded in 1922 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, MacDermid, Incorporated (NYSE:MRD) is a leading worldwide manufacturer of specialty chemical processes for the metal and plastic finishing, electronics and graphic arts industries with operating facilities in 20 countries. The Corporation employs nearly 2,500 worldwide, many of whom are shareholders. Our vision is to build one of the world's greatest industrial companies.

The Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance is not-for-profit economic development organization governed by a strong board of directors whose core represents nanotechnology companies in the state. The Alliance provides a common, cohesive and unified voice on behalf of nanotechnology. It serves as the catalyst organization to connect, coordinate, facilitate, promote, educate, and unify industry, government, academia, and citizens around the benefits of nanotechnology commercialization.

The Nanoprobe Network a free, non-profit, web-based community for scanning probe microscopy scientists, researchers, educators, and students in industry, academia, and research labs around the world. Our goal is to provide an interactive web space for the exchange of information, ideas, techniques, protocols, images, software, and discussions.

ALIO Industries began in 2001 with an idea to create “a better way” to meet the nano precision robotic needs. This initial idea has grown into an ever-expanding product line that includes Hexapod robotic systems, air bearing systems and mechanical bearing linear and rotary nano-precision systems for atmospheric, clean room and ultra high vacuum chambers all with TRUE NANO Positioning™.