- Zyvex
Infobox Company
company_name = Zyvex Corporation
company_
company_type = Private
foundation =1997
location =Richardson, Texas , U.S.
key_people =James R. Von Ehr II , Founder, Chairman and CEOTimothy M. (Tim) Gilmore , CFO
John Randall, CTO
industry = Scientific and technical instruments and nanomaterials
revenue = $10.0 million (2005 )
num_employees = 65 (2005 )
homepage = [http://www.zyvex.com/ www.zyvex.com]Zyvex is an early stage (as of
2005 )nanotechnology company located in Richardson,Texas . It was founded byJames R. Von Ehr II in1997 as the first molecular-nanotechnology company.Zyvex is currently (as of
2008 ) targeting specific applications in the aerospace, defense, electronics, telecommunications and medical industries. Their short- to intermediate-term goal is to exploit the major improvements—often 10 to 1,000 times better than existing technology—offered by today's early-stage nanotechnology developments. Their long-term goal has previously been stated to be to create a full-fledged general assembler.In
2001 ,NIST awarded Zyvex a $25 million research program to accelerate the production and commercialization of low-cost assemblers for micro- andnanoscale components and subsystems.New companies
In April 2007, Zyvex Corporation split into four privately held companies:
* Zyvex Instruments – Offers a nanoprobing characterization solutions for the semiconductor industry and advanced research markets
* Zyvex Performance Materials – Sells a variety ofcarbon nanotube (CNT)/polymer composites
* Zyvex Labs – Continues to work towards Atomically Precise Manufacturing with the aid of Government Research Contracts
* Zyvex Asia – Provides R&D support for the Zyvex Group companiesExternal links
* [http://www.zyvex.com/ Official site]
* [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=AN%2FZyvex&d=ptxt US patents awarded to Zyvex]
* [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.01/nanomed.html Article in Wired]
* [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/125/125425.html Yahoo! Finance]
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