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August
5, 2004 –AUSTIN, TX– Austin, Texas-based Nano-Proprietary,
Inc. (OTC BB: NNPP), through its subsidiary, Applied
Nanotech, Inc. (ANI), today announced that it has
entered into a research and development agreement
with Alps Engineering Co., Ltd., a Japanese equipment
manufacturer.
The purpose of the agreement
is to expand the usage of the current equipment designed
and produced by Alps Engineering to various nanotechnology
applications. Special efforts are being directed toward
the use of Alps Engineering’s Micro-blast machine,
a very precise “sand blast” piece of equipment with
high accuracy and productivity. These machines are
currently used in the manufacturing process for flat
panel displays, silicon chips, and the patterning
of various substrates such as glass, carbon and ceramic.
The collaboration between the companies has already
resulted in a new activation process, one of the most
critical phases necessary for the production of carbon
nanotube TVs. The results were presented at Finetech
conference in Japan in June 2004 at Tokyo Big Sight
Exhibition Center. Similar nano-blast processes were
demonstrated in the implantation of nanomaterials
in the surface of thin films for altering in a controlled
manner the properties of such surfaces.
The agreement also makes ANI
the exclusive representative for Alps Engineering
in North America and Europe. ANI has installed a fully
operational nano-blast machine at its facilities in
Austin to be used for research and development and
to also function as an experimental center for expanding
the nano-blast processes to other interested companies.
For more information please
refer to www.nano-proprietary.com in the section “Conferences”
under “Finetech 2004” and in the section “R&D”
under the heading “Nanoparticle implantation using
the nano-blast technique.”
ABOUT NANO-PROPRIETARY, INC.
Nano-Proprietary, Inc. is a holding company consisting
of two wholly-owned operating subsidiaries. Applied
Nanotech Inc. is a premier research and commercialization
organization dedicated to developing applications
for nanotechnology with an extremely strong position
in the field of electron emission applications from
carbon film/nanotubes. Electronic Billboard Technology,
Inc. (EBT) possesses technology related to electronic
digitized sign technology. Nano-Proprietary’s website
is www.nano-proprietary.com.
ALPS ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Alps Engineering Co., Ltd. is a private company with
the head office in Hamamatsu City Japan and is a well-recognized
design and manufacturer of high precision flat panel
and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
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