FibeRio Spins a Future of Nanofibers
FibeRio Technology’s nanofiber-producing machinery is drawing international manufacturers and R&D companies to Sharyland Business Park. The attraction is FibeRio’s disruptive technology: the capability of producing nanofibers quickly, cheaply and with less material.
FibeRio CEO Ellery Buchanan, Chief Technology Officer Dr. Karen Lozano, and UTPA President Dr. Robert Nelsen welcomed guests to FibeRio’s celebration of the research-to-commercialization success of nanofiber Force Spinning. (VBR)
Microscopic nanofibers (1,000 bundled nanofibers are as thick as a human hair) are capable of adding tensile strength, conductive and insulative capacity, corrosion resistance, water impermeability, bacterial barriers or thermal protection to a product, depending on what material is used to make the nanofiber.
Until FibeRio’s technology breakthrough, the procedures for creating nanofibers –from nylon, polymers, ceramics, metals, etc. – have been prohibitively expensive, limiting their use. The company’s Cyclone
ForceSpinning™ Systems uses centrifugal force to spin out the gossamer thin layers which can be sandwiched into an incredibly wide range of products from industrial and medical filters, baby diapers and ballistics to electrical capacitors.
In operation, the Cyclone machinery appears to be spinning out wisps of white cotton-candy, but the wisps are, in fact, a mat of nanofibers.
The recent sale of FibeRio’s first industrial nanofiber production machine, along with several R&D models, represents a remarkable research-to-commercialization path, the first of its kind by the University of Texas Pan Am. Dr. Karen Lozano, an endowed professor of Mechanical Engineering at UTPA, began the initial research on her idea of ForceSpinning technology in 2006. Deviating from the industry standard of using heat or electrical current (which can contaminate the fibers) to make nanofibers, Dr. Lozano worked out a process of centrifuging the materials and spinning out superfine nanofiber strands. In collaboration with Dr. Kamal Sakar, she perfected the process and applied for a patent, which is pending.
The assistance of UTPA’s Office of Innovation and Intellectual Property, Rapid Response Manufacturing Center and the School of Business combined with the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, McAllen EDC and McAllen Chamber of Commerce brought the technology to the marketplace.
“It takes a village to bring a FibeRio here,” said UTPA President Dr. Robert Nelsen, commenting on the collaboration necessary. He noted the university’s revised mission statement includes a commitment to job creation and building prosperity through entrepreneurship and commercialization.
A technology startup is not for faint-hearted. Jacquelyn Michel, Director of the Office of Innovation and Intellectual Property, first talked to Lozano in 2006.
“People tend to forget how long everything will take.”
A major obstacle for Lozano was the $40,000 required to get a Proof of Concept. Obtaining subsequent funding was not easy, either, despite the viability of the idea. Now money exists at the university to fund that early step. FibeRio CEO Ellery Buchanan mentioned it took a year to compete for and win Emerging Technology Fund backing. Now the ETF is an equity owner. Cottonwood Technology Fund of El Paso and Silverton Partners capitalized the startup. FibeRio licenses the core technology from the Board of Regents of UTPA and since then has developed its own intellectual property piggybacked on the concept. Dr. Lozano is FibeRio’s Chief Technology Officer.
“When you spin polymers into a nanofiber, you get a better barrier. We believe our technology is going to give a competitive edge to the users, both from perfecting the product and lowering the cost,” said Roger Lipton, FibeRio’s senior vice president for sales and marketing. “If you can save manufactures of diapers a few pennies per diaper, that’s a huge edge.”
Nanofibers are so small that in filters, for example, the designated air or liquid passes through quickly and doesn’t lose critical momentum, but it does capture target particles. FibeRio manufactures three different systems (machines) for research and development, which are used by academia and industries alike.
“The industrial companies aren’t even going to buy lab-scale unit until they have made a strategic commitment and have a clear idea of where they would use nanofibers,” Buchanan said. With the R&D tool, they can determine the viability of the products incorporating nanofibers and work out production details. Then they can turn to FibeRio to fabricate the industrial equipment that can be integrated into a production line.
The manufacturer has brought in specialized talent from Texas and the U.S.
“We are absolutely talking about high technology jobs, high paying jobs for highly educated people. And we are growing,” said Buchanan. FibeRio’s workforce includes engineers of every stripe: electrical, materials, mechanical.
Representatives from corporations in the U.S., Japan, Korea, India and South America have traveled to McAllen to talk to FibeRio. Norma and Samuel Torres of Amaida Machine Shop in Edinburg have toured the facility, as well, to see the end product Cyclone for which they fabricated the metal-frame components.
FibeRio is the first but will not be the last research-to-commercialization to come out of UPTA, Michel asserted. Other research is in the pipeline.
“We are actively educating our faculty (on the importance of commercializing research.) One of the things that has changed in the UT system is that patents are being viewed positively in the tenure process.”
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Nanotechnology research at UTPA leads to business growth
A high-tech company in the Rio Grande Valley that sells a machine that can revolutionize how nanofibers are made all started with the collaboration of two faculty members of The University of Texas-Pan American.
UTPA President Robert S. Nelsen, pictured third from right, prepares to help FibeRio Technology Corp. President and CEO Ellery Buchanan cut a ribbon to commemorate the opening of FibeRio’s new facility in south McAllen. Pictured with Nelsen and Buchanan in front are (from left) Dr. Shirley Reed, president of South Texas College; Yolanda Chapa, chief administrator for Hidalgo County Judge Ramon Garcia; Buchanan; Nelsen; State Rep. Sergio Muñoz (Dist. 36); and Richard Cortez, mayor of McAllen.
The research of Drs. Karen Lozano, Julia Beecherl Professor in Engineering, and Kamal Sarkar, lecturer, in UTPA’s Mechanical Engineering Department led to the creation of technology that can provide a more affordable way to make nanofibers. Nanofibers are one-one hundredth the size of a human hair and can have myriad uses from water filtration to wound care.
Their work led to collaboration with UTPA’s Office of Innovation and Intellectual Property (OIIP), state and community leaders and a capital venture company that resulted in the creation of FibeRio Technology Corp., the first technology start-up company at UTPA.
On Nov. 29, FibeRio welcomed UTPA representatives, as well as officials from state, regional and local entities to its new home on Wanda Drive in south McAllen and to celebrate the teamwork of public and private entities that contributed to its existence. Before, FibeRio had been incubated at UTPA’s Rapid Response Manufacturing Center.
“It takes a village to create a FibeRio,” said UTPA President Robert S. Nelsen during a press conference announcing the grand opening of the company’s new headquarters. “And we have a real village here. … This University, The University of Texas-Pan American, is committed to the Valley, committed to McAllen, committed to our citizens and students.”
Nelsen joined government and economic development leaders from McAllen, Hidalgo County and the state in praising Lozano and Sarkar, as well as everyone else involved in forming FibeRio and helping it grow into a viable business.
Others who spoke at the event included State Rep. Sergio Muñoz (Dist. 36); Yolanda Chapa, chief administrator for Hidalgo County Judge Ramon Garcia; McAllen Mayor Richard Cortez; Keith Patridge, president and CEO of the McAllen Economic Development Corp.(MEDC), Jonathan Taylor, director of the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) and Ray Hansen, founder and CEO of Rio Bravo Ministries, a faith-based nonprofit organization FibeRio and its President and CEO Ellery Buchanan support.
Throughout the ceremony, which was followed with a ribbon cutting and tours of the new facility, speakers reminded everyone of the team effort it took to develop the company.
And time.
Five years, to be exact, said Jackie Michel, the OIIP’s director.
“I think it’s important for people to recognize that they didn’t just invent something one day and FibeRio existed the next day, that it’s a process, because an invention is not a product, and one has to look at — especially when it is an invention that is a game changer — how to get that invention into the marketplace,” Michel said.
UTPA Vice President for Business Affairs Martin Baylor, pictured left, observes a machine that creates nanofibers that FibeRio developed with technology invented by UTPA faculty members Dr. Karen Lozano and Dr. Kamal Sarkar.
The faculty members’ work, disclosed to the OIIP, was patented. In January 2009, UTPA received a University of Texas System Texas Ignition Fund grant that funded both the prototype development and commercialization plan development, on which the University worked with Buchanan.
Buchanan and UTPA co-founded FibeRio in November of that year.
Michel added that the University was fortunate to find Buchanan, who has extensive experience in the business of nanotechnology, to head the company.
“When you want to start a new company like this, you want someone who has a depth of experience, knowledge and relationships already built, so he knows how to get things done,” she said.
Less than a year later, FibeRio was awarded a $1.5 million Commercialization Award toward the development of the company’s novel Forcespinning™ technology from the TETF and secured private financing led by Cottonwood Technology Fund, a venture capital firm based in El Paso.
Lozano, who is FibeRio’s chief technology officer, and Sarkar received founders shares through UTPA’s equity interest in the company. UTPA receives royalties from FibeRio as a result of the licensed patents and shares royalties with the inventors.
“In the start-up we shared both equity and in all inventions when we license the inventions we sell them, or commercialize them, the inventors get half the royalty after expenses,” Michel said. “It’s one of the highest return rates to inventors among universities in the country.”
Beto Pallares, managing partner of Cottonwood Technology Fund, said it takes many things to mature an idea, including money and great people, and FibeRio had everything the firm was looking for in a potential investment.
“We invested in August 2010 and for us to see this level of development is truly impressive,” said Pallares, who attended the grand opening celebration. “As an investor, you invest in the business that the management team is telling you they can execute on. We were certainly sold that these people had something that was worthwhile.”
Because the business deals with complex, high level technology, Pallares said he and fellow investors talked to many people who are considered to be world experts in nanotechnology to validate that FibeRio had a product that was novel, useful, protectable and would have a market.
“So you have the opportunity of a big market, you have the ability to protect something and bring it to market … putting those components together it made sense to back it,” he said.
FibeRio’s creation has not only benefitted the University financially, it is helping the Valley’s economy grow and providing jobs for its residents.
Buchanan said FibeRio has hired and is continuing to hire Valley residents, including UTPA graduates, as well as people with specialized skills from all over the world. The company also has customers from all over the world come in weekly to look at the equipment FibeRio has created from Lozano and Sarkar’s research.
Sarkar and Lozano said they are grateful to everyone who was a part of their research and the birth of FibeRio.
“It’s really very satisfying because I have worked in the industry for 20 years,” Sarkar said. “I’ve become so humbled.”
Lozano said she hopes FibeRio will continue to grow and employ more UTPA graduates, as well as become a problem solver in the nanotechnology field.
Though FibeRio has moved off campus, Lozano and her team at UTPA continue to research the myriad possible uses for nanofibers.
“We have about 15 students working on what else we can do,” Lozano said. “We’ve already submitted more disclosures for materials to Jackie Michel.”
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FibeRio Announces Shipment of Cyclone FE 1.1 Nanofiber Production System to Kertak Nanotechnology for Ceramics Applications
December 12, 2011 | McAllen, TX – FibeRio Technology Corporation announced a shipment today of its new continuous nanofiber production system, the Cyclone FE 1.1, to Kertak Nanotechnology, a leading manufacturer of ceramic nanofibers. Located in the Czech Republic, Kertak is manufacturing and supplying cutting edge ceramic nanofibers to a broad range of industries including batteries, fuel cells, catalysts, solar cells and high end cosmetics.
Ceramic nanofibers have been extensively researched and the outstanding properties have been heralded by advanced materials experts for quite some time. Commercialization, however, has been hampered by low yield and expensive manufacturing platforms. After an extensive comparative analysis of technologies from around the world, Kertak found that the Cyclone FE 1.1 with Forcespinning™ technology was the most cost effective and high output nanofiber equipment on the market. Forcespinning™ technology uses centrifugal force to make fibers in the nanoscale, which increases productivity by an order of magnitude at one quarter of the cost of other platforms such as electrospinning. Kertak intends to utilize the Cyclone FE 1.1 to combine their expertise in ceramic nanofibers with the high output of Forcespinning™ to provide their customers with advanced ceramic materials for end products that are economically feasible and profitable.
“As a leader in ceramic nanofibers, we have been searching for a way to provide our customers with more cost effective products and to meet the rapidly increasing demand for this advanced material” said Kertak CEO Daniel Mozis. “We are proud to now have that capability with the Cyclone FE 1.1, which has proven to overcome the previous limitations of electrospinning equipment and will enable our customers to utilize the properties of this media to make the most advanced ceramic nanofiber based products in the world.”
The Cyclone FE 1.1 is the first industrial scale nanofiber production system to enable Forcespinning™ technology and is capable of both melt and solution spinning fibers, which increases productivity and expands the range of materials that can be processed. FibeRio launched the FE 1.1 in November at the INDA Filtration 2011 conference in Chicago to much praise from industry, but the company insists that this is just the beginning.
“Now that we have scaled Forcespinning™ technology to industrial volumes, we will continue to ramp up both the size and output of our Cyclone FE product line” says FibeRio CEO Ellery Buchanan. He went on to say that, “FibeRio is committed to providing our customers with a manufacturing platform and high quality equipment that gives them a competitive advantage for years to come.”
About FibeRio
FibeRio Technology Corporation provides the technology and capital equipment to transform the materials market through the unlimited availability of nanofibers. The company is headquartered in its manufacturing facility in McAllen, TX. For more information, please visit www.fiberiotech.com or call 956-207-5448.
About Kertak
Kertak is the sales and marketing partner of Pardam, a manufacturing and research company dedicated to making the Czech Republic a world leader in the field of ceramic nanofiber production as well as other forms of nanotechnology.
FibeRio Opens New Manufacturing Facility
McALLEN — An idea inspired by a cotton candy machine turned into the world’s first high-speed nanofiber manufacturing facility Tuesday at the grand opening of the University of Texas-Pan American’s first technology startup company.
State and local education, business and political leaders joined FibeRio Technology Corp., a private company that markets nanofiber production technology, in commemorating its new facility in the Sharyland Business Park at 4409 Wanda Ave.
And more than five years in the making, this step represents a future for entrepreneurs in the Rio Grande Valley who can bank on the support of the university, city and economic development leaders and private industry, UTPA President Robert Nelsen said.
“Collaboration and community engagement, they are at the heart of what a university is, and not surprisingly they are at the heart of what innovation is,” he said. “Without collaboration, and without involvement in the community, we cannot succeed in what we are doing.”
FibeRio received more than $1.5 million from the McAllen Chamber of Commerce, University of Texas System and Texas Emerging Technology Fund, or ETF, to develop Professors Kamal Sarkar and Karen Lozano’s invention of “Forcespinning.”
That process, an idea Nelsen said Lozano got from a cotton candy machine, quickly and cheaply spins material that are thinner than a human hair to create nanofibers, which have revolutionized the medicine, defense, textiles and nearly every other industry.
Also FibeRio’s chief technology officer, Lozano said conventional methods yield less than a half-gram of fibers per hour, while her process makes about 8 grams per minute.
“The Valley is steeped in entrepreneurship (and) we are very committed to finding the next FibeRio,” said Nelsen, noting UTPA will announce a new strategic plan next year to incubate more student and faculty research into commercialized products.
Roger Lipton, FibeRio’s senior vice president for sales and marketing, confirmed the company has already made business relationships with companies from Japan, India, South America and across the U.S.
And he expected the young startup to fully meet its goals of creating more than 110 jobs and $84 million in net revenues within the next five years. FibeRio has already hired 20 employees, including at least one UTPA graduate, Lipton said.
“The (Texas) Legislature wisely created the (ETF) in order to create and foster exactly this type of business and collaboration,” said Jonathan Taylor, state director of the program. “That’s universities, local small businesses and entrepreneurs to create new opportunities, (jobs and technologies).
“The next economy, that forever green economy, will be that innovation economy. It has to be,” Taylor added. “And the Valley will not be left behind. The Valley has proven through FibeRio (that) you won’t be a part of it, you will be leading the way.”
UTPA launched the company in late 2009, retaining equity in the company to collect future income while granting Lozano and Sarkar their own equity and 50 percent of FibeRio’s royalties.
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UTPA team aids Reynosa ministry hurt by drug violence
November 18, 2011 12:59 AM
Elizabeth Findell
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EDINBURG — Ray Hansen of Rio Bravo Ministries never used to have problems finding supplies and volunteers for the orphanage and school he runs in Reynosa, but as problems in Mexico increased, the groups stopped coming to help.
“We never had any money problems before and we never had any work problems before,” Hansen said. “It got to be very big and then all of a sudden the money stopped because of the violence.”
Now, with the help of University of Texas-Pan American students and FibeRio Corp., the Rio Bravo Ministries is taking a different approach: using business networking to gain support.
Ellery Buchanan, president and CEO of FibeRio, originally came to the Rio Grande Valley because of involvement in ministries programs, then started the nanofiber company using technology developed at UTPA.
A three-student business consulting class has partnered with both organizations this semester to use corporate networking and marketing approaches to expand the ministries’ support base. Dr. John Sargent, the professor leading the course, said there are many Valley nonprofits that are doing well, but could use businesslike structures to touch more people.
“I think there’s a natural fit for the college of business,” he said.
Buchanan said consulting groups are an important way to bridge the gap to help nonprofits operate in a businesslike way.
“The missionaries doing this kind of work don’t necessarily have that business mindset and don’t think along those lines, so this is very helpful to them,” he said. “This is a great example of business and academia working together to support nonprofits.”
CONSULTING STRATEGIES
One of the first things the class zeroed in on was the opportunity presented by the location of Rio Bravo Ministries. The 220-student school, which is also home to about 60 orphans, sits in an industrial park surrounded by maquilas, some of which employ parents of the students.
A key project goal has been helping the ministries to network with those businesses by figuring out how to get access to them and talk about the benefits of working with a nearby organization. Not all of the support is monetary.
“We tried to get in contact with some of the companies that have their plants out there and try to contact the CEOs, so we’ve contacted LG Electronics and they said they would donate a few of their (items) they produce there,” said Judith Carrizales, a student in the class.
Another regional company has agreed to supply the school with instruments for the music program.
“It won’t just happen this year, it will happen for many years,” Carrizales said. “We’re creating relationships with companies.”
Other deliverables the consulting team is working on include better promotion in the form of videos and campus networking at the university. One organization that has embraced the nonprofit is the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, a group Sargent advises.
Hansen credits Buchanan and Sargent’s class with opening doors for the nonprofit.
“We’ve never been in (the business) arena,” Hansen said. “We’re excited and we don’t know what the endgame is.”
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Forcespinning production system debuts at Filtration 2011
25 October 2011, McAllen, TX
FibeRio Technology Corporation announced today that it will launch its new 1.1 meter wide continuous nanofibre production system at the INDA Filtration 2011 show in Chicago on November 16th.
The company says its Cyclone Fiber Engine 1.1 is the first full scale production model utilizing Forcespinning technology, which offers both melt and solution spinning capabilities, increased productivity and a significant reduction in production costs.
FibeRio first introduced Forcespinning to the nonwovens and filtration industries only one year ago at the Filtration 2010 show where it launched its first laboratory equipment designed for research and development.
“These models recently received the R&D 100 award. Throughout 2011 FibeRio has focused on delivering this equipment to the global nonwovens market while scaling the technology to industrial volumes. The Cyclone FE 1.1 is the culmination of this effort,” the company said in a statement today.
The system has been designed to be integrated into a nonwoven production line further enhancing its productivity gains, or it can be delivered as a discreet roll-to-roll system for specialty products or limited runs (Fiber System configurations).
“Over the past year we have received an outstanding response to our technology and equipment, with the largest nonwovens and filtration companies in the world asking us to provide them with equipment that will expand the market for nanofibre functionalized media through new materials and lowered cost,” said FibeRio CEO Ellery Buchanan.
“The Cyclone FE 1.1 has unparalleled output capacity and eliminates the requirement for toxic solvents making it the perfect manufacturing platform to spread across multiple business units. Nonwovens and filtration companies can now proceed rapidly to establish a secure, competitive position. It is a very exciting time for FibeRio and the nonwovens industry at large,” Mr Buchanan went on to say.
According to FibeRio, the Cyclone FE 1.1is the only equipment in the world that can both melt spin and solution spin nanofibres continuously at industrial volumes, which dramatically increases the range of materials that can be processed and the products that can be manufactured.
The system can make fibres with average diameters of 500nm and below with a very tight standard distribution that is said to ensure uniformity of desirable properties such as slip flow, barrier or absorption. It also exploits a unique proprietary design to uniformly deposit the nanofibres across the 1.1 meter width.
FibeRio says the Cyclone FE 1.1 is fed raw material with the most advanced extrusion and solution pump systems that can be controlled discretely, or by software specifically designed to interface with the customer’s factory floor controls, enabling in-line positioning of the system in higher volume environments.
“The nonwovens and filtration industries have been waiting a long time for a breakthrough technology that could spin nanofibres economically and at high outputs that can keep up with in-line integration,” says Sr. VP Sales of Sales & Marketing Roger Lipton.
“FibeRio’s equipment with Forcespinning technology will spark a new age of innovation similar to what meltblown technology did thirty years ago.”
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FibeRio Closes Private Financing to Support Product Initiatives, Commercial Ramp-Up, and Workforce Expansion
September 20, 2011 | McAllen, TX – FibeRio Technology Corporation – The Force For Nanofibers™, announces that it has closed an oversubscribed Series B round of private investment led by Silverton Partners and supported by current investors including series A lead investor Cottonwood Technology Fund. The new capital will facilitate the Company’s production ramp for its new industrial scale nanofiber equipment formally launching later this year. The financing will also be used for workforce expansion in Manufacturing, Customer Service, Engineering and Sales and Marketing departments.
FibeRio, a capital equipment and technology provider to the nonwoven, filtration, energy, medical device and textiles industries, launched its first product, designed for research and development, in December of last year. In doing so, FibeRio introduced a novel technology for nanofiber production called Forcespinning™, which uses centrifugal force to process polymers into nanofibers.Since that time the company has focused on scaling the technology to industrial volumes with continuous production equipment that can be integrated into their customers’ production lines. The capital infusion from the Series B round provides the operating capital and infrastructure required to manufacture and service the industrial equipment for which FibeRio has already begun taking orders.
We are proud to be associated with Silverton Partners and believe that their technology and people-driven philosophy and history of achievement will complement FibeRio’s culture and contribute significantly to our success” says FibeRio CEO Ellery Buchanan. “This investment allows us to accelerate our plan to provide our customers with the most advanced nanofiber production equipment and technology available while delivering market-leading service and support.”
In August of last year, FibeRio received funding from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, a competitive multi-stage process to invest in the most advanced technologies and experienced management teams to create jobs in Texas. The capital provided by the State of Texas enabled FibeRio to rapidly advance the state-of-the-art technology, while receiving several awards such as the 2011 R&D 100 from R&D Magazine.
We have been impressed with FibeRio’s rapid pace of development and believe that the management team has well-positioned the company to enable the nonwovens and textiles industries to exploit nanofiber technology to the fullest extent using Forcespinning™ technology” said Silverton Partners’ Bill Wood. He went on to say that “we look forward to a bright future for FibeRio.”
ABOUT FibeRio Technology Corporation
FibeRio Technology Corporations is transforming the materials market through the unlimited availability of nanofibers. By incorporating the proprietary Forcespinning™ technology into equipment and manufacturing processes, the company is providing researchers with versatile production capabilities that will facilitate ground breaking research and providing the nonwovens industry with dramatically increased system level production capacities that will escalate the commercialization of nanofiber applications. www.fiberiotech.com
FibeRio Presenting Forcespinning (TM) Nanofibers at NET, Inc TAPPI Conference
Next Wednesday is a great opportunity to see a technical presentation describing how Forcespinning™ Nanofibers is providing the nonwovens and textiles industries with new cost-effective capabilities in nanofiber technology.
Bharath Raghavan Ph.D., a Materials Engineer at FibeRio Technology Corporation will be presenting “Forcespinning: An Important Advancement in Nanofibers Production” at the NET, Inc. Conference hosted by TAPPI.
The presentation will be given in:
Date : September 14, 2011 (Wednesday)
Session 4: Nanofibers
Time : 8:30 – 10:00 am
Hyatt Regency – Atlanta, Ga.
Please stop by or inform those in your company who will be attending.
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FibeRio to Present Forcespinning™ at N3M Conference
Raleigh – Dr. Karen Lozano, CTO at FibeRio, will present Forcespinning: An Alternative Method For the Mass Production of Nanofibers at the Nanofibers for the Third Millenium Conference on Tuesday in Raleigh, North Carolina. The presentation will be given between 8:30-10:00am in the session called Nanofiber Production Technologies.
Among the topics Dr. Lozano will be discussing are novel materials processed with Forcespinning™, increased production capacities of the Cyclone FE 1.1, in-line integration capabilities, and the public announcement of the launch date for the highly anticipated Cyclone FE 1.1 – the first continuous running 1.1 meter wide industrial scale nanofiber production system using Forcespinning™ Technology.
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