Industrial Nanotech Inc announced that the company's patented Nansulate GP thermal insulation and mold resistant coating has successfully completed trials and is now being incorporated into the specifications for a new medical equipment system by Edward Moore Design Inc. The deal was finalized by the company's independent sales agent who represents the company's products in Quebec, Canada. Edward Moore Design Inc, a Canadian Government recognized research and development laboratory since 1985, has completed development of a cooling and heating system which will be utilized in the design of three unique medical devices. The first device is an air conditioned/heated massaging mattress cover, which can be used for bedridden patients to control the temperature of the mattress, providing comfort and preventing additional health issues common to medical patients confined to bed for extended periods of time by sickness or age. It is scheduled for clinical testing in Nov 2008 and offshoots of this successful technology are now destined for the general consumer market. Nansulate has been specified into the main cooling and heating system for this design. Nansulate added to the mattress cover system was found to reduce cooling temperature at a rate of 1.8 degrees/minute, as compared to the foam insulation alone which reduced temperature at a rate of 1.1 degrees/minute. All tests were performed under identical conditions cooling one gallon of fluid. By speeding up the cooling process, substantial energy savings were achieved. In addition, Nansulate prevented sweating during the cooling process and also prevents growth of unwanted substances on the surface of the system. The same carefully researched cooling and heating system specifying Nansulate will be incorporated into a new machine to form x-ray invisible casts with perfectly even pressure over the entire area of a broken limb. The casts can be worn while swimming or bathing and re-formed again with perfectly even pressure when swelling reduces. Due to Nansulate, the time to form a perfectly even pressure cast will be about three minutes. Additionally, Nansulate is being specified in the heating and cooling system for a unique, portable machine to heat and/or cool, with adjustable massage, any area of the body for sports medicine and general physiotherapy needs. This machine will free up the doctor or technician to perform other tasks. The portability of the battery-operated machine is due in large part to the energy savings realized with Nansulate insulating coatings. Edward Moore Design is a research and development laboratory established since 1972. Nansulate is the company's patented product line of speciality coatings containing a nanotechnology based material and which are well-documented to provide the combined performance qualities of thermal insulation, corrosion prevention and resistance to mold growth in an environmentally safe, water-based, coating formulation. The Nansulate product line includes both industrial and residential coatings. Industrial Nanotech Inc develops and commercialises new and innovative applications for nanotechnology.

18 Aug 2008, (Industrial Nanotech Inc, 1415 Panther Lane, Suite 382, Naples, FL 34109, USA, Tel: +1 800 767 3998, Fax: +1 888 596 8465, Website: http://www.industrial-nanotech.com) (in English)

AkzoNobel has commissioned a new facility at Suzhou, west of Shanghai, for the production and sale of protective coatings. It is investing EUR 23 M in the plant and this will contribute to AkzoNobel's goal of a total turnover of $2 bn in China by 2012. The company will be increased in stages over the next 10 years, eventually reaching 50 M litres.

Het Financieele Dagblad, 18 Aug 2008, (Website: http://www.fd.nl/) (in Dutch)