A list of 35 publicly traded nanotechnology companies
Benjamin Melki writes "With an interest increase in nanotechnology companies among the investors community, Nanovip.com has compiled a list of public companies directly involved in nanotechnology research or products. Concerned markets are the Nasdaq, the Nyse, the OTC BB, pink sheet… and we have also listed companies trading on the Hong Kong board, on the UKís lse and on the Toronto stock exchange. We are open to new suggestions."
January 18th, 2004 at 9:10 AM
Of little use
In my opinion this list is of little use. To be promoting companies that deal in "nanoparticles of titanium dioxide" has little to do with real nano*TECHNOLOGY*. (This is only a refinement of the technology behind white paint!) So it doesn't inform people with respect to precisely which companies that may produce the breakthroughs necessary manufacture real nanoparts or nanodevices (according to the NSF criteria from 1-100 nm). It also fails to provide any feeling for whether it is worth investing in any of the companies. One would presume the point of selecting public companies is to educate people with respect to their investment potential. Without a significant amount of work reading annual reports or corporate press releases one has no idea when nanotechnology based products at GE or DuPont or Intel are going to become a significant fraction of revenue and earnings. I suspect it will be many years before nanotechnology based products sales at GE will exceed those of gas turbine sales. Given that problem such companies are not even worth thinking about.
The list is also incomplete. If the criteria is simply nanoscale sized molecules then most likely every single drug company and many biotechnology companies should be included as well. As should all the oil companies. The atomic diameter of carbon is 0.154nm and so octane and any heavier hydrocarbons clear the 1 nm barrier along with many drugs, vitamins and many of the molecules found in agricultural products. And don't forget the fish farms — those essential fatty acids in salmon are larger than 1 nm. And finally be sure to include the power utilities and trucking industries because the production of particulate matter from burning coal (500,000+ tons/year in the U.S. alone) and burning diesel fuel have to be among the largest producers of nanoscale materials.
Robert
January 23rd, 2004 at 6:16 PM
Re:Of little use
Hello Robert and thanks for your comment.
This page Is not ìpromotingî companies for the sake of promoting. It is mostly for information purpose : MANY people want to know about companies involved in nanotechnology, if I judge from the mass of positives comments I received.
ìNanotechnology companyî label is quite subjective today unfortunately. I think that any technology involved in a nanoscale (molecular / atomic) manipulation is a ìnanoî-technology. Nanotechnology is not necessarily bottom up molecular (self) manufacturing.
Then there are two kind of companies: recent start-ups heavily involved in Nanotechnology such as Altair, and older company that are incorporating nanoscale research and processing to their already existing field, such as General Electric, Intel and Chevron. Nanotechnology revenues might not (yet) have any impact on the earnings of the mammoths, but people still want to know the key players of tomorrow, those that are investing in R&D today.
To help clarify the distinction between ìtrueî / ìless trueî -;)- nanotech companies, I added a distinction symbol on our stocks page, thanks to your remarks.
Of course, we are not going to list each and every biotech company around, and we try to select those most closely in relation with direct molecular processing and if possible ìawareî of their own ìnanotechnologicalnessî. (we keep updating the list often).
Cordially,
Benjamin Melki
http://www.nanovip.com