The construction of a new Innovnano plant, in the Coimbra iParque, has begun this month. This is an innovative industrial unit, which will manufacture nanomaterials from a worldwide unique process.

This infrastructure, being built on a 3.3 hectare plot, will also be equipped with a laboratory gifted with the most advanced equipment.

The installation of this modern nanomaterials manufacturing unit, besides the 10 million euro investment, will promote approximately 40 new skilled employment opportunities in the region, and the commissioning of the first production line is foreseen early in 2012.

The Innovnano Company, holder of four international patents already granted and others pending concerning their unique process of nanomaterials manufacture, is also involved in projects for its application in the production and storage of renewable energies, coatings, and advanced ceramics, among other fields.

About Innovnano:INNOVNANO is part of CUF, the largest Portuguese chemical group, and assumes a global positioning. The company works on research since 2003, and developed a unique process of production of nano particles to be used in different industries.

The company's portfolio is composed of several products: tetragonal zirconium, with fine mechanical properties to the use in biomedical, cubic zirconium to be used in fuel cells, and nanometric zinc oxide to be used in cosmetics, in ultraviolet ray protection and in electronics, spinel lithium for the production of batteries and the titanium dioxide for photo catalytic applications.

INNOVNANO has developed a unique and innovative proprietary patented process. The process is defined as high-pressure semi continuous process for the large-scale production of nanomaterials and advanced ceramic powders.