ItN Nanovation AG
ItN Nanovation AG is a two business segment company which develops innovative and nanotechnology-based ceramic products. In our business segment "Ceramic Coatings", we manufacture protective and catalytic coatings that contain nanoparticles and can be simply applied by spraying or dipping.The protective coating Nanocomp PowerPlant prevents slagging and corrosion in waste incineration plants, blast furnaces and coal-fired power plants. Without the product, slags up to 50 cm thick accumulate on a plant´s heat exchange tubes within a few months and make high expense and costs for removal inevitable. Nanocomp MetCast provides an excellent non-wetting behaviour to molten non-ferrous metal melts and protects equipment (e.g. moulds, ducts, ladels, transport and measuring containers or boiler tubes) from destruction, thus extending their service life and saving maintenance costs. The highly porous catalytically active coating Nanocat has an extremely large surface: its self-cleaning property is used for household ovens and cookers (e.g. Bosch-Siemens Hausgerate), industrial ovens, flue-gas cleaning and chemical synthesis. In our "Filtration and parts" business segment, we manufacture ceramic membrane filters containing nanoparticles under the registered trademark Nanopore and membrane filtration systems consisting of multiple filter modules. Our filtration products can be used for drinking water purification, as beverage filters, for the separation of oil and water (e.g. on drilling platforms) and waste water treatment. For use in stationary and mobile small-scale sewage plants for water processing, we provide Compact Ceramic Filter Membrane Systems (CFM Systems) comprised of filter membranes coated with nanoparticles. ItN Nanovation was formed in 2000 and currently has over 80 employees. Our strategy is founded on an extensive patent portfolio, combined with comprehensive development and application experience. Our know-how in producing non-agglomerating nano-powders and processing them to innovative products makes us one of the leading nanotechnology companies in the world.
