JFC TECHNOLOGIES MAKES INVESTMENT IN EIKOS, INC.
Underscoring its commitment
to specialty materials development,
“This investment provides
Eikos with capital needed to advance its research and development aimed at
creating specialty materials for military and aerospace applications,” says
Jamie Schleck JFC’s
President, and CEO. “We have tremendous confidence in the Eikos technology
platform and its management team. With this investment, JFC is in an excellent
position to help accelerate time-to-market, and to be a manufacturing partner
for these materials as they are developed.”
JFC Technologies is a
researcher, developer and manufacturer of pharmaceutical ingredients and
applied materials. The firm is privately held and has been headquartered in
Eikos, a materials science
company founded in 1996, has developed a proprietary position in the rapidly
emerging field of carbon nanotube dispersions for use as conductive polymers in
Electromagnetic Shielding and Transparent Conductive Coatings applications.
Eikos also develops and manufactures a family of specialty polymeric materials
for applications requiring high temperature performance.
“Eikos’ strategy is to
focus on ‘specialty materials’ research and development, aimed at delivering
near-term solutions to tough problems in both military and commercial markets,”
says Joe Piche, Eikos CEO. “We apply original research, form strategic
alliances, and create or license intellectual property to develop products with
a differentiated technology advantage. Converting government-funded research
into commercial products is the foundation of our success. We are pleased to
have the financial support of JFC, and look forward to significant
collaboration with them as we move forward with our aggressive
commercialization plans.”
For more information,
contact Chris Burger, Manager of Business Development, JFC Technologies at burgerc@jfctechnologies.com and
(732) 469-7760 x16, or David Arthur, Chief Operating Officer, Eikos, Inc., at darthur@eikos.com and (508) 528-0300.