The
Company

Created in January 2005 and based in São Carlos (SP), Nanox® Tecnologia S. A. is a multimarket nanotechnology company that produces and develops solutions with intelligent materials for innovative companies.

Nanox® became a public company in 2006, after receiving a capital injection from Fundo Novarum. It has a multidisciplinary team trained at the leading universities, and has partnerships in important Brazilian and international research centers. The vast majority of its staff has master’s degrees or doctorates.   

With four patents and three trademarks, Nanox® won the Finep Technological Innovation Award in 2007.

Conselhos de Administração e Científico

A Nanox possui um avançado sistema de governança corporativa. Um conselho de administração contribui para a formulação das estratégias e orienta a gestão da empresa. Na área de pesquisa, o conselho científico, que conta com nomes de expressão da nanotecnologia no Brasil, oferece suporte.

There follows a list of the Nanox® Scientific Board members:

Elson Longo
President (Centro Multidisciplinar para o Desenvolvimento de de Materiais Cerâmicos (CDMDC)

Jarbas de Castro
President Opto S.A.

Cylon Silva
Old Presidente Genius e consultor internacional de nanotecnologia

Vision

Knowledge of nature in the service of life.

Mission

To be globally recognized for its ability to develop and integrate nanostructured materials that provide innovative solutions for business and people’s quality of life.

Background

Nanox® is one of the first nanotechnology companies in Brazil. There follows the timeline for events:

2005
Creation of Nanox®, initially called Science Solution Ltda.
Fapesp approves the company’s first project and includes it in the program for incentives in innovation for small companies, PIPE, which allows the development of nanostructured coatings.
Science Solution headquarters transferred to a business incubator in São Carlos.

Link with Fundo Novarum
Name change to Nanox®.
Nanox® gets finance from the National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPQ).

2006
Nanox® goes public.
Signing of contracts with Fundo Novarum and the first customer, Taiff. 
Formalization of the company’s management system, with the creation of Administrative and Scientific boards.

2007
Finep makes its first grant to the company, which invests heavily in Research and Development.
Nanox® wins the Finep Technological Innovation award, becoming the first nanotechnology company to be recognized by the institution.

2008
Nanox® continues to invest in R&D, makes its first significant investment in marketing and begins to act more aggressively on the Brazilian market and to boost its customer base.   

The classic model of innovation differs at Nanox® in the company’s unequalled capacity to transform knowledge of nanotechnology into useful solutions to improve quality of life and the competitiveness of businesses that adopt it.

The company also innovates in Brazil in adopting a management structure based on the US start-up model, which amongst other things includes a pool of shares to attract talent. Its high degree of corporate governance is achieved through a philosophy that prioritizes the way the company grows rater than growth itself.

The product model associated with services, allied to brand licensing allowing companies to use it to add value to their products, is another form of innovation.