Nanocomp - Safety

Safety Overview
Nanocomp Technologies is proud to be delivering on the promise of nanotechnology’s potential as realized by the tremendous properties and abilities of our carbon nanotube based sheet and yarn products.  As a manufacturer, we are keenly aware that any new technology carries with it possible safety risks.   At Nanocomp, we have taken special care to ensure that our products can be used safely.  In particular, we have been recognized as a leader in these efforts by our peers in the industry, by the academic community, and by government agencies.  We are proud to be leading a number of ground-breaking nanotechnology programs focused on environmental, health, and safety management, and how we use them to guide our manufacturing operations, product development, with the purpose of protecting our employees, customers, and our community.

Nanocomp Technologies’ Carbon Nanotube Products
Carbon nanotubes have been the subject of research and development for several decades.  Nanocomp’s processes create a special form of this material that is markedly different from that of other manufacturers.  To learn more about how our CNTs are different, how we developed them to be the safest forms possible, and what makes all CNTs promising and challenging from an environmental, safety, and health perspective, click here »

Environmental, Health, and Safety
From the design of our manufacturing process through to how we ship product, Nanocomp Technologies is always concerned about anything that might become an issue with a customer’s health or safety as well as with the natural environment.  The Company has developed state-of-the-art testing equipment, monitoring procedures, and has worked with recognized experts in industrial hygiene to create a safety program that is acknowledged as the best among our peers. For more information, click here »

Our Partners
We are proud to partner with the Toxics Use Reduction Institute at the University of Massachusetts – Lowell, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Cincinnati, the Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing at Northeastern University, the Environmental Protection Agency, and to be an active participant in and advisor to the National Nanotechnology Initiative.