NZ nanotech manufacturer opens US headquarters
Izon Science has opened its United States headquarters in Cambridge, Massuchusetts while launching the inter-university Nanotech Measurement Championships
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Izon Science has opened its United States headquarters in Massachusetts to support an expanding client base in 23 countries.
The nanotechnology manufacturer developed the world’s first nanopore based measurement system available for general use, Izon Science said. Its instruments are used for precise measurement and analysis of individual particles across a number of scientific fields including microbiology and nanoscience.
The company develops portable qNano and qViro instruments which offer improvements over previously available techniques and are advancing research in a number of fields, the company said.
Izon is based in New Zealand, but has headquarters in Oxford in the United Kingdom and now Cambridge in the US.
The University of Auckland's Icehouse business incubator holds a minority state in the company.
Izon Science executive chairman Hans van der Voorn said in a release that the headquarters would allow the company to work directly with customers and partners in the US.
“We've located ourselves amongst a thriving life sciences community, which is also the premier academic community in the world. Being located in Cambridge allows us to share research ideas, build relationships, and develop new opportunities and products, both within Massachusetts and the rest of the U.S.”
Izon Science also ran an inter-University Nanotechnology Measurement Championship between Harvard, MIT, Boston and the University of Massuchusetts, where contestants raced each other to accurately measure a complex set of nanoparticles, the release said.
MassBIO chief executive Robert Coughlin said the company was pleased to welcome Izon as it continued its growth and expansion as a leading nanotechnology instrument manufacturer.
“Izon is yet another example of the strength of the Massachusetts cluster to bring together partners from around the world and across the life sciences spectrum to collaborate on the next generation of treatments and cures."
Alex Walls
Thu, 22 Sep 2011
Thu, 22 Sep 2011
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NZ nanotech manufacturer opens US headquarters
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