Japan-RF nanotechnology partnership has good prospects-view.

TOKYO, October 27 (Itar-Tass) - The development of interaction between Japanese and Russian industrial enterprises in the sphere of
nanotechnologies has good prospects, President of Konica-Minolta IJ
Technologies Akiyoshi Ono told Itar-Tass in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Commenting on the results of talks with CEO of the company Sun
Innovations Vladislav Mirchev (Novosibirsk region) the Japanese
businessman expressed an interest in the development of cooperation with
RF partners, including Sun, in many practical spheres. Taking part in the
business meeting at the Konica-Minolta office in Hino were representatives
of the RUSNANO state corporation Vasily Grudev and Andrei Krivtsov. They
made a detailed report on the Russian state corporation's tasks and its
plans for the assistance to the development of partnership in the
nanotechnology sphere between industrial companies of the two countries.
Konica-Minolta that started its business from the production of photo
and roentgen film, is currently manufacturing powerful industrial printers
that are used for the application of special coating in solar panels, in
large-format photo advertising products. In particular, Ono explained, the
company has developed the production of Inkjet dye cartridges for printers
that apply upper coating on various materials, including ceramics, glass
and tissues. "We are interested in cooperation with the Russian partners
with assistance of RUSNANO for the development and advancement of our
technologies," Ono said. "Our tasks in this sphere are rather matching."
He highly assessed the technological potential of the Siberian enterprise
Sun and possibilities of interaction with Russian companies in general.
Vladislav Mirchev fully agreed with him stressing that Sun is ready
not only to continue the purchases of the Konica-Minolta 50-gram compact
dye cartridges, but also to develop and supply to the colleagues for their
printers the unique ink Sunflower NANOink that is produced with the use of
nanotechnology. "We are ready to develop large-scale cooperation, to
jointly produce high technology items also for third countries," Mirchev
noted. "The joint business and natotechnologies are international," he
added. He noted that Sun "is working in the RF and on markets of many
countries for more than 10 years, recently RUSNANO has approved our
project for the production of printers and ink." "Siberian printers are
made for large-format printing, they are absolutely environmentally
friendly and safe in use, they are capable of applying a specified relief
design on furniture facade, ceramics or other surfaces, this technology
was developed by Sun specialists first in the world," he said. "Sun makes
the quickest in the world electronic stuffing" for such industrial units
and "can jointly produce it for the needs of the Japanese partners or
supply it to the Japanese market," he added. He recalled that in 2008 Sun
made a presentation of the only in the world fully environmentally
friendly NEO UV-LED Evolution printer with innovation electronics that
made a sensation on the large-format printing market. Mirchev said that
products of Sun "are already supplied from Novosibirsk to more than 40
countries, including Japan." According to him, business talks with the
Konica-Minolta leadership on partnership in the implementation of new
projects will be continued shortly in Siberia.
The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) was established
in 2007 by the Federal law No 139-FZ to enable Government policy in the
field of Nanotechnology. To accomplish this task, RUSNANO co-invests in
nanotechnology industry projects that have high commercial potential or
social benefit. Early-stage investment by RUSNANO lowers the risk of its
investment partners from the private sector.
RUSNANO participates in building nanotechnology infrastructure, which
includes the nanotechnology centres of excellence, business incubators and
early stage investment funds. RUSNANO provides scientific and educational
programs that are required for its investment projects to succeed, and
also supports the popularisation of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
RUSNANO selects promising spheres for investment based on longer-term
foresight created by the leading Russian and world experts, it is said in
the company's press release.
To assist the Russian nanotechnology industry advance to the global
market and strengthening of its international links RUSNANO develops
partnerships with the leading nanotechnology centres in the world and
organizes the annual Nanotechnology International Forum in Russia.
The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies assists Russian
nanotechnology companies to enter the global market with their material
and intellectual products and to create favourable international
conditions for the development of the Russian innovation infrastructure.
Key goals of international cooperation include: scaling up of national
manufacturing of nanoproducts and their promotion to world markets;
encouragement of knowledge generation and personnel training in the field
of nanotechnologies at the international level; attracting Russian
expatriate specialists and scientists to the domestic developments and
business projects in the field of nanotechnologies, etc.
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