BRIEF: NANOPHASE LAUNCHES PRODUCT, NAMES DIRECTOR

July 13, 2001 — Nanophase Technologies Corp. on Tuesday named a board member and commercially launched three custom-engineered nanocrystalline oxides, the company said.

James A. Henderson, former chairman and chief executive of Cummins Engine Co., has joined the board of directors.

Henderson, who has 35 years of global management experience, retired from Cummins in 1999. He also serves as chairman of the board of trustees for the Culver Educational Foundation, and as board director of Championship Auto Racing Teams, Landmark Communications, International Paper and SBC Communications.

Company officials said its new product line have a broad range of applications and are available as dry powders or solvents.

NanoTek Zinc Oxide HP is targeted for electronics, such as capacitors, and photoprinting. NanoTek Aluminum Oxide HP is for polishing, lighting and thermal spray applications. NanoTek Cerium Dioxide HP is for semiconductors and rigid memory disks, as well as chemical and environmental applications.

Nanophase, of Romeoville, Ill., is a leading maker of industrial quantities of nanoscale materials.

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