December 3, 2004 – EV Group (EVG) has said that it has signed an agreement with Komag Inc. to develop, license, and sell a high-volume nanoimprint lithography (NIL) application for mass data storage.
Under the agreement, EV Group and Komag will jointly develop, license and sell a high-volume production hot embosser for data storage based on the new, fully automated EVG570PMI hot embossing system. The EVG570PMI is a low cost and flexible fabrication tool for the aligned double-side imprinting of patterned media.
Komag is an independent supplier of thin-film disks, the primary high-capacity storage medium for digital data in computers and consumer appliances.