Intermolecular has announced the signing of a multi-year collaborative development programme (CDP) and technology licensing agreement with Guardian Industries, the world“s largest manufacturer of coa…
Intermolecular has announced the signing of a multi-year collaborative development programme (CDP) and technology licensing agreement with Guardian Industries, the world“s largest manufacturer of coated glass for automotive, architectural and other applications. The partnership between Intermolecular and Guardian involves the development and commercialization of advanced glass coatings, with target applications such as sputtered coatings to be developed with Intermolecular“s Tempus P-30 combinatorial physical vapor deposition platform, and liquid coatings to be developed with Intermolecular“s Tempus F-10 and F-20 wet workflows. Glass was one of mankind“s first breakthroughs in materials science, and it has undergone tremendous development over its 5000-year history, said Scott Thomsen, Guardian“s chief technology officer and group vice president for glass in North America. Through our work with Intermolecular, we hope to take materials innovation in glassmaking to an entirely new level. Intermolecular“s HPC approach to R&D allows us to comprehensively and efficiently explore the periodic table of elements, and to quickly develop and commercialize high-performance coatings for a variety of high-growth applications. Glass coatings still have enormous potential for innovation. Working with Intermolecular will allow us to extend our technical leadership, improve the performance of our existing products and accelerate new product development with lower cost and risk. Technologists from Guardian Science & Technology Center and Intermolecular will work together on multiple product development projects simultaneously, with Guardian team members spending significant time onsite at Intermolecular“s development facilities in San Jose, California. A CDP with a company of Guardian“s scale and reputation represents an important milestone for Intermolecular, extending our experience in the semiconductor sector into the significant new market of performance coatings on glass, said Craig Hunter, Intermolecular vice president and general manager, clean energy technologies. Founded in 2004, Intermolecular is based in San Jose, California.