DFI signs 5-yr license with AST
in US leading hi-tech and R&D state
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, May 2003- Diamon Fusion®
International, Inc. (DFI), global developer and exclusive supplier of the
Diamon Fusion® patented hydrophobic technology, signed a 5-year license agreement
with AST- Applied Surface Technology LLC, a newly formed Albuquerque-based
surface technology company that will develop DFI‘s proprietary process in
both residential and commercial markets in the State of New Mexico.
Robert T. Sanders, Managing Director of Applied Surface Technology,
reported: “We look forward to the exciting challenges and opportunities associated
in partnering with DFI to establish a lasting and thriving business in New Mexico
with such innovative technology”.
Guillermo U. Seta, Executive Director of DFI, stated: “This new strategic
alliance is mainly focused on the expansion of the US market and highly oriented
toward R&D, given the abundance of technology resources and the access that
AST will provide to us in New Mexico, a natural location for scientific developments.”
New Mexico, the 47th US state (admitted in 1912) with a population of under
2M, leads the US in high-tech exports - $2.35 billion in 2000- with
over 900 hi-tech companies and is widely recognized in for its technology
capacity, ranking in the US:
- First in hi-tech exports as a percentage of total state
exports. (USDOC, Census Bureau, MISER)
- Second among the 50 states in PhD scientists and engineers
as a percentage of the civilian work force. (National Science Foundation, 1999)
- Second in federal obligations for research and development
(National Science Foundation, Fiscal Year 1998)
- Second in R & D intensity. (R & D as a percentage
of GSP - National Science Foundation, March 2001)
Three federal research laboratories, three growing research universities and three
developing research parks drive New Mexico's hi-tech growth: Air Force Research Laboratory,
Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory.
"Plant some scientists in the middle of a desert and technology will blossom."
Avionics Magazine, June 2000
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