NanoInk's NanoFabrication Systems Division Expands Presence in Asia-Pacific Region With New Distributors

SKOKIE, IL--(Marketwire - Sep 1, 2011) - NanoInk's® NanoFabrication Systems Division is pleased to announce that it has selected SciTech Pty Ltd. and Gaia Science Pte, Ltd. to serve as its exclusive distributors for the company's desktop nanofabrication equipment, including the NLP 2000 System and the DPN 5000 System in the Asia-Pacific region. With over twenty years of experience in providing scientific equipment to customers in industry, academia, and the private sector, SciTech is NanoInk's exclusive distributor in Australia and New Zealand. Gaia Science supplies cutting edge scientific and laboratory equipment to universities, research institutions and industries, and serves as NanoInk's sole distributor in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam.

"Gaia Science has an established presence within NanoInk's target customer base in Southeast Asia and its sales and marketing team has proven success in selling leading-edge scientific equipment in that region. In the Australian and New Zealand market, SciTech has an outstanding life science instrumentation sales record, with a particularly strong understanding and expertise with imaging systems," explained Oliver Yeh, NanoInk's general manager of the Asia-Pacific region. "We look forward to a close working relationship with our new distributors and applaud their strong commitment to nanoscience. After completing an intensive product training session at NanoInk's world headquarters, Gaia Science and SciTech are very excited about the capabilities and benefits of the NLP 2000 System and the DPN 5000 System, and they look forward to sharing these powerful products with their respective regional customers."

NanoInk's NLP 2000 System is a desktop nanofabrication system that allows researchers to rapidly design and create custom engineered and functionalized surfaces, using Dip Pen Nanolithography® (DPN®) to transfer minute amounts of materials over a large, environmentally controlled work area.

The DPN 5000 System is a full-featured, dedicated instrument for versatile nanopatterning of a variety of materials with nanoscale accuracy and precision. With its user-friendly interface, it is possible to easily design complex patterns while also precisely controlling the tip movements during the writing process.

NanoInk's NanoFabrication Systems Division brings sophisticated nanofabrication to the laboratory desktop in an easy to use and affordable setting. For sales information, please email: sales@nanoink.net. More information is available at: www.nanoink.net/divisions.html#NanoFabrication.

Established in 1989, SciTech Pty Ltd. is a privately held company with offices in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. The company offers expertise in scientific imaging and analysis, microscopy, atomic force microscopy and spectroscopy. SciTech has been supplying solutions to the biomedical, physical and life sciences, and industrial communities. More information is available at: www.scitech.com.au.

Gaia Science Pte, Ltd. is a member of Gaia One, a holding company which has direct offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and representative offices in Myanmar and Cambodia. The company's products are being used in application areas such as nanoengineering, nanotechnology, biosensors, genomics, proteomics, cell biology, clean energy research, environmental analysis, imaging, and in educational areas. More information is available at: www.gaiascience.com.sg/index.htm.

For a full list of distributors for NanoInk's NanoFabrication Systems Division, please visit our Web site at: http://nanoink.net/contact.html#Distributors.

About NanoInk
NanoInk, Inc. is an emerging growth technology company specializing in nanometer-scale manufacturing and applications development for the life sciences, engineering, pharmaceutical, and education industries. Using Dip Pen Nanolithography® (DPN®), a patented and proprietary nanofabrication technology, scientists are enabled to rapidly and easily create micro-and nanoscale structures from a variety of materials on a range of substrates. This low cost, easy to use and scalable technique brings sophisticated nanofabrication to the laboratory desktop. Headquartered in the Illinois Science + Technology Park, north of Chicago, NanoInk currently has several divisions including the NanoFabrication Systems Division, the Nano BioDiscovery Division, the NanoProfessor® Division and the NanoGuardian® Division. For more information on products and services offered by NanoInk, Inc., visit www.nanoink.net.

NanoInk, the NanoInk logo, Dip Pen Nanolithography, DPN, NanoGuardian and NanoProfessor are trademarks or registered trademarks of NanoInk, Inc.