TECHNICAL NEWS

• October 22, 2002 - Dr viagra online pharmacy. Dirk Verhulst presents paper at CIM Chloride 2002 -"The Altair TiO2 Pigment Process and its Extension into the Field of Nanomaterials"
• August 27, 2002 - Altair awarded US patent #6,440,373 "Processing Aqueous Chloride Solutions to ULtrafine Titanium Dioxide"
• April 20, 2002 - Altair awarded US patent #6,375,923 "Processing Titaniferous Ore to Titanium Dioxide Pigment."

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OUR MISSION

COMPANY PROFILE

Altair Nanomaterials, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.

Altair owns a proprietary technology for making nanocrystalline materials of unique quality, economically and in large quantities. The company produces closely-sized nanoparticles of titanium dioxide and related ceramic oxide materials and compounds. Applications are found in products such as advanced batteries, fuel cells, thermal spray coatings, specialty paints, catalysts, plastics, cosmetics, solar cells and self-cleaning and sanitizing materials. In line with its cutting-edge position in nanotechnology, Altair is also designing materials to suit the nanoparticle applications of the future.

The technology may also be used to make paint pigment at a cost forecast to be substantially lower than commercial technologies employed today.

OUR TEAM

Altair Nanomaterials' key asset is its team of highly motivated and experienced researchers and scientists. The team has a broad background of research and production experience in the materials science and natural resources fields that enables it to achieve quick success in the development of advanced materials. The core research group has worked together on pigment and nanomaterials development for over eight years.

Front row left to right: Gus Franzen, Ka Leung Chou, George Harman, Bob Sheldon, Bill Long, Brandon Harrison, Jim Golla, Jackie Membrado, Pat Costin

Second row left to right: Dave Lloyd, Anita VreNon, Ken Lyon, Ed Dickinson, Jan Prochazka, Doug Ellsworth, Jamie Lutch, Bill Fox, Dirk Verhulst, Ed Ortega, Bruce Sabacky

Altair Management Team

Bill Long, Ph.D. - Chief Executive Officer, Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.

Dr. Long has been the president and a director of Altair since 1988. From 1987 to 1988, Dr. Long was a mineral and energy consultant, providing various services to clients in the mining and energy industries, including arranging precious metal property acquisitions, supervising mineral evaluations, and providing market analyses. From 1980 to 1986, Dr. Long served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Thermal Exploration Corporation. From 1974 to 1980, Dr. Long was employed by Amax Exploration, Inc. in various capacities, including Systems Engineer, Business Analyst and Business Manager. Dr. Long is affiliated with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Institute of Mining Engineers. He obtained a bachelors degree in Chemical and Petroleum Refining Engineering and a Ph.D. in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines in 1969 and 1974, respectively.

Rudi Moerck, Ph.D. - President, Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. 

Prior to joining Altair Nanotechnologies, Dr. Moerck founded www.Smrtdoc.com a consulting services provider to the pharmaceutical, virtual pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries. Key assignments included commercial development projects and mergers and acquisitions. Previously, Dr. Moerck held key senior management positions at Catalytica Pharmaceuticals including Senior Vice President and General Manager, and Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining Catalytica Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Moerck held the position of President of Salsbury Chemicals, a subsidiary of Cambrex Corporation (NYSE:CBM), and President of the Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals Group of Cambrex. Earlier in his career, Dr. Moerck held various increasingly responsible technical and marketing management posts with Troy Corporation, Degussa Corporation and Degussa AG of Frankfurt, Germany.

Pat Costin - President, Mineral Recovery Systems

Mr. Costin was appointed a Vice President of the Corporation in June, 1996. Mr. Costin is the chief executive officer of Costin and Associates, a minerals consulting organization founded by Mr. Costin in 1992 which specializes in identification and evaluation of North American mine and mineral deposit acquisition opportunities. From 1982 to 1992, Mr. Costin served as the manager of U.S. exploration for Rio Algom Ltd. Mr. Costin's additional experience in the mining and minerals industry includes Senior Mineral Economist for the Stanford Research Institute from 1977 to 1982, Senior Geologist for Chevron Resources from 1975 to 1976, Senior Geologist for Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada from 1967 to 1975, and Geologist for United Keno Hill Mines Ltd. from 1965 to 1967. Mr. Costin obtained a bachelors degree in Geological Engineering and a masters degree in Minerals Economics from the Colorado School of Mines in 1965 and 1975, respectively.

Ed Dickinson - Chief Financial Officer, Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.

Mr. Dickinson was appointed Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation in March 2000. Mr. Dickinson had previously served as Director of Finance of the Corporation since August 1996. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Dickinson was employed by the Southern California Edison Company as a negotiator of non-utility power generation contracts. Mr. Dickinson was Vice President and Director of Geolectric Power Company during 1993 and 1994; and from 1987 through 1992 was the Director of Finance and Administration for OESI Power Corporation. Prior to 1987, Mr. Dickinson held various accounting and program management positions in the Department of Energy. Mr. Dickinson, who is a Certified Public Accountant, obtained a Masters degree in Accounting from California State University, Northridge in 1978.

Ken Lyon - President, Altair Nanomaterials, Inc.

Mr. Lyon's varied career includes Conoco Chemicals where he held positions including Senior Process Engineer in central research and engineering, Project Manager, Sales Manager, and Plant Manager of a lubricating oil additives plant. That was followed by the position of Vice-president of corporate development of Alta Lipids USA, Ltd., a US company licensed in an international consortium developing microencapsulation technology for rumen bypass of feed components and medicaments. In 1978 Mr. Lyon joined the Morrison-Knudsen company as director of chemical and energy engineering and held a variety of positions including Director of Synthetic fuels development, Process Facilities Manager-Chevron Shale oil project, Director of Marketing-MK Industrial/MK Furgason, and General Manager of Marketing Latin America and Industrial Facilities worldwide for MK International Company. In 1999 Mr. Lyon joined Altair Nanomaterials as a consultant and was appointed President of the Company in 2000. Mr. Lyon received his bachelor of science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Idaho.

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