Bahrain's Arbah Global Unveils Nanotechnology Fund

Summary posted by Meridian on 5/27/2008
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Bahrain-based investment company Arbah Global has launched the Arbah Nanotechnology Fund, a private equity fund of US$100 million that will invest in global nanotechnology companies and technology and biotechnology companies which may benefit from nanotechnology. The article says that the fund is “the first of its kind to be launched in the Middle East and North Africa region.” Arbah Nanotechnology Fund manager James J. Berlino said that the Fund will transfer knowledge and applications through cooperations with nanotechnology institutes in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) focusing specifically on applications for the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. Berlino said: “Manipulating matter at the molecular and atomic levels will impact all aspects of manufacturing in most sectors from energy inputs to manufacturing processes, to cost reductions, to ramping volumes. With the world currently suffering from capacity shortages and limitations in everything from food to energy to network and storage compute, the Arbah team intends to invest in companies that can breakthrough these barriers with nanotechnology, and deliver superior products at attractive prices to markets and industries suffering from shortages and capacity limitations. The opportunity to unleash and capture global demand in so many different industries is remarkable." Berlino further said that Saudi Arabia is preparing to establish a “nanotechnology economy.” The article can be viewed online at the link below.

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our team contact us site map	Bahrain's Arbah Global Unveils Nanotechnology Fund Summary posted by Meridian on 5/27/2008 Source: MENAFN Author: n/a Bahrain-based investment company Arbah Global has launched the Arbah Nanotechnology Fund, a private equity fund of US$100 million that will invest in global nanotechnology companies and technology and biotechnology companies which may benefit from nanotechnology. The article says that the fund is “the first of its kind to be launched in the Middle East and North Africa region.” Arbah Nanotechnology Fund manager James J. Berlino said that the Fund will transfer knowledge and applications through cooperations with nanotechnology institutes in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) focusing specifically on applications for the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. Berlino said: “Manipulating matter at the molecular and atomic levels will impact all aspects of manufacturing in most sectors from energy inputs to manufacturing processes, to cost reductions, to ramping volumes. With the world currently suffering from capacity shortages and limitations in everything from food to energy to network and storage compute, the Arbah team intends to invest in companies that can breakthrough these barriers with nanotechnology, and deliver superior products at attractive prices to markets and industries suffering from shortages and capacity limitations. The opportunity to unleash and capture global demand in so many different industries is remarkable." Berlino further said that Saudi Arabia is preparing to establish a “nanotechnology economy.” The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093198181 As tagged by Meridian Institute: Energy: Petroleum Implications: Economic Competitiveness Regions: Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) Stakeholders: Industry Related Forums: Economic Competitiveness print format	NDN Home Subscribe Manage Subscription Search News Archives Nanotechnology Quintuples Heating Capacity of Solar Water Heaters -- Renewable Energy Magazine (9/1/2010) Researchers at the University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, have developed a solar heating system that uses nanotechnology to heat water to five times the temperature of a conventional system, while also permitting the collector surface area to retain up to 98 percent of heat from solar radiation. [More] Pakistan's Science Minister Attacks Funding Cuts -- SciDev.Net (9/1/2010) The Pakistan government has cuts its funds for the Pakistan Ministry of Science and Technology's 2010-2011 budget by almost half, causing the science minister, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, to criticize his own government. [More] Nanotechnology: Small wonders -- Nature (9/1/2010) This article takes an in-depth look at the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)'s first 10 years - to find out where the money went and what the initiative plans to do next. [More] Nanotech on Farmers' Fields -- Silicon Nutrition (8/31/2010) A plant nutrition study that addresses nano-sized plant nutrients is now available from the Landbouwkundige Uitgeverij G.C. van den Berg (Veenendaal, The Netherlands). [More] More News... Learn how to include these headlines on your own website by clicking here. Please email us if you require text-only versions of the daily emails.