Materia Establishes Olefin Metathesis Resource

PASADENA, CA — (Marketwire – December 8, 2009) – Materia announced today the launch of a new chemistry blog called All Things Metathesis. The site was developed by the company to establish a knowledge resource on olefin metathesis as well as to create a setting for metathesis users to discuss the evolving catalyst technology. Olefin [...]

BASF and Materia Execute Technology License Agreement

PASADENA, CA — (Marketwire – October 13, 2009) – Materia announced today the exclusive licensing of its metathesis technology to BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, for use in the research and development of certain specialty chemicals. No financial terms were disclosed. Metathesis catalysts enable the formation and manipulation of carbon-carbon bonds in the synthesis [...]

Timothy McCarthy Joins Materia as Vice President, Marketing and Sales

PASADENA, CA — (Marketwire – May 12, 2009) – Materia, Inc. announced today the appointment of Timothy McCarthy as Vice President, Marketing and Sales. Tim will be responsible for the commercial development of Materia’s proprietary Poly-DCPD resin business. Mr. McCarthy formerly was the VP of Sales and Marketing for the Zoltek Corporation, where he was [...]

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Materia Announces Phase II STTR Funding from NIH

PASADENA, CA — (Marketwire – April 21, 2009) – Materia, Inc. announced today the receipt of Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS; a component of the NIH) for the further development of a family of advanced reagents for drug discovery. The program, a collaborative [...]

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Materia Announces Army Funding for the Development of Fire-Resistant Fuel Additives

PASADENA, CA — (Marketwire – October 1, 2008) – Materia announced today Army funding for the development of fire resistant fuel additives. As described by the Army, enemy combatants target fuel tanks so that small munitions and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) can cause great loss of life through explosive fuel combustion. Novel additives could provide [...]

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