PartTec, Ltd. Past Headlines

7/7/2009
PartTec receives Indiana 21st Century Fund matching grant
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation has announced it has awarded a grant to PartTec, Ltd. of Bloomington, Indiana.  This grant is a match to a grant recently won by PartTec from the National Institutes of Health and is part of the IEDC's committment to high technology, small businesses in Indiana. PartTec has received a total of five 21st Century Fund matching grants from the IEDC over the past five years.

6/29/2009
PartTec receives Phase I SBIR Award from the National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a Phase I SBIR grant to PartTec for research regarding Gas Electron Multipliers (GEM) Dose Imaging Detectors. The award will fund the research project through December, 2009.

6/27/2008
PartTec receives Phase I STTR Award from the U.S. Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a Phase I STTR grant to PartTec for research regarding a gas-filled neutron detector. This novel detector is a collaborative project with the Indiana University Cylcotron Facility. The  award will fund the research project through March, 2009.

3/14/2008
PartTec files patent application for Radiography Defeat Material
PartTec announces it has made a patent application for a method and for material that will protect high security locking devices and other materials from surreptitious discovery.  PartTec is now commercializing this innovation with product introduction scheduled for third quarter, 2008.

12/7/2007
PartTec exhibits at the Department of Energy CAP Program in Washington, DC
PartTec successfully completed all required components of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Commercialization Assistance Program and was invited to present at the DOE Opportunity Forum in Tysons Corner, Virginia.  Select companies were invited to present to Venture Capitalists, Investment Bankers and Fortune 500 Companies.

10/26/2007
PartTec supports the United States University Research Reactor Programs at RINSC
PartTec announced they had agreed to support the Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center's renovation of its 2 MW reactor as a viable research and teaching facility.  RINSC was awarded a DOE NERI-Readiness grant to refurbish the instrumentation used at the location.  PartTec's support is to build and install two Linear Postion Sensitive Detectors needed for Small Angle Neutron Scattering.

9/1/2007
PartTec collaborates with Indiana University
PartTec has negotiated agreements with Indiana University resulting in two subcontracts to the University.  These subcontracts will provide PartTec with access to researchers and facilities at the University.

8/17/2007
PartTec receives Two Indiana 21st Century Fund matching grants
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation has announced it has awarded two grants to PartTec, Ltd. of Bloomington, Indiana.  These grants match two Phase I grants recently won by PartTec from the Department of Energy and are part of the IEDC's committment to high technology, small businesses in Indiana. PartTec has received a total of four 21st Century Fund matching grants from the IEDC over the past three years.

6/20/2007
PartTec receives Two Phase I SBIR Grants from the U.S. Department of Energy
PartTec announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded two Phase I SBIR grants for research into Scintillator based Neutron Detectors.  These awards will allow researchers at PartTec to apply its scientific knowledge of nanoparticles and neutron scintillators to produce both a quantum dot based scintillator and a thin-foil nanoparticle type scintillator. PartTec has received a total of three Phase I SBIR grants from the U.S. Department of Energy over the past three years.

6/18/2007
PartTec to provide additional detectors for ORNL
PartTec announced today that its contract to supply neutron detectors for the Spallation Neutron Source located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been increased by 20%.

4/20/2007
PartTec opens a second office in Linton, Indiana; a Manufacturing  Office
PartTec held its grand opening of the Neutron Detector Manufacturing Facility at its new Linton, Indiana location.  The office is located at 1329 NE "A" Street in Linton.  Currently, the facility is assembling crossed-fiber Neutron Detectors that will be installed at the Spallation Neutron Source located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

3/13/2007
PartTec to supply Oak Ridge National Laboratory with Neutron Detectors
Bloomington-based PartTec, Ltd. says it has signed a $513,000 contract with the U.S. Department of Energy to build 20 neutron detectors for the Spallation Neutron Source in Tennessee. The company says the detectors will be manufactured at its facility in Linton. The detectors use wavelength shifting optical fibers arranged beneath a scintillator material.

9/1/2005
PartTec collaborates with Indiana University
PartTec has negotiated an agreement with Indiana University resulting in  a subcontract to the University.  This subcontract will provide PartTec with access to researchers and facilities for its development of a crossed-fiber Neutron Detector.

7/11/2005
PartTec receives a Phase II SBIR Grant from the Department of Energy
Bloomington-based PartTec, Ltd. says it has won a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for a Phase II SBIR grant.  The grant futher supports PartTec's development of a high resolution, crossed-fiber Neutron Detector.

9/30/2004
PartTec receives Indiana 21st Century Fund matching grant
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation has announced it has awarded a grant to PartTec, Ltd. of Bloomington, Indiana.  This grant is a match to a grant recently won by PartTec from the Department of Energy and is part of the IEDC's committment to high technology, small businesses in Indiana. This is the second 21st Century Fund matching grant PartTec has received from the IEDC.

9/1/2004
PartTec collaborates with Indiana University
PartTec has negotiated an agreement with Indiana University resulting in  a subcontract to the University.  This subcontract will provide PartTec with access to researchers and facilities for the investigation into the properties of Nanostructures in Polymeric Matrices.

8/13/2004
PartTec receives a Phase II Grant from the Department of Defense
Bloomington-based PartTec, Ltd. says it has won a grant from the Department of Defense.  The Phase II SBIR grant further supports PartTec's research into the properties of Nanostructures in Polymeric Matrices.

7/13/2004
PartTec receives a Phase I Grant from the Department of Energy
Bloomington-based PartTec, Ltd. says it has won a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for a Phase I SBIR grant.  The grant will support PartTec's development of a crossed-fiber Neutron Detector.

3/4/2004
PartTec receives Indiana 21st Century Fund matching grant
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation has announced it has awarded a grant to PartTec, Ltd. of Bloomington, Indiana.  This grant is a match to a grant recently won by PartTec from the Department of Defense and is part of the IEDC's committment to high technology, small businesses in Indiana.

6/10/2003
PartTec receives a Phase I SBIR from the Department of Defense
Bloomington-based PartTec, Ltd. says it has won a grant from the Department of Defense for a Phase I SBIR grant.  The grant will support PartTec's research in Nanotechnology.