DFI signs 5-yr license with AST
in US leading hi-tech and R&D state
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, May 2003- Diamon-Fusion
International, Inc. (DFI), global developer and exclusive
supplier of the Diamon-Fusion® patented hydrophobic
technology, signed a 5-year license agreement with AST- Applied
Surface Technology LLC, a newly formed Albuquerque-based
surface technology company that will develop DFI‘s proprietary
process in both residential and commercial markets in the State
of New Mexico.
Robert T. Sanders, Managing Director of Applied Surface
Technology, reported: “We look forward to the
exciting challenges and opportunities associated in partnering
with DFI to establish a lasting and thriving business in New
Mexico with such innovative technology”.
Guillermo U. Seta, Executive Director of DFI, stated:
“This new strategic alliance is mainly focused on the
expansion of the US market and highly oriented toward R&D,
given the abundance of technology resources and the access that
AST will provide to us in New Mexico, a natural location for
scientific developments.”
New Mexico, the 47th US state (admitted in 1912) with
a population of under 2M, leads the US in high-tech exports
- $2.35 billion in 2000- with over 900 hi-tech
companies and is widely recognized in for its technology capacity,
ranking in the US:
- First in hi-tech exports as
a percentage of total state exports. (USDOC, Census Bureau,
MISER)
- Second among the 50 states in PhD
scientists and engineers as a percentage of the civilian
work force. (National Science Foundation, 1999)
- Second in federal obligations for research
and development (National Science Foundation, Fiscal Year
1998)
- Second in R & D intensity.
(R & D as a percentage of GSP - National Science Foundation,
March 2001)
Three federal research laboratories, three growing research
universities and three developing research parks drive New Mexico's
hi-tech growth: Air Force Research Laboratory, Los
Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory.
"Plant some scientists in the middle of a desert and
technology will blossom." Avionics Magazine, June 2000
