Amroy Europe Oy is a company that develops and manufactures composite
resins
In polymer chemistry and materials science, resin is a solid or highly viscous substance of plant or synthetic origin that is typically convertible into polymers. Resins are usually mixtures of organic compounds. This article focuses on natu ...
, carbon nanoepoxy resins,
bioresins and special pastes. It is headquartered in
Lahti
Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...
, Finland.
The main products are
Hybtonite, composite resin reinforced with
carbon nanotubes
A scanning tunneling microscopy image of a single-walled carbon nanotube
Rotating single-walled zigzag carbon nanotube
A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a tube made of carbon with diameters typically measured in nanometers.
''Single-wall carbon nan ...
(CNT), and Epobiox, liquid epoxy system which is 70% made from natural oils.
History
The roots of the company are in Nanoscience Center of
University of Jyväskylä
The University of Jyväskylä ( fi, Jyväskylän yliopisto) is a research university in Jyväskylä, Finland. It has its origins in the first Finnish-speaking Teacher Training College (the so-called Teacher Seminary), founded in 1863. Ar ...
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In 2004 professor Jorma Virtanen and nanoscientist Pasi Keinänen developed a method to bond carbon nanotubes with resins utilizing strong
covalent bond
A covalent bond is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms. These electron pairs are known as shared pairs or bonding pairs. The stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms ...
s. This resulted in development of Hybtonite.
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Nanolab Systems Oy was established by the researchers. Their main focus area was nano particle synthesis technology and instruments for drug research.
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Amroy Europe Oy was established in 2005 as spin-off of Nanolab Systems Oy.
First commercial product using Hybtonite was hockey stick "Nitro" by Montreal Sports Oy.
It was voted number one Nano product in the world at the Nanotechnology 2006 show in Tokyo, Japan.
In December 2009, Amroy received Frost & Sullivan European Technology Innovation Award for its work on hybtonite.
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Partners
Amroy uses carbon nanotubes manufactured by
Bayer
Bayer AG (, commonly pronounced ; ) is a German multinational corporation, multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer's areas of busi ...
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In addition to Amroys own production, Hybtonite is manufactured under license in China.
Hybtonite is used for small size wind turbine blades by Eagle Windpower (Finland), and for large size windmill blades by Evergreen (China) and LM Glassfiber (Denmark).
One of the main application areas for Hybtonite is sports gear.
Some examples of the manufacturers are
Montreal Sports Oy (hockey sticks),
Peltonen Sports (cross-country skis and roller skis),
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Karhu Sports (baseball bats),
Easton (hunting arrows),
Entropy Surfboards (surfboards),
and Sport Lettmann (kayaks).
In marine applications, Hybtonite is used for laminating and for marine paints.
Some of the users are
Baltic Yachts and Cathay Yachts.
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Nanotechnology companies
Chemical companies of Finland