Company History - Nanovere Technologies, LLC

Nanovere Technologies specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of first-to-market nanocoatings with multi-functional properties. Nanovere was founded in 2003 by Thomas Choate. Twenty-one years earlier, Thomas began his scientific journey at the early age of 16 while working for Progressive Dental Laboratory in Brighton, MI. He began to develop skills in the art and science of manufacturing porcelain teeth (crowns), dental metallurgy, polymer synthesis, high heat ceramics and high heat porcelain glazes.

1986 - Thomas founded Felix Dental Arts which focused on creating "life-like" dental prosthetics for local sport celebrities. In 1989, Felix Dental Manufacturing was founded with a focus on developing highly functional dental materials. Felix Dental developed the world's first polyurethane hybrid dental polymers with a thermal expansion of 0.05%, novel dental adhesives, super-hydrophobic coatings, silicone mold release agents and educational study models for dentists and dental technicians. Felix Dental was sold to American Dental Supply (ADS) in PA. ADS continues to market the Felix branded products including Plastical, Petrosil & Diax to leading dental laboratories, dentists and Dental Universities.

2003 - Thomas founded Nanovere Technologies using key scientific concepts, materials and processes he invented for the dental industry. Nanovere began the development of highly scratch resistant, chemical and UV resistant nanocoatings with self-cleaning properties. The technical challenge was to develop multi-functional nanocoatings that would outperform "all" leading automotive and aerospace OEM coating competitors. After 5 years of extensive research and product development, Nanovere introduced the world's first Dendritic Polyurethane Coating systems in 2008. Nanovere began working closely with leading validation organizations including GM, Jaguar, BMW, Boeing, Club Car & Polaris.

2009 - Nanovere began joint development efforts with Bayer MaterialSciences, Alcoa and Sveza Les OOO based in Russia. Nanovere's proprietary dendrimer based coating resins (owned by Nippon) dramatically improve the overall physical properties of leading coating resins and formulated coating systems.

2011 - Nanovere partnered with Nippon Paint in Asia under a global exclusive licensing agreement of Vecdor (CyGlaz) Dendrimers. Nippon is the largest paint manufacture in Asia. Today, Nippon manufactures and markets Nanovere's proprietary coating dendrimers to dramatically improve crosslink density, scratch resistance, chemical resistance and UV resistance within Nippon automotive OEM coating systems. Nippon markets the Nanovere dendrimer platform under the trade name CyGlaz.

2015 - Nanovere introduced the world's first ambient cure Nano-Clear Coating platform to exceed automotive OEM, industrial and military technical specifications. The Nano-Clear product portfolio is manufactured by Nanovere in Brighton, Michigan and sold globally through select distributors.

2017 - Nanovere developed a nanoparticle based matting additive for NCI to be used as a topcoat over conventional CARC paint resulting in an 8x improvement in hardness and a 75x improvement in protection against chemical attacks. Nanovere establishes interest within the US Department of Defense (DoD) for this solution.

2018 - Nanovere files patent for the world's first plural component coating stable within a single chamber aerosol can. Nano-Clear NCI in an aerosol format is designed to offer a convenient way for customers to apply the world’s best protective coating for small projects and demos.

2023 - Manitowoc, UPS, Nobel Offshore, Creative Pultrusions & Naval Group become new users of Nano-Clear Coatings. Henkel Corporation private labels Nano-Clear Coatings under the Loctite PC brand. Apple Corporation approved the use of Nano-Clear NCI for Apple Park carbon fiber roof structures. DoD validates Nano-Clear SuperCARC.

Nano-Clear Coatings have been validated and in-use by UPS, Manitowoc, Nobel Offshore, Apple, Pemex Oil & Gas, Altec Cranes, Toshiba Industrial Products, Sterling Crane, Royal Caribbean, Genco Shipping, OSG America... Nanovere has strategic partnerships with Henkel Corporation, Nippon Paint and BASF.