INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS SOUGHT FOR TEXMET, UKRAINIAN SCIENTIFIC/MANUFACTURING FACILITY; MEET REPS IN KANSAS CITY 7/31 -- 8/1; WASHINGTON, DC 8/2 -- 8/3 The U.S. Industry Coalition (USIC) is a non-profit association of American companies participating in the Department of Energy (DOE) Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention (IPP) program. IPP provides financial support to former weapons of mass destruction scientists and engineers in the Newly Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union who join with U.S. industry partners to transform technologies into viable products for the global market. By financing the NIS portion of joint R&D, IPP reduces the risk of doing business with NIS institutes and assists in the successful commercialization of unique NIS technologies. IPP partnerships are formalized under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). Three partners are required: an American company (U.S. subsidiaries of multi-national firms are eligible), an NIS partner, and a DOE National Laboratory. IPP matches the funding and in-kind contributions from the American partner through its financial support of the NIS and DOE National Laboratory partners. American partners are required to join USIC for a nominal fee; in turn, USIC offers support on development and review of IPP project proposals, assists with technology commercialization, business development and financing, and provides access to high level NIS economic, political and scientific officials. USIC is currently seeking industrial partners to collaborate with TEXMET, a spin-off organization created by former weapons design and delivery systems engineers and scientists. TEXMET, based in Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine, has a wide variety of technologies available for development with U.S. partners. Among TEXMET technological capabilities are: A) Mechanical 1) Design and production of high-pressure spherical vessels of 1.85 to 129.5 liter capacity for gas storage 2) Design and sale of pumps for dangerous and/or flammable chemicals 3) Design and production of universal protective systems for stationary, mobile, critical or dangerous materials 4) Development of composite materials to be used as seals or wear material in limited lubrication areas for chemical, agricultural, mining, metallurgical and food processing applications 5) Design of cryogenic grinding equipment and technology for crumb rubber grinding. B) Electrical 1) Development of electro-magnetic methods for examining rubber composition 2) Development and production of 3-dimensional universal transducer for displacement measurements 3) Development of electrical conductive polymer composites to be used for lightweight, efficient replacements for traditional nickel and chrome-based elements. C) Medical 1) Development and production of new materials and ceramics for artificial implants 2) Development and production of test equipment for service-life testing of endo-prostheses joints D) Chemical 1) Development of ecologically-safe surfactants from vegetable oil refining wastes 2) Development and production of high-value manganese carbonate and oxide 3) Creation and production of new ceramic materials, such as silicon carbide and ordinary and stabilized zirconium dioxide 4) Development of titanium aluminide technology 5) Production of centrifugally cast tumbling iron balls E) Agricultural 1) Design and development of machinery for shredding agricultural production wastes into valuable products 2) Development of biologically active fodder staff and liquid bio-buhumate from biophytomass 3) Creation and development of agricultural product dryer 4) Development of efficient juice extraction and concentration systems F) Environmental 1) Design of complex purification of contaminated water; production of chemically-clean water; generation of potable water in epidemics 2) Creation of methods for industrial waste usage 3) Development and implementation of techniques to enable the thermodynamic analysis of the fuel burning processes in internal combustion engines. American companies interested in TEXMET technologies may schedule an appointment with TEXMET representatives during their next visit to the U.S.: Mon. July 31 and Tues. Aug. 1:DOE Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri Weds. and Thurs., Aug. 2-3: USIC, Washington, DC (Rosslyn, VA) NOTE: FPDS Codes: AJ34, R&D Environmental Sciences-Engineering Dept. AJ32, R&D Environmental Sciences-Applied Research/Exploratory Dev. AA92, R&D Other Agricultural-Applied Research/Exploratory Dev. THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT. WEB: Click here for general information on U.S. Industry, http://www.usic.net. E-MAIL: Click here to arrange meeting with TEXMET officials, jfurlong@usic.net. Posted 07/11/00 (W-SN473236).

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