Dr. Bulent Yavuz Appointed Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Nanostellar, Inc.

    REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanostellar, Inc., an
 application-specific nano-materials company that develops highly efficient
 materials for automotive catalysts, today announced the appointment of Dr.
 Bulent Yavuz as its Vice President of Sales and Marketing. The company's
 solutions, which are based on a proprietary rational design technology,
 have shown superior performance at lower precious metal content than
 currently available materials.
     "We are very pleased with Bulent's decision to join Nanostellar as we
 begin the business development phase for our diesel emissions catalyst
 materials," said Pankaj Dhingra, President and CEO of Nanostellar, "and
 feel his skills will help us expand our reach in the emissions control
 market, especially now that our manufacturing facility will be in operation
 by the end of July."
     "I am excited to be part of Nanostellar, and join the nano-technology
 revolution in materials," said Dr. Yavuz. "We have a strong team and
 leadership, outstanding technology, and world class expertise. In addition,
 the industry has been increasingly recognizing Nanostellar for its
 technology and creativity in new ways of designing and manufacturing high
 value added nano-scale materials."
     Dr. Bulent Yavuz joins Nanostellar after spending 19 years with the
 Engelhard Corporation. Bulent has led teams in developing more than $100
 million annual business in heavy-duty, motorcycles, small engines, and
 ozone emissions control. Bulent has a Ph.D. in materials science from Penn
 State, and is a Fulbright scholar with nine US patents in the field of
 diesel oxidation catalysts and ceramics.
     "Bulent Yavuz will be a tremendous asset to Nanostellar," said William
 F. Miller, Chairman and Founder of Nanostellar. "With his experience in
 building high-performing teams and his passion for customer support, he has
 all the attributes necessary to help us build a premier customer-focused
 organization."
     Nanostellar has 40 man-years of computational experience in Rational
 Design and synthesis, designing and manufacturing various nano-alloys with
 predictable properties for diesel oxidation catalysis. The company plans to
 broaden the scope of their activities to include work on clean energy
 technologies such as catalyst materials for fuel cells and
 Gas-To-Liquid/Coal- To-Liquid applications, and energy efficiency
 technologies in the field of display materials such as transparent
 conductors, phosphors and color filters, etc.
     About Nanostellar
     Founded in 2003 with scientists from Stanford University and NASA Ames,
 Nanostellar, Inc., is a Redwood City, CA-based Application Specific
 Nano-Materials company that uses quantum mechanics principles and
 sophisticated simulation technology to design and manufacture nano-alloys
 and materials. This process dramatically reduces the material design cycle
 time as most of it is accomplished computationally. Nanostellar technology
 transforms the conventional "make and test" model of material design to
 "design, selectively make and verify." Nanostellar is privately held,
 backed by premier investors including 3i, Monitor Ventures, Firelake
 Capital Management LLC and AsiaTech Management. For more information,
 please visit the Nanostellar web site at http://www.nanostellar.com .
     For more information please contact:
 
     Nanostellar:
     Bulent Yavuz, VP Sales and Marketing
     908-654-1365
     byavuz@nanostellar.com
     http://www.nanostellar.com
 
     3i:
     Katja Gehrt
     Marketing
     650-470-3210
     katja.gehrt@3i.com
     http://www.3i.com
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SOURCE 3i Corporation