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NanoMech Inc. wants its employees to think small.
At first glance that might seem like an odd directive for an operation that has its sights set on revolutionizing global industries like machining, manufacturing and energy. But at the heart of the innovations taking place inside the company's Springdale headquarters, employees are making a big impact by focusing their energy on a nanoscale.
So at NanoMech, the smaller an employee's focus, the better. That's why there is a sign hanging in one of the labs that reads, "NanoMech Think Small."
Focusing on the atomic and molecular levels is allowing the company to be involved in work that it believes could bring massive changes to billion-dollar industries. Within a three-week span this summer the company was awarded three patents for nGlide, a product that aids machine lubrication, and also recognized as an R&D 100 winner for TuffTek, a coating used on cutting tools.
These are milestones for a company founded in 2002 based on the research...