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[web1]

Tröste dich, bei 5 dürfte der Boden sein.
Bist du so teuer eingestiegen?

[AG19]

Die 7 US-$ stellen sich immer mehr als eine gute Unterstützung dar.
Intraday wurden die Verluste fast wieder aufgeholt.
Und News gibt es auch:


Nanophase Announces Patent Application for Composite Nanoparticles

ROMEOVILLE, Ill., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nanophase Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: NANX - news), a technology and commercial leader in nanocrystalline materials and engineered advanced nanomaterial solutions, announced that the company has filed a U.S. patent application detailing a novel composite nanoparticle structure having a core-shell structure exhibiting improved properties over single constituent nanoparticles. This new class of nanoparticles offers improved performance and value in a wide range of applications ranging from catalysts to electromagnetic materials and chemically passive materials.

The patent application also details carefully controlled compositions, morphologies, and methods of manufacturing nanoparticle composites that provide surprisingly superior oxygen storage capacity for catalytic reactions. The superior oxygen storage capacity is retained during reaction cycling and enables the catalyst material to be effective at temperatures greater than currently reported application temperatures because the unique composite morphology prevents particle size growth.

According to Dr. Gina Kritchevsky, Nanophase`s vice president of technology, ``This new development again extends Nanophase`s integrated family of nanotechnologies by providing new surface modification, or coating, technologies. This development allows engineering a composite structure where certain properties, such as density, can be determined by the particle core and others, such as refractive index or chemistry, can be controlled by the particle shell. We believe that composite, or core-shell, nanoparticles also enable oxidation storage catalysts, as used in catalytic converters, to be used at higher temperatures resulting in greater system efficiency. The technology allows the nanoparticles to donate oxygen, making reactions more efficient. We believe this technology may have widespread use in several applications, including catalysis, personal care, electronic materials, and catalytic fuel additives.``

Nanophase also noted that it had recently revised and updated its website to include additional company and nanotechnology information. Recent articles on the company and a current interview with Nanophase`s president and CEO, Joseph Cross, have also been added. Nanophase currently has 38 patents, patent applications, and licenses covering its platform of nanotechnologies, including nanocrysalline materials manufacturing, nanoparticle coating, nanoparticle surface modification, and dispersant technology for a wide range of liquid media.

Nanophase Technologies provides nanoengineered solutions of nanostructured materials for a variety of industrial product applications. Using proprietary and patented core technologies, the company creates products with unique performance attributes. The company`s global customer base includes Fortune 500 companies. Nanophase trades on Nasdaq NMS under the symbol ``NANX.`` Visit the company`s web site at http://www.nanophase.com .

[Bierogen]

bin bei 6,50€ eingestiegen, na ja, ist noch etwas Luft bis dahin.
Morgen ist Videokonferenz bei nanophase.com

[luto9]

Nanophase Technologies Announces Fourth Quarter and 2001 Results

ROMEOVILLE, Ill., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nanophase Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: NANX), a technology leader in nanomaterials and nanoengineered products, today announced fourth quarter and fiscal 2000 results. Based on the detailed financial statements accompanying this release, the company`s results are stated approximately as follows.

For the quarter ending December 31, 2001, total revenue was $1.24 million compared with total revenue of $1.19 million for the same period in 2000, or an increase of 4%. The company reported net loss for the fourth quarter 2001 of $1.9 million or $0.14 per share (fully diluted), compared with a net loss for the fourth quarter 2000 of $1.1 million, or $0.08 per share (fully diluted). Net loss increased between the quarters due to a nonrecurring inventory adjustment of $555,200, or approximately $0.04 per share (fully diluted), associated with excess inventory due to a former UK customer`s breach of its purchase order contract, as previously reported in June and October 2001, and adjustments to recognize the company`s reduced cost of manufacturing.

For the year ended December 31, 2001, the company reported total revenue of approximately $4 million compared with $4 million for 2000. 2001 product revenue was $3.65 million and other revenue was $389,000. For 2001, the company reported a net loss of $5.7 million, or $0.42 per share (fully diluted), compared with a net loss of $4.5 million, or $0.34 per share (fully diluted) for 2000. Net loss increased due to the noted nonrecurring inventory adjustment and increased legal fees, insurance costs, and depreciation.

"2001 was disappointing in terms of revenue growth due to the economic recession, especially in the manufacturing sector that represents our primary customer and business development market, and the events in September, which lingered through the end the year," stated Joseph Cross, president and CEO. "However, we believe that the company had several outstanding accomplishments that provide a solid basis for future revenue growth.

"We completed the up-fit of our new Romeoville, Illinois, facility. This includes three laboratory areas focused on nanocrystalline research and multi-market application technology; a production coating area for nanoparticle coating technology that is now in production on 2-shift operation; and the new pilot area to make large-scale dispersions and formulations. This was a major undertaking and consumed considerable organizational resources and capital, but these facilities provide an essential delivery platform for the company`s growth plans for 2002 and beyond.

"In parallel, we made tremendous progress improving our PVS manufacturing technology in both product quality and output quantity. We have now reduced our variable manufacturing cost by 40% to 65% and increased output per reactor by 100% to 200%, depending on the material. Much of this improvement was implemented in 2001. The company also made significant progress in application technology -- taking the particles we create and making them work in numerous applications. This progress is reflected in new patent activity, with four patent applications in 2001, and three additional patent applications already filed in 2002. These developments have opened new markets and applications for the company and provide an extended platform of integrated nanotechnologies from nanocrystalline material manufacturing to multiple market applications that we expect will add to future revenue.

"From an operations perspective, the company made significant progress -- from productivity improvements to implementing the capability to produce materials with targeted particle sizes, to implementing lean manufacturing and supply chain management. For example, we permanently reduced labor content, and 25% of our workforce, due to the efficiencies obtained. We have also moved well down the path toward our goal of reaching six-sigma in process control, having moved from about one-sigma to the five-sigma level over the past 12 to 15 months.

"Responding to the key issue of revenue growth, we have enlarged and improved our business development approach. We have become more aggressive attacking markets and more creative in the soft economic environment. We expect to begin seeing the direct effects of this change during 2002 and expect it to drive revenue growth over the next two to three years." Fiscal 2002 Current View

Cross said that the company enters 2002 with more and improved technology application tools than when it entered 2001, and has significantly increased momentum in business development in several markets. "The improvement in our core PVS technology, initial commercialization of our new NanoArc Synthesis(TM) process, and multiple application developments during 2001 provide an integrated platform of nanotechnologies that allow the company to engineer solutions across more markets," explained Cross.

"To ensure that we maximize margins and match cost to sales, we have aggressively reduced overhead costs throughout the organization during the last six months of 2001. We continue that focus and expect to see a reduced overhead run rate during the first quarter and subsequent quarters of 2002. We are still improving and reducing variable manufacturing cost and fixed manufacturing overhead. Additionally, the company has instituted a salary freeze that will remain in effect until we understand the timing and extent of our business development initiatives in 2002. We intend to stay particularly lean and focused until we have better visibility on new business.

"Based on existing customers only and annual orders received to-date, the company perceives a 20% to 30% increase in base demand and believes that revenues from established customers will approach a $5 million revenue base." Cross said that management believes that there may be upside to that revenue base, primarily in personal care products and abrasion-resistant coating materials. With product shipments to date in 2002, purchase orders, and annual supply agreements in-hand, the company has a current shipped and order backlog of approximately $4.5 million for 2002.

Discussing the company`s outlook and new business, Cross concluded, "Business development activity is exceptionally strong and we believe that Nanophase has higher quality and quantity of opportunities than at any time in its history, but our visibility on timing remains limited. We are unable to predict or forecast total 2002 revenues with any degree of accuracy at this time and expect to be able to only provide quarterly guidance. However, we are cautiously optimistic about 2002 revenue growth, barring any additional economic weakening or U.S. environment impacts, and expect to have significantly increased revenue growth during the second half. Based on existing backlog, we are expecting revenues of $1.3 million during the first quarter of 2002 and project $1.5 million in revenue during the second quarter."

Nanophase Technologies invites you to attend its normal quarterly conference call on Thursday, February 21, 2002, at 10:00 am CST. Log on to www.vcall.com for a virtual conference call. Replays will be available through February 28 at 12:00 midnight Eastern Time.

Nanophase Technologies Corporation is a leader commercializing engineered nanocrystalline materials and provides nanoengineered solutions for a variety of industrial product applications. Using patented and proprietary core technologies, the company creates products with unique performance attributes for a variety of markets. Nanophase Technologies has 38 patents, patent applications, and licenses covering its platform of nanotechnologies and trades on the Nasdaq NMS under the symbol "NANX". Visit the company`s web site at www.nanophase.com .

The words "expect", "anticipates", "plans", "forecasts" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements. Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements reflect the Company`s current beliefs, and a number of important factors could cause actual results for future periods to differ materially from those expressed in this news release. These important factors include, without limitation: a decision of the customer to cancel a purchase order or supply agreement; demand for, and acceptance of, the Company`s nanocrystalline materials; changes in development and distribution relationships; the impact of competitive products and technologies; possible disruption in commercial activities occasioned by terrorist activity and armed conflict; and other risks indicated in the Company`s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Nanophase undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new events or uncertainties.


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Nanophase Technologies` fourth-quarter loss widens

ROMEOVILLE, Ill., Feb 20 (Reuters) - Nanophase Technologies Corp. (NasdaqNM:NANX - news), which manufactures tiny crystals used in sunscreen and floor coating, said on Wednesday its fourth-quarter net loss widened and it has frozen salaries after cutting its workforce by 25 percent in 2001.

The net loss was $1.9 million or 14 cents per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $1.1 million, or 8 cents per share in the same quarter of 2000. The loss increased due to a nonrecurring inventory adjustment of $555,200. For the quarter, total revenue was up 4 percent at $1.24 million from $1.19 million.

``(The year) was disappointing in terms of revenue growth due to the economic recession, especially in the manufacturing sector that represents our primary customer and business development market, and the events in September, which lingered through the end of the year,`` said President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Cross.

Nanophase said that to make cost savings, it reduced its workforce by 25 percent or 12 positions during 2001 and it has instituted a salary freeze.

It said it expects revenues of $1.3 million during the first quarter of 2002 and $1.5 million in the second quarter.

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Nanophase Receives Order for Ultrafine Optical Polishing Application

ROMEOVILLE, Ill., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nanophase Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: NANX - news), a leader in nanomaterials and nanoengineered products, announced it has received an initial order for its proprietary nanocrystalline particles for use in creating ultra smooth, high quality polished surfaces on optical components. The NanoTek® metal oxides used for this application are engineered to have extremely low levels of larger sized particles and are designed specifically for polishing applications, including semiconductors, rigid memory disks, glass photo masks, and optical lenses.

Joseph Cross, Nanophase`s president and CEO noted, ``It would not have been possible for Nanophase to provide the performance for polishing as recently as last year. Due to the 2001 technology advances in our core PVS process, commercialization of our new NanoArc Synthesis(TM) process, and the improved technology for preparation of stable dispersions of nanocrystalline metal oxides, we now have the capability to manufacture a variety of homogeneous dispersions with long-term stability and very narrow particle size distributions. With the readying of the pilot manufacturing facility during 2001, we are now capable of supplying dispersions and formulations to commercial scale, and, with the improvements in process control systems last year, the company is able to meet or exceed demanding specifications for high technology polishing applications.``

Nanophase has disclosed in recent releases that the inventions relating to nanoparticle dispersions were also the subject of recent patent applications.

``We believe this is a significant market opportunity for the company`s patented nanocrystalline materials technology,`` stated Dr. Don Freed, Nanophase`s vice president of business development. ``This is a demanding application in high-tech electronics that requires a significant level of nanoengineering and testing before market acceptance. It is also an application where we believe that larger materials would not be able to produce the low level of defects and ultrafine surface finish required. We are vigorously pursuing a broad variety of applications for this technology.``

Nanophase stated that the materials would be manufactured in the company`s Romeoville nanoparticle location by its new NanoArc Synthesis(TM) process and prepared in the company`s new pilot dispersion facilities. At this time, the company believes that that this first application of its nanocrystalline materials for optical polishing should lead to approximately $100,000 of revenue during 2002 and grow to annual revenues of approximately $500,000.

Nanophase Technologies Corporation is a leader commercializing engineered nanocrystalline materials and provides nanoengineered solutions for a variety of industrial product applications. Using patented and proprietary core technologies, the company creates products with unique performance attributes for a variety of markets. Nanophase Technologies has 38 patents, patent applications, and licenses covering its platform of nanotechnologies and trades on the Nasdaq NMS under the symbol ``NANX``. Visit the company`s web site at www.nanophase.com .

The words ``expect``, ``anticipates, ``plans``, ``forecasts`` and similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements. Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements reflect the Company`s current beliefs, and a number of important factors could cause actual results for future periods to differ materially from those expressed in this news release. These important factors include, without limitation: a decision of the customer to cancel a purchase order or supply agreement; demand for, and acceptance of, the Company`s nanocrystalline materials; changes in development and distribution relationships; the impact of competitive products and technologies; possible disruption in commercial activities occasioned by terrorist activity and armed conflict; and other risks indicated in the Company`s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Nanophase undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new events or uncertainties.

[Lichtblick]

Gibt es irgendwo Informationen über die Kursverluste vom Donnerstag und Freitag. Ich kann auch in den Staaten nirgends etwas finden. Bleibt nur die charttechnische Deutung weil der RSI schon bei über 70 lag oder was sonst?

[TSIACOM]

@Lichtblick
Ich konnte auch keine (negativen) News finden. Aber wir sollten uns bewußt sein, daß NANX mit einem für 2002 prognostizierten Umsatzanstieg auf ca. 7 Millionen USD und nach den beiden "Absackern" von Donnerstag und Freitag mit einem Marktwert von etwa 75 Millionen - ohne Gewinn einzufahren - immer noch alles andere als billig ist. Nur wird man Nanophase nie billig bekommen, dafür sind die Zukunftsaussichten zu groß. Der Rutsch deutlich unter 6 Dollar am Freitag ohne schlechte Nachricht sollte eher als Nachkaufchance gesehen werden.
Gruß TSIACOM

[Amenophis]

Was ist denn nun wieder los? 30-40 % minus an 2 tagen. wie kann das sein? kann mir bitte jemand schnellstmöglich informationen geben? wäre sehr dankbar!

viele grüße

[Wolfsbane]

Guck Dir mal die Umsätze an. Die sind sagenhaft gestiegen.

Börse ist ein doofes Spiel...

[rechner]

quelle: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/021011/110067_1.html


Glancy & Binkow LLP Announces: Court Rules That Shareholders Are Allowed to Pursue Claims Against Nanophase Technologies and Its Directors and Officers
Friday October 11, 9:01 am ET


LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2002--Glancy & Binkow LLP, court-appointed Lead Counsel in a shareholder Class Action lawsuit filed against Nanophase Technologies Corp. ("Nanophase") and certain of its officers and directors, is pleased to announce that it has successfully defeated defendants` motion to dismiss the plaintiffs` Amended Complaint, thereby permitting shareholder plaintiffs to pursue claims against Nanophase.
If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this Notice or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact Michael Goldberg, Esquire, of Glancy & Binkow LLP, 1801 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 311, Los Angeles, California 90067, by telephone at 310/201-9150 or Toll Free at 888/773-9224 or by e-mail to [e-mail].

On March 8, 2002, Glancy & Binkow LLP filed an Amended Class Action Complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of a class (the "Class") consisting of all persons who purchased securities of Nanophase (Nasdaq:NANX - News) between April 5, 2001 and October 24, 2001, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The Complaint charges Nanophase and certain of its officers and directors with violations of sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rule 10b-5 of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among other things, plaintiff claims that defendants` material omissions and the dissemination of materially false and misleading statements regarding the nature of Nanophase`s revenue and earnings caused Nanophase`s stock price to become artificially inflated, inflicting damages on investors. More specifically, plaintiff alleges that Nanophase improperly booked revenue and misled shareholders with respect to a "deal" Nanophase made with Celox, Ltd for the sale of a nanocrystalline environmental catalyst. In denying defendants` motion, the District Court`s October 9, 2002, Order notes that "as plaintiff has very persuasively demonstrated in his response brief to the motion to dismiss, the amended complaint is replete with detailed allegations that numerous statements made by the defendants regarding the sale of the environmental catalyst to Celox were false and/or misleading when made." The Order also states that "the amended complaint alleges that these artificially inflated prices, and the losses the plaintiff subsequently suffered, are a direct result of the statements made by the defendants` from March 28 through October 25, 2001." The Court concluded that "plaintiff has adequately pled that the defendants` allegedly false and misleading statements were material in that they had a substantial effect on how a reasonable investor would evaluate the financial condition of Nanophase."

Plaintiff seeks to recover damages on behalf of Class members and is represented by Glancy & Binkow LLP, a law firm with significant experience in prosecuting class actions, and substantial expertise in actions involving corporate fraud.



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Contact:
Glancy & Binkow LLP, Los Angeles
Lionel Z. Glancy, 310/201-9150 or 888/773-9224
Michael Goldberg
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Source: Glancy & Binkow LLP

[ChartJunkie]

Tja, nun ist es offenbar amtlich: Nanophase hat zwar eine gute Story zu bieten, ist aber leider eine Mogelpackung, was die Geschäftszahlen betrifft.
Das Unternehmen wird vielleicht eine ähnliche Entwicklung nehmen wie Microstrategy: eigentlich interessante Technologie, aber wegen der unklaren Rechtslage kaum einzuschätzen...

[TSIACOM]

...ist allerdings inzwischen schon von Joseph Cross dementiert worden!