Nanophase Receives Funding Under Paycheck Protection Program

ROMEOVILLE, Ill., April 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nanophase Technologies Corporation (OTCQB: NANX), a leader in minerals-based personal care ingredients and formulated products for protecting skin from environmental aggressors, such as UV light and pollution, today reported that it received funding in the form of a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”), under Division A, Title I of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), which was enacted on March 27, 2020.

“We are happy to announce that our request for funding under the PPP was granted, being funded on April 17, 2020. The amount of the loan was $0.95 million. We believe that we will incur costs over the next eight weeks amounting to at least 80% of the loan balance, which we expect to be forgiven under the terms of the PPP,” stated Jess Jankowski, President and CEO. “We plan on continuing operations, taking necessary precautions to protect our employees, their families, and our community during this disruption, as we manufacture products and ingredients within sectors that are part of our nation’s critical infrastructure. We are both honored and proud to be contributing to our national public health, economic security, and safety through the materials we make for use in medical diagnostics.” 

“We are working to complete our quarterly review prior to release of our Q12020 financial results, which we plan to make available in early May. As I mentioned in our most recent financial release, we have visibility through Q22020, and now through July. We don’t expect to have better visibility for the second half of 2020 until late May or early June,” added Jankowski. 

“Our top priorities remain our people and their families, our neighbors, our customers, and contributing in any way that we can to help our nation in these difficult circumstances.”  

About Nanophase Technologies
Nanophase Technologies Corporation (NANX), www.nanophase.com, is a leader in minerals-based personal care ingredients and formulated products for protecting skin from environmental aggressors, such as UV light and pollution, as well as providing solutions for industrial product applications. Using a platform of patented and proprietary integrated technologies, the Company creates products with unique performance attributes from two ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 registered facilities. Nanophase delivers commercial quantity and quality engineered materials both as ingredients, and as part of fully formulated products, in a variety of formats. 

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