C3Nano, Inc. Competitors

First Solar, Inc. is America's leading photovoltaic (PV) solar technology and manufacturing company. The only US-headquartered company among the world's largest solar manufacturers, First Solar is focused on competitively and reliably enabling power generation needs with its advanced, uniquely American thin film PV technology. Developed at R&D labs in California and Ohio, the company's technology represents the next generation of solar power generation, providing a competitive, high-performance, and responsibly produced alternative to conventional crystalline silicon PV modules. For more information about First Solar: - Visit us on the web at http://www.firstsolar.com - Follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/firstsolar (@FirstSolar) - Check us out on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/firstsolar

AIXTRON is the world’s leading manufacturer of deposition systems for the production of next-generation semiconductors. As such, we play a crucial role in the development of innovative products that are changing the world – both now and in the years to come. AIXTRON is at the heart of it all: Semiconductors are an essential component of electronic devices such as light-emitting diodes, lasers, transistors and solar cells. These, in turn, are vital for a wide range of innovative applications, technologies and industries. These include areas such as LED and display technology, data transmission, e-mobility, sensor technology, energy management and conversion, communications, signal and lighting technology, as well as many other sophisticated high-tech applications. It doesn’t get much more forward-looking than this: it is not uncommon for the products we are working on today to only reach the market in around 20 years’ time. Another plus: many of our applications offer potential for savings in energy and raw materials. In this way, we are contributing to a more sustainable world.

American Elements is the world’s manufacturer of engineered and advanced materials essential to numerous industries, including next generation markets such as green technology, space exploration, nanotechnology, advanced electronics, and military technology with offices in Los Angeles, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; Baotou, China; Monterrey, Mexico, and Manchester, UK. American Elements is the world leader in the industrial application of materials science. American Elements has also been a key source for academic and corporate research, advancement and new product development for over two decades. Our fundamental expertise in the properties, applications, and cost-effective manufacturing of advanced and engineered materials allows us to meet the needs of thousands of global manufacturers (including over 30% of the Fortune 50), all U.S. and many foreign national laboratories, universities throughout the world, and our thousands of commercial customers in a wide variety of industry groups, including energy, electronics, aerospace, defense, automotive, optics/photovoltaics, green technologies and pharma/cosmetics. We provide both technical guidance and manufactured products in our over 12,000 page online catalog which includes over 3,000 elemental metal, chemical, ceramic and crystalline stock items. American Elements also produces numerous customer proprietary formulations from our network of production facilities strategically placed throughout the world.