Colnatec

Nanotechnology ResearchArizona, United States2-10 Employees

Colnatec is a small Gilbert-based company operating in nanotechnology research. Founded in 2009, it designs, develops, and manufactures film-thickness sensors and related electronic instrumentation used across multiple deposition methods, including ALD, CIGS, OLED, PVD, MBE, and CVD. These instruments serve the production of flexible displays, lighting, optics, thin-film solar cells, high-speed electrical devices, and semiconductor wafers. The firm focuses on measurement technologies for process control in advanced coating and device fabrication.

Colnatec emphasizes patented and patent-pending technologies that help researchers, manufacturers, and equipment builders improve photovoltaic film conversion efficiency, shorten production cycles, and reduce costs while boosting overall yield. It also manufactures the only commercially available high-temperature quartz crystal microbalance capable of operating up to 500°C. The company has received recognition through Department of Energy SBIR awards and an Arizona Innovation Challenge grant, underscoring its role in sensor development for manufacturing processes such as CIGS solar cells.

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