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NineSigma: Accelerating the Innovation Cycle

Welcome to Ninesigma.com

NineSigma enables clients to source innovative ideas, technologies, products and services from outside their organizations quickly and inexpensively by connecting them to the best innovators and solution providers from around the world. Our unique "Discover-Connect-Solve" approach is based upon the principles of Open Innovation. Our clients access the largest and most comprehensive open network of scientific researchers in the world to solve their business needs.

Innovation Seekers

Click here if you want to improve innovation in your company. Our global network of innovators, in many different disciplines and specialty areas, can augment the research and innovation being done in your company. Access world-class innovations through universities, industry leaders, trade organizations, research labs, and inventors from around the world. Let us help you build new innovation capabilities.
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Solution Providers

Click here if you are a scientist, researcher or organization that wants to be included in our network of innovators. We can help you commercialize your innovations!

Alliances

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Our Clients

Philip Morris USA P & G General Mills
Unilever Johnson Controls Kraft
DuPont GlaxoSmithKline Kimberly-Clark
Xerox Eastman Chemical Company Philips

Active Projects

To get a detailed description of the project and to understand if your company can meet the current need, please click on any project below
Due Date
Project Name
May 02, 2008
Current Steering for Next Generation Implantable Defibrillators
May 16, 2008
Methods for Homogeneous Dispersion of Nanoparticles in Mg Matrix
May 16, 2008
Chocolate Coatings with Reduced Fat and No Trans Fat
May 16, 2008
Non-destructive On-line Method for Leak Detection
May 16, 2008
Sustained Release System for Aspartame
May 16, 2008
Flavor Delayed Controlled Release System
May 19, 2008
Wire Material with High Degrees of Hardness and Toughness
May 19, 2008
Elastomers with Excellent Deformation Followability (Sealing Performance) and Chemical Resistance
May 23, 2008
Breathable Bottle Seal
May 23, 2008
Debris Removal Technology
May 23, 2008
Solar Power in Automobiles
May 23, 2008
Tougher Water-borne Coatings - The Next Generation
May 30, 2008
Alternatives to Menthol for Breathing Comfort
May 30, 2008
Fugitive Dust Control
May 30, 2008
Alternative Flameless, Odorless, Smokeless Solid Fuel
May 30, 2008
Tunable/Controllable Adhesion Material for Removal Testing
May 30, 2008
Permeable Controlled Release Media for High Temperatures
May 30, 2008
Natural Antimicrobial Ingredients for Low pH Beverages
May 30, 2008
Infection Prevention Technology Healthcare Applications:
May 30, 2008
Infection Prevention Technology Healthcare Applications: Skin/Tissue
May 30, 2008
Seeking Custom Synthesis Capability
May 30, 2008
Menthol Effects without Bitterness
June 02, 2008
Technology for Minimizing Friction between a Catheter Tube and
June 06, 2008
Odor Reduction in Plastic Parts
June 06, 2008
Seeking Technology to Improve Water-Vapor Barrier Properties of HDPE Film Resins
June 06, 2008
Durable Anti-Fogging Coatings or Treatment
June 06, 2008
Sustainable Process Routes to Aromatic Molecules
June 06, 2008
Smart Tile Grout System - On Demand Debonding and Removal
June 06, 2008
Seeking Global Suppliers of Purified Cellulose
June 06, 2008
Super Hard Coatings on Consumer Optics
June 06, 2008
Fast Optical Delay Line for Low Coherence Interferometry
June 06, 2008
Irreversible Color Change in Plastics Subjected to Stress or Strain
June 06, 2008
Novel Oral Care Ingredients
June 09, 2008
Optical High-Precision Positioning Detection System
June 09, 2008
Adhesives with High Resistance to Solvents
June 10, 2008
Conformable Display for Two-Color Pattern Generation
June 11, 2008
Large Field High Resolution Scanner
June 13, 2008
Bakeable Real Cheese Filling for Baked Snack Foods
June 13, 2008
Waterproofing Technologies for Porous Fibers
June 13, 2008
Dyeing Protein-based Fibers Without a Rinsing Step
June 13, 2008
Just-in-Time Conversion of Greige Goods into Finished Textiles with Variety of Aesthetics
June 13, 2008
Technology to Retain Nitrogen or Air in a Sealed, Flexible Chamber
June 13, 2008
Durable Anti-Graffiti Effect
June 13, 2008
Polymer Joining Technology
June 13, 2008
Smart Building and Construction Adhesive: On Demand Debonding
June 16, 2008
Electric Conductive Porous Film or Its Manufacturing Technology
June 16, 2008
Technologies for Coating Insulating Material at Low Temperatures
June 20, 2008
Detecting Metal Inclusions in Fused Silica (Quartz) Tubing
June 20, 2008
High Temperature Hydrocarbon Anti-fouling
June 20, 2008
Biocompatible Adhesion Technologies
June 20, 2008
Propylene/Propane and Ethylene/Ethane Separation
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