Local manufacturer General Nano’s materials headed into space in 2018

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Written by Kevin Eigelbach.

hings are looking up for Norwood-based General Nano LLC, a manufacturer of carbon nanotubes.

Literally, looking up.

In December, Boulder, Colorado-based Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. announced that NASA had chosen them to build and test a satellite that will be launched into low-earth orbit in early 2018. General Nano is building a carbon nanotube “black box” for a camera in that satellite, its first product for space-based use, said CEO Joseph Sprengard.

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Originally published January 25, 2016.