NORMAN, OK -- March 28, 2012 -- Dave Arthur, CEO of SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc. (SWeNT) a world leader in high quality, Single-Wall and Specialty Multi-Wall (SMW™) carbon nanotubes (CNT) and printable CNT inks, will participate in a panel discussion on recent advances and challenges in nanomanufacturing at the SME 2012 NanoManufacturing Conference.

The panel will be held on Thursday, March 29th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Arthur will talk about moving from the R&D phase to commercialization and volume production of CNT powders, dispersions and printable inks. He will put particular emphasis on recent advancements in product performance and on opportunities for dramatic cost reductions, and the new applications that will be developed as a result.

Among the other panel members are nanomanufacturing experts from established companies and academic researchers.