SINGAPORE, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

Singapore-based NanoMaterials Technology Pte Ltd ("NMT"), announced today that it has appointed Dr Frank U. Floether to its Scientific Advisory Board ("SAB").

Dr Floether joins NMT SAB after recently retiring from Johnson & Johnson, where he held the position of Vice-President Business Development Asia-Pacific within the Global ChemPharm Division from 2006 to 2008. Dr Floether joined Johnson & Johnson in 1993 as Director Pharmaceutical Development and rose to Senior Director and Head of "The R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute" ("PRI"), Switzerland in 1997. He moved to Global ChemPharm Division of Johnson & Johnson as Vice President Global Analytical Development in 2001. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Dr Floether was with G. Streuli & Co. AG in Uznach, Switzerland heading the Operations and R&D from 1990 to 1993 and was with ISIS-Chemie in Zwickau, Germany (lateron Schwarz Pharma) from 1979 to 1990.

Dr Floether had held many managerial positions in pharmaceutical R&D and Operations for 28 years, both within pharmaceutical generic business and during the last 15 years, for the multinational company, Johnson & Johnson.

Dr Floether received his PhD in Chemistry and PhD in Pharmacy from Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg in 1977.

Commenting on his recent appointment, Dr Yun, Chief Executive Officer stated, "We are honored to have Dr Floether join our SAB as he brings with him broad and in-depth experience in the pharmaceutical industry."

About NanoMaterials Technology Pte Ltd ("NMT") http://www.nanomt.com

Founded in April 2000, NanoMaterials Technology (NMT) is a Singapore company that specialises in the development and commercialisation of the production technologies of nanomaterials.

NMT has a proprietary technology called the High Gravity Controlled Precipitation (HGCP). The result of this breakthrough is a nanomaterial production technology that is simple, easy to scale up and extremely cost effective. NMT places great significance in the research and development in nanotechnology.

Contact Details: Ms Grace Yeo NanoMaterials Technology Pte Ltd Tel: +65-9384-1818 Email: grace.yeo@nanomt.com Ms Celine Ooi, Cogent Communications Pte Ltd Tel: +65-6323-3060 Email: celine@cogentcomms.com

Web site: http://www.nanomt.com

Ms Grace Yeo of NanoMaterials Technology Pte Ltd, +65-9384-1818, grace.yeo@nanomt.com; or Ms Celine Ooi of Cogent Communications Pte Ltd, +65-6323-3060, celine@cogentcomms.com