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Orange, Massachusetts and Kingston, Ontario —February 26, 2025—  Impact Nano, a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced materials for the semiconductor, automotive, electronics, pharmaceutical, and other high-tech industries, has announced the creation of Impact Chemistry, a product development and scale-up center in Kingston, Ontario

The newly formed subsidiary will strengthen Impact Nano’s expertise in organometallic and green chemistry, while also expanding its ability to supply the North American and international markets with cutting edge materials for atomic layer deposition, photoresists, and catalysts.

The Impact Chemistry team and facilities were formerly part of GreenCentre Canada, a not-for-profit corporation in Kingston, Ontario. GreenCentre’s team of experienced chemists has provided specialty chemistry development services in its well-equipped lab facilities to industrial clients for over 15 years. Impact Chemistry combines the group’s deep expertise in synthetic and analytical chemistry with Impact Nano’s unique scale-up and manufacturing capabilities.  This will create exciting new opportunities for customers and a reliable North American supply chain for chipmakers and other high-tech industries.

“Impact Chemistry’s addition will dramatically enhance our ability to support customer growth,” said Matt Stephens, CEO of Impact Nano. “Its deep bench of experienced chemists, combined with Impact Nano’s scale-up and manufacturing capabilities will enable us to partner with customers through any stage of the entire product lifecycle, accelerating their ability to innovate.” 

“We are thrilled to join the Impact Nano team,” said Andrew Pasternak, President of Impact Chemistry. “Together, we increase our capabilities in the Kingston region to provide our clients with the tools to discover and scale innovative material advancements in the semiconductor and other key sectors.”

“Impact Chemistry’s and Impact Nano’s technical capabilities are highly complementary. Our shared focus on the customer positions us to support all their needs from bench-scale R&D work through to larger volume manufacturing,” said Tim Clark, Impact Chemistry’s Business Operations Manager.

Impact Nano COO Mark Wilkinson highlighted the shared values of the combined companies as a key foundation for success. “Together, Impact Nano and Impact Chemistry will continue to enable innovation for sustainability while emphasizing the safety and well-being of our employees, communities, and the environment,” Wilkinson said.

Launched in 2020, Impact Nano is a U.S.-based producer of deposition precursors and electronic specialty gases for semiconductor, energy storage and other industries working to innovate in both new product development and production scaling to support customers worldwide. The company has expertise in ligand, organometallic, silicon and fluorine chemistries. Founded by Matt Stephens and Mark Wilkinson, who are industry veterans and were part of the leadership team at a former Intel Capital portfolio company, Impact Nano’s growing team is composed of industry experts with decades of experience in the materials space. Impact Nano is backed by investment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Intel Capital, and other investors.