Article: Duluth, Min.-Based Firm Patents New Metal-Etching Technology.

By Peter Passi, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jan. 7--A Duluth, Minn.-based company has applied for a patent on a promising new metal-etching technology developed by an in-house research and development team.

Ikonics Corp. already has about 20 patents to its credit, but Bill Ulland, the company's CEO, is excited by the new markets that most-recently developed products could unlock.

The company has long manufactured a line of ultra-violet-sensitive films that can be used to create versatile stencils that are able to withstand sandblasting. The products, marketed under the Photobrasive name, have proven ...

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