Argonide stays lean and mean to commercialize filters.(WHO'S WHO IN NANOTECH)(Interview)

Fred Tepper is president of Argonide, a nanomaterials company he founded in 1994. After earning a B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry and Materials from New York University, he spent 40 years at the Mine Safety Appliance (MSA) Co., starting as a bench chemist and retiring (in 1996) as a group vice president embracing divisions in instruments, chemicals and specialty batteries.

NN: What led you to found Argonide in 19947

Tepper: Spent my career as an "intrapreneur" but decided to jump in as an entrepreneur after retirement. Argonide was originally an investment vehicle in ...