Founded during the decommissioning of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons site, the Golden-based company has continued to provide innovative solutions that stand apart across the nuclear industry. Simply put, NFT’s unique blend of services and technology ensure a cleaner and safer world for generations to come.
Growing and adding services
For the past decade, NFT has made a concerted effort to expand its offerings and services related to the nuclear industry, this includes not only organic growth but strategic acquisitions that complement NFT’s core business offerings.
To date, NFT employs 150 personnel, with 50 employees based in Golden Colorado.
In the coming year, NFT will continue to support customers across mission-critical cleanup and remediation projects, national security initiatives, commercial nuclear operations, including clean energy initiatives such as advanced and small modular reactors (SMR’s).
Retaining and recruiting talent
“NFT’s employees are passionate about the company’s mission to support environmental cleanup projects, protecting national security interests and contributing to clean energy initiatives. Being part of important, high-profile projects makes our workforce proud knowing they are contributing to positive outcomes for generations to come,” Terry Wickland, NFT CEO says.
As the company grows, it offers career advancement opportunities that allow employees to reach their full potential. Being located in Golden lets NFT take advantage of the strong engineering, science, and technology talent local universities have to offer. “The luxury of having access to such a vast talent pool is a tremendous asset for NFT,” Marc Rood, Executive Vice President of Strategy says.
The company plans to recruit workers through colleges and tradeshows. It also taps into referrals from existing employees. “We want to demonstrate there are great and rewarding opportunities in engineering, physics, chemistry, and manufacturing,” Rood says.
Needless to say, the future of NFT is bright!
]]>The combined businesses will operate together under the Alpha Safety platform, and the partnership will enhance the collective companies’ expertise and capabilities to support safety critical initiatives within the nuclear cleanup, national security, and energy markets.
Founded in 1986 as a technology transfer from Los Alamos National Laboratory, PSC was acquired in 1997 by BNFL Instruments LTD and later acquired in 2007 by David Heath and Martin Clapham. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Company provides equipment and services related to nuclear material characterization, criticality accident monitoring alarm systems (CAAS), modular panel containment systems, specialty ventilation systems, and other highly engineered products and technical services which help ensure the safe operations of its DOE, DOD, and commercial nuclear customers.
PSC will continue to operate from its current locations with ongoing leadership from Martin Clapham, Chief Science Officer, and Jeremy Heath, Vice President, and in cooperation with the Alpha Safety leadership team including Terry Wickland, CEO, Marc Rood, EVP Business Development and Strategy, and Mike Cornelius, VP of Finance.
Combined under Alpha Safety, NFT and PSC will provide a broad array of unique, safety products and services across radioactive material handling, advanced manufacturing, and integrated project services, such as measurement and characterization. Alpha Safety will continue to support customers across mission-critical cleanup and remediation projects, national security initiatives, and commercial nuclear operations, including advanced and small modular reactors.
“I am excited to partner with Alpha Safety for the next phase of Pajarito’s growth. Terry Wickland and his team at Alpha Safety share the same values we have always embraced at Pajarito while supporting our partners in nuclear operations, and together, our teams can help solve even more of the industry’s greatest challenges”, commented David Heath, majority owner of Pajarito Scientific Corporation.
Terry Wickland, CEO of Alpha Safety, added, “Both NFT and PSC were founded at similar times in the industry’s history, and we have long admired PSC’s technology and expertise as we grew on similar timelines. This acquisition combines our distinctive capabilities to support safety critical processes and advance important initiatives. Together we provide a complementary offering of innovative technologies, products, and technical services that are unique to the industry.”
About PSC: Founded in 1986, PSC is an internationally recognized supplier of comprehensive, integrated solutions in the field of non-destructive assay (NDA), containment, filtration, and specialty shielding. PSC solutions are utilized to locate, identify, characterize, contain, or shield radioactive material. PSC has over 35 years of custom manufacturing experience, from rapid prototyping through to fully developed systems, and operates out of facilities in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Groton, Connecticut; and Nottingham, England.
About NFT: Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Golden, Colorado, NFT, along with its EPD subsidiary located in Carlsbad, New Mexico, is an industry leader dedicated to manufacturing highly engineered, proprietary, mission-critical safety products used by Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) customers. NFT’s products are used in a wide range of applications including plutonium research & development, storage, transuranic waste transportation and disposal, and remediation. In addition, NFT provides related services (gas analysis, characterization, certification, testing, and repair) to various customers.
About Alpha Safety: Formed by Benford Capital Partners in 2021, Alpha Safety is a specialized safety products & services platform focused on the nuclear industry (covering areas such as material handling, transportation, storage, characterization/analysis, and waste remediation).
Please contact Terry Wickland ([email protected]) or Marc Rood ([email protected]) to further discuss Alpha Safety’s capabilities.
]]>We want you to know that NFT was selected and was featured on a national broadcast last night on “Manufacturing Marvels”, a Fox Business Network program that profiles growing and innovative small businesses in the U.S. Below is a link to a two-minute video featuring our company. We were honored to be selected as a “Manufacturing Marvel”, and this is another historic event for our company on the national stage. I think it turned out really nice, and shows off our core competencies and broad capabilities, and there is some good footage of our new facility in Golden, CO. Thanks again for your interest and continuing support.
Best Regards,
Terry Wickland
Senior Vice-President
NFT
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Technology from UltraTech International to Implement into Nuclear packages Increasing Corrosion Resistant Capabilities
NFT signed a licensing agreement with UltraTech International to integrate a next generation corrosion-resistant and easy-cleaning coating, Gentoo, into packages and containers used in storage and transportation of nuclear radioactive materials for the Department of Energy (DOE), and other nuclear industries. Gentoo is a new organic, hydrophobic, corrosion and chemical resistant material that can be applied as a liquid form. NFT plans to incorporate Gentoo into packages and products used in the nuclear industry to increase corrosion resistant capabilities.
Terry Wickland, Senior Vice President, explains, “NFT is extremely excited about the Gentoo technology, developing applications within our field of use in nuclear material packages, as well as exploring new ways and markets to expand its use. We have always wanted to work with UltraTech International and look forward to exploring possibilities for this cutting-edge technology together.”
Gentoo is the next generation of corrosion-resistant and easy-cleaning coatings. Traditional hydrophobic coatings are clear and abrasion resistant, but do not shed fluid easily. Superhydrophobic coatings are generally great at shedding water, but are not clear, and are easily removed. Whether it’s abrasion resistance, oil repellency or visual clarity, conventional coatings have their limitations. Gentoo changes that.
Gentoo is a dense polymer system that forms a barrier against corrosion initiators. This is due to its low surface energy, high density, and low porosity. The system is conformal, pinhole free, and very thin (4-6 microns) compared with traditional polymer coatings but far more dense and durable. The higher density of the system provides an excellent barrier to water and corrosive ions.
Adhesion & Durability
Gentoo has robust adhesion to painted, plated, and bare metallic substrates, as well as glass and surface primed plastics. The coating has demonstrated excellent resistance to salt spray, UV exposure, and chemical exposure – significant improvements over traditional hydrophobic coatings.
Corrosion Resistance
When used on top of other qualified systems, Gentoo further reduces corrosion and extends the lifetime of the barrier system and therefore the coated substrate. This is due to its excellent water and salt shedding properties and impact resistance. These properties also significantly reduce the effects of galvanic corrosion of dissimilar metals.
Weston S. Willits, NFT Project Engineer, is excited about how this technology will change NFT’s products, especially within the corrosion resistant realm. Willits explains, “After initial research and testing of the new Gentoo coating, it’s clear that UltraTech has developed a state-of-the-art corrosion resistant technology. I’m very excited to see how the Gentoo coating will elevate the performance of our existing products, especially in extremely corrosive environments. I think the applications are endless. This product could be a game changer, not only in the nuclear field, but throughout a vast number of industries.”
NFT has been providing creative and comprehensive solutions to challenges facing the nuclear, aerospace and commercial markets for more than three decades. NFT has diversified into new markets by utilizing core competencies and capabilities while focused on execution and delivered services. NFT fully integrates engineering, design, high precision machining, manufacturing and aftermarket services. This equates to creating cost effective and timely solutions to complex problems clients face. The “NFT Way” embraces long-term customer relationships, value-added services and commitment to quality. Last year, NFT was recognized as one of Colorado’s Companies to Watch in 2016.
Contact Info:
Patrick Sandlin, Sales Manager
NFT
Phone: 303.384.9785
Fax: 303.384.9579
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.nftinc.com
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Unranked in 2015, NFT makes its way on the list at #122 in 2016. To view the complete list, please visit: www.cobizmag.com
]]>NFT is a company that provides products and services to nuclear, aerospace, automation and industrial customers. This award is especially significant given that over 1,000 companies were nominated for this award in 2016 alone. Paradigm (NFT’s aerospace division) was previously awarded the Orion Program Manager’s Commendation Award by NASA and Lockheed Martin for serving as one of the key suppliers to the Orion Space Program, building over 1,000 components across every module of the spacecraft. NFT has continued to increase capabilities, add people, grow and diversify their business. They leveraged their core competencies in electrical engineering, automation, motion, robotics and vision systems to serve the commercial and industrial markets with their NFT Automation division. These activities have enabled NFT to develop an important strategic relationship with Rockwell Automation as a local OEM solutions provider and obtain UL508A certification.
Colorado Companies to Watch (CCTW) is an important program initiated by the Governor’s Office and currently supported by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. The program was developed to honor privately-held companies headquartered in the State of Colorado that have demonstrated high performance, exceptional leadership and exhibited a relentless focus on growth and innovation, making these companies “worth watching”.
“We are very proud of this important CCTW award, and owe the recognition to each and every one of our loyal and dedicated NFT employees” stated John Allbery, President and Chief Operating Officer of NFT. “We have fantastic customers, and it has been enjoyable and rewarding for our NFT Senior Leadership Team to grow and diversify our business, and take it to the next level of success”.
NFT was selected as a 2016 Winner of the CCTW Award based on its commitment to growth and innovative products and services, strong leadership, sustainable competitive advantage and other factors that showcased the Company’s success. CCTW selects its annual winners through a rigorous process that examines each company’s innovation, growth and commitment to the community, and the cream of Colorado’s up-and-coming companies are then recognized for utilizing their creativity, determination and performance to “turn a spark of success into a roaring economic fire”.
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