In any ordinary market, you are selling a piece of equipment to a construction company that is concerned about things like the total cost of ownership of a road grader over a 10-20 year life.

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These are the rather ordinary steel bars that are used to reinforce concrete and masonry structures in construction projects.

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Nanotech also allows for "green manufacturing"--manufacturing processes that can take place at ordinary temperatures, reducing energy costs, while the use of non-toxic catalysts minimize pollution and bottom-up construction leaves no wasted material behind.

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