MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT INC

Arlington Heights, IL · Materials · Private

Containerless sample environment instrument with event-based data acquisition for neutron beamline research on materials under extreme temperatures

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Materials
Headquarters: Arlington Heights, IL
Total capital: $7.2M

Federal grants: $5.7M; 10 awards · 2016–2022; Rank in peer group#5 of 10
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $1.4M; 3 awards · Health and Human S, NASA; Rank in Materials#151 of 1258
Granted patents: 0; 2 pending

Capital timeline

Latest events

Sep 2022Federal contractNASA · Purchase Of One (1) Drop And Catch (dnc) Calorimeter$269K
May 2022Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Extreme Temperature Sample Environment for Materials Research using Neutron Scattering$1.1M
Feb 2020Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Amorphous Pharmaceutical Product Development Using Containerless Methods$493K
May 2019Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Extreme Temperature Sample Environment for Materials Research using Neutron Scattering$1M
Mar 2019Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Amorphous Pharmaceutical Product Development Using Containerless Methods$992K
Feb 2019Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase II · Amorphous Pharmaceutical Product Development Using Containerless Methods$499K
Apr 2018Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Extreme Temperature Sample Environment for Materials Research using Neutron Scattering$150K

Show 6 earlier federal awards

Apr 2017Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Integrating High Performance Optics and Sample Manipulation for Extended Range X-ray PDF Measurements$1.0M
May 2016Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Processing amorphous pharmaceutical compounds$150K
Apr 2016Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · Processing amorphous pharmaceutical compounds$150K
Feb 2016Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Integrating High Performance Optics and Sample Manipulation for Extended Range X-ray PDF Measurements$150K
Sep 2010Federal contractHealth and Human S · TAS::75 0849::TAS Nanophase Glass Ceramic X-ray Imaging Materials$999K
Sep 2008Federal contractHealth and Human S · Biomedical (basic)$150K

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Materials · Instrument

Federal grants#5 · top 50%

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USPTO · 0 granted of 2

May 8, 2025PendingMethod For Glass Formation And Morphology Of Products Made From Non-equilibrium Liquids By Processing In Reduced GravityUSPTOApplication 18934758
PendingMethod For Glass Formation And Morphology Of Products Made From Non-equilibrium Liquids By Processing In Reduced GravityUSPTOApplication 63547768

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Regulatory activity · Materials

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24 Apr 2026Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
19 Feb 2026Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology

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Sources

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.