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Nanotechnology industry in Russia employs around xxxxx people. Main companies are Rusnano, x, y and z.

History
Starting from 2007, the Russian government has been investing heavily in the development of the country's nanotech industry.

Main companies
State-owned Rusnano is the largest company of the industry. The most prolific private companies are NT-MDT and Optogan.

NT-MTD, founded in 1989 by Viktor Bykov, designs and manufactures scanning probe microscopes and equipment for nanotechnology research. According to the 2008 National Report on Innovations, NT-MDT is the most promising company of the industry and likely to become a commercial success. The firm has a world market share of 10% for scanning probe microscopes and a 90% market share in Russia. Its revenues in 2007 were about $65 million. The company invests around 15-20% of its revenues in research and development.

Optogan, which develops and manufactures high-brightness light-emitting diodes (LEDs), was founded by Russian scientists of the St Petersburg Ioffa Institute in 2004 in Finland. The company has an R&D facility in Finland and a factory in Germany. In 2008, Rusnano together with Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim Group bought Optogan. With a total investment of 3.4 billion rubles, Optogan is currently expanding production facilities in St Petersburg, and aims for a revenue of 6 billion rubles in 2013.