UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 12, 2008 (December 16,
2008)
SCI
ENGINEERED MATERIALS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission
file number: 0-31641
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Ohio
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31-1210318
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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2839
Charter Street, Columbus, Ohio
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43228
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(614)
486-0261
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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ITEM
8.01 Other events.
On
December 12, 2008 SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. was notified it had been
awarded a grant by the Ohio Department of Development. The funds were
awarded through the Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program and are
contingent upon State Controlling Board approval. The grant, in the
amount of $708,715, is for the Commercialization of Rotatable Ceramic Sputtering
Targets for Thin Film Photovoltaic Solar Cell Manufacturing
project. SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. will commercialize
technologies for the manufacture of rotatable ceramic sputtering targets for the
production of transparent conductive oxide-coated (TCO) glass used in
manufacturing thin film photovoltaic solar cell panels. The rotatable target
consists of a ceramic cylinder, a bonding layer, and a stainless steel mandrel.
Specific project tasks include scale-up of the ceramic cylinder forming, the
ceramic sintering process, the final machining process, and development of the
target bonding process. Optimizing the composition of the coating will
allow producers to improve the efficiency of
their photovoltaic modules.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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SCI
ENGINEERED MATERIALS, INC.
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Date:
December 16, 2008
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By
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Daniel
Rooney
President
and Chief Executive
Officer
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