Starfire Industries LLC, spun out from a startup incubator at the University of Illinois, specializes in innovative plasma engineering across a range of markets, including aerospace/defense, nuclear/homeland security and manufacturing/semiconductors. The companys focus is commercial applications of nuclear and plasma technologies, including working to eliminate the use of radioactive materials in industrial applications and partnering with companies to meet their customer's needs. Plasma technologies are ubiquitous across industry, touching nearly every computer chip produced and every satellite flying over the earth. As a result, there are many novel applications waiting to be discovered to improve a product or process. Starfire has worked with a number of organizations to develop customized solutions for customers' challenging plasma applications. Prior collaborators include companies ranging from Fortune 500 to startups, university groups and national labs. The company is based out of the Research Park at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The company works in neutron radiography, which, unlike x-rays, can take an image of low-density materials through metals or other dense materials.
