“…Jack Dority, CEO of PetroChem Mechanical Services, was working in Silicon Valley during the tech boom of the 1990s.

Dority said he sees some of the same potential with the emerging nanotechnology and semiconductor industries in the Albany area, as the SUNY Polytechnic Institute and GlobalFoundries grow. He is expanding his pipe welding business to meet that demand…"

[caption id="attachment_16990" align="alignright" width="359"] Atomix division manager Jeff Genovesi, left, and Jack Dority, CEO of PetroChem Mechanical Services, discuss the new mobile “fab lab.” | Donna Abbott-Vlahos|Albany Business Review[/caption]

Jack Dority, CEO of PetroChem Mechanical Services, was working in Silicon Valley during the tech boom of the 1990s.

Dority said he sees some of the same potential with the emerging nanotechnology and semiconductor industries in the Albany area, as the SUNY Polytechnic Institute and GlobalFoundries grow. He is expanding his pipe welding business to meet that demand.

The new division, called Atomix High Purity Piping, welds, fabricates and installs piping for use in cleanroom conditions without contamination. Dority said the company has invested more than $400,000 between a new cleanroom at its office in Rensselaer and a cleanroom on wheels called the “mobile fab lab.”

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Apr 17, 2015, 6:00am EDT  | Chelsea Diana