About Us
Porous Materials Inc., USA manufactures novel platforms for testing of porous materials and is a well recognized market leader in porosity solutions. With more than 40 years experience, PMI provides a wide array of lab instruments targeted at both academia and industries for analysis of powder and bulk materials.
Our instruments can measure surface area, density, pore size, pore size distribution, specific gas and vapor interactions (Porometer, Porosimeter, Permeameter, Pycnometer, BET Sorptometer and many more). We also manufacture and provide a broad range of lab instrumentation for the Oil & Gas industry (Rock Core Analysis Instruments). The testing services division of PMI offers contract testing services for a wide variety of pore characterization tests. In addition, we hold several US and International patents on novel technology for characterization of pore structure.
Porous Materials Inc. has blossomed into a global enterprise and have noticed exponential growth. Porous Materials Inc.’s corporate headquarters has a manufacturing facility, R&D, and material testing lab,located in Ithaca, New York. PMI has direct offices in India & Middle east. In addition, we have a global network of distributors in more than 30+ countries.
Dr. Krishna Gupta
Founder - Porous Materials Inc.
Dr. Krishna Gupta founded Porous Materials Inc. in 1978 as he was completing his post-doctoral work at Cornell University in Materials Science. At the time, Dr. Gupta realized the need for novel platforms for testing the porous structure of a variety of materials, and that one single technique would not
Dr. Gupta holds a PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science from IIT-Kanpur.
