Illuminex Corporation was founded in 2003 by CEO and MIT trained physicist Dr. Youssef M Habib. He guides the company's progress in engineering innovative nanotechnology enabled devices.

The company was founded with the goal of developing low-cost processing techniques to create functional nano-materials that can enable a new generation of technologies based on the unique properties of materials on the nano-scale.

Illuminex first patent on its core technology was issued in May 2010.

Nanowires can be utilized to improve existing technologies and also develop devices that simply don't exist today. Illuminex seeks to develop practical, industrial scale manufacturing techniques to produce functional nanomaterials for 21st century innovation. The true application of bottom up manufacturing and the novel device designs that are being developed using these unique materials will guide future advances in applied nanotechnology at Illuminex.

The Illuminex Corporation R&D facility is located within the Burle Industrial Park at 1064 New Holland Ave., Lancaster PA 17601. With over 5000 sq. ft. of space, Illuminex Corporation has room to grow in this former manufacturing center.  Illuminex  has access to, all the facilities and equipment required to carry out nanowire materials and device development programs to meet the most demanding customer needs.