BOLINGBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sivananthan Laboratories Inc. (“Sivananthan Laboratories”) is an independent company formed in September 2009 as a spin-off from EPIR Technologies Inc. (“EPIR”). The mission of Sivananthan Laboratories is to nurture and foster the development of cutting-edge research in areas pertaining to national security, both physical and economic as well as socio-economic development. The model of Sivananthan Laboratories is Bell Laboratories, whose many fundamental research contributions helped drive our nation’s leadership in technology and manufacturing. Indeed, it is the demise of major industrial laboratories such as Bell Laboratories that leaves a large gap in domestic technology development and threatens future economic growth. Dr. Grein, the President commented, “Sivananthan Laboratories intends to play a leadership role by being a laboratory that engages in basic research at the forefronts of science. “