Apart from Whitegold, Dias sounded equally excited about the company's latest product, which he believed would revolutionize the paints industry and market.

Called Kwickcoat, it is a paint that comes in powder form and is a do-it-yourself (DIY) product.

Explaining that any person can buy the product from the shelf of any paint shop, Dias, a chartered accountant by profession who got into paint raw materials distribution prior to entering manufacturing, said all that was needed to make paint was a glass of water.

"I will give you a raw material... one bag of raw material. You add that to this water, you stir it in and you have paint ready to apply. Believe it or not, it is as easy as that. It is easier than making tea or coffee because you don't even need to put the kettle on to warm up the water," he said.

Armed with Whitegold and Kwickcoat and five other products that his factory located on the Ajman seaport produces, Dias is now thinking of GVCC's expansion and is actively looking for joint venture opportunities.

"We have the products that would create automatic demand. They are so unique that when a customer sees the properties and benefits that they can get from it, I will not need to sell it anymore," Dias, who was born and brought up in Mumbai and moved to the UAE in 1978, said.

As for the kind of partners he was looking at, he said, "We are not closing our eyes to anybody. We need somebody to share the vision that we have. It's a very broad vision, we have a very wide horizon... there is nothing to hold us back."

All this even as he prepares to attend the NASA Tech Briefs National Nano Engineering Conference to be held in Boston Nov 12-13 when the Nano 50 awards will be presented for the fourth year in succession.

The awards, according to Nanotech Briefs, "recognize the top 50 technologies, products, and innovators that have significantly impacted - or are expected to impact - the state of the art in nanotechnology".

GVCC, along with another Japanese firm, are the only two companies outside of the Americas and Europe, to be selected for the awards this year.