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  <xs:element name="AllOtherMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_AllOtherMember"/>    
  <xs:element name="CommonStockBonusesMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_CommonStockBonusesMember"/>    
  <xs:element name="DirectCostOfGoodsSoldMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_DirectCostOfGoodsSoldMember"/>     
  <xs:element name="ESPPMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_ESPPMember"/> 
  <xs:element name="EXCORMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_EXCORMember"/>   
  <xs:element name="Exercise1Member" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_Exercise1Member"/> 
  <xs:element name="Exercise2Member" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_Exercise2Member"/> 
  <xs:element name="FeesForServicesProvidedToJointVenturesMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_FeesForServicesProvidedToJointVenturesMember"/>    
  <xs:element name="Fiscal2013BonusPlanMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_Fiscal2013BonusPlanMember"/> 
  <xs:element name="Fiscal2015BonusPlanMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_Fiscal2015BonusPlanMember"/> 
  <xs:element name="IndirectCostOfGoodsSoldMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_IndirectCostOfGoodsSoldMember"/>    
  <xs:element name="InsideTheUSAToUnaffiliatedCustomersMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_InsideTheUSAToUnaffiliatedCustomersMember"/>   
  <xs:element name="JointVentureFeesMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_JointVentureFeesMember"/>     
  <xs:element name="JointVenturesInWhichTheCompanyIsAShareholderDirectlyAndIndirectlyOutsideTheUSAMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_JointVenturesInWhichTheCompanyIsAShareholderDirectlyAndIndirectlyOutsideTheUSAMember"/>    
  <xs:element name="MutecMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_MutecMember"/>   
  <xs:element name="NTIAseanLLCMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_NTIAseanLLCMember"/>     
  <xs:element name="NaturTecMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_NaturTecMember"/>    
  <xs:element name="NetOfEstimatedForfeituresMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_NetOfEstimatedForfeituresMember"/>   
  <xs:element name="OneYearAfterDateOfGrantMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_OneYearAfterDateOfGrantMember"/>    
  <xs:element name="OtherCountriesMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_OtherCountriesMember"/> 
  <xs:element name="PNCBankMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_PNCBankMember"/>  
  <xs:element name="PatentsAndTrademarksIntangibleAssetsMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_PatentsAndTrademarksIntangibleAssetsMember"/>     
  <xs:element name="PatentsAndTrademarksMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_PatentsAndTrademarksMember"/>   
  <xs:element name="TermLoanAndLineOfCreditAgreementsLoanAgreementsMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_TermLoanAndLineOfCreditAgreementsLoanAgreementsMember"/>  
  <xs:element name="TermLoanMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_TermLoanMember"/>    
  <xs:element name="TerminationOfJointVentureAndFormationOfNTICChinaMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_TerminationOfJointVentureAndFormationOfNTICChinaMember"/>    
  <xs:element name="TianjinZerustMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_TianjinZerustMember"/>    
  <xs:element name="TwoThousandSevenPlanMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_TwoThousandSevenPlanMember"/>   
  <xs:element name="UnaffiliatedCustomersOutsideTheUSAMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_UnaffiliatedCustomersOutsideTheUSAMember"/> 
  <xs:element name="ZERUSTMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_ZERUSTMember"/>     
  <xs:element name="DocumentAndEntityInformationAbstract" type="xbrli:stringItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_DocumentAndEntityInformationAbstract"/> 
</xs:schema>   





