Graphene Flagship recruits ‘associate’ members

Graphene Flagship, the €1 billion EC-funded FET (Future and Emerging Technologies) project which aims to take graphene-based products from lab to market, has recruited its first four associate members: Netzsch (Germany), NetComposites (UK), ABB and Imerys (Switzerland).

Graphene Flagship has 142 partners in 23 countries. ‘Associate’ partners are a new class of member.

The first four associates are:

• ABB – the power and automation company

• NetComposites – a global research, consultancy and online media company focusing on the composite materials industry

• Imerys Graphite & Carbon – previously TimCal, which supplies graphite for energy storage, engineering materials and conductive polymers

• Netzsch– an industrial tool supplier specialising in mechanical grinding, milling, dispersion and de-aeration.

The Graphene Flagship is partnering with the EU-funded PolyGraph project, which oversees the development of graphene production processes within thermosetting polymer resins.

NetComposites, Imerys and Netzsch are affiliates of PolyGraph.

The first four associated members of the Graphene Flagship are the first of many envisaged. New associates are expected to join every few months.

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