We were delighted to celebrate International Women’s Day 2022 alongside fellow industry leaders in a female-led webinar hosted by The Graphene Council. AGM’s R&D Manager, Lynn Chikosha, represented the Company on a panel of graphene experts in order to discuss the challenges faced and the commercialisation opportunities being unlocked by advancements in graphene-based nanotechnology.

As the largest community in the world for graphene professionals, The Graphene Council facilitated the discussion to encourage collaboration and knowledge-sharing across companies at the forefront of the industry.

The panel came together from across the graphene value chain – from raw material production, to dispersion and end product manufacture.

While the commercial adoption of graphene is accelerating relatively quickly in applications as varied as Sensors, Textiles, Concrete, Coatings and Composite materials, the webinar discussion explored the regulatory environment and the importance of national standards to drive wider industry growth.

Confidence in the commercial use of graphene continues to increase through international approvals, including EU REACH registration and the recent development of The Graphene Council’s Material Classification Framework for graphene, which is now making progress towards becoming an ISO standard.

The panel agreed that ensuring quality control and reduced variability across graphenes in order to reliably scale up production, would further underpin the value that graphene can add over legacy materials.

As increased numbers of forward-thinking innovators incorporate graphene into their material systems and demonstrate its positive impact on both product performance and climate change, the wider industry will inevitably follow.

We’re proud to announce our membership of Composites UK, a leading trade association bringing companies together and creating a unified voice to drive the UK composites industry forward.

Composites UK represents the industry and feeds directly into the UK Composites Strategy. Following AGM’s recent success developing partnerships within the industry, the membership will allow the company to further engage with the wider composites community.

As an additive, AGM’s graphene nanoplatelets offer great potential for materials engineers to enhance the performance of their composite systems. A range of attributes imparted through the use of graphene nanoplatelets enable significant uplifts in material performance to be achieved.

As a leading innovator in graphene dispersion and application technology, AGM looks forward to the collaboration opportunities that Composites UK membership will bring. Involvement in the network will enable us to further establish AGM in the world of global composite production through the commercialisation of graphene-enhanced advanced materials.

Adrian Potts, Chief Executive Officer of AGM

We’re delighted to announce that AGM has joined UK-based business development organisation NOF to encourage the adoption of graphene-enhanced materials across the global energy supply chain.

NOF has been working in the energy sector for over 30 years, helping to make valuable connections between companies of all sizes and offering them additional Business Development, Marketing and Procurement resource. At the forefront of the industry, NOF represents members of the energy supply chain engaged in all areas, from Offshore Energy to Carbon Capture and Storage.

As a leading innovator in graphene dispersion and application technology, being a part of this well-established association will help AGM to strengthen its position in the sector and maximise opportunities in growth markets such as Hydrogen, CCS and Energy Transition.

As a supply chain partner of NOF, we’re looking forward to increasing AGM’s visibility in the energy sector and developing engagements within the hydrogen space in particular. It’s an extremely exciting time for graphene technology, and we would particularly encourage collaboration opportunities within Offshore Wind, EV battery and hydrogen technology applications that could benefit from lighter weight composite materials and sustainable graphene-enhanced anti-corrosion coatings.

Adrian Potts, Chief Executive Officer of AGM

I am so pleased to see Applied Graphene Materials join NOF, they are joining at an exciting time in the industry and I am sure they will benefit from being part of our strong, collaborative network.

Joanne Leng MBE, CEO of NOF

Find out more about NOF and its members, visit their website here, or you can learn about AGM’s approach to sustainability here.

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We’re delighted to announce that Stanvac-Superon Group, the India-based manufacturer of industrial repair and maintenance solutions, has introduced a speciality conductive coating incorporating AGM’s Genable graphene dispersions, for use on industrial power transmission equipment.

Following successful development and testing, the new protective, conductive coating incorporating AGM’s high-quality A-GNP35 graphene dispersions will reduce contact resistance in coated copper and aluminium electrical cable joints to reduce the power lost over the connection.

Using the graphene-based 8079 (A) Power-Plus coating, a 30-50% reduction in contact power loss is achieved, offering significant energy savings over time.

Our easy-to-use graphene dispersions have again been successfully incorporated into high performance coatings applications, and enabled our customer to achieve a 30-50% improvement in their product’s performance.

This once again reflects the success of AGM’s approach to customer engagement and customer product development. Combining our expertise in formulating and dispersing nanomaterials, we deliver a customised solution to achieve excellent performance gains in customer products.

Adrian Potts, Chief Executive Officer of AGM

We are indeed impressed with the performance of the AGM graphene dispersions and thank them for all their technical support and assistance in this development”

Sanjay Mehra, Managing Director of Stanvac-Superon Group

We are pleased to announce that England’s Environment Agency (EA) has successfully completed its first application of AGM’s harsh environment anti-corrosion product to one of its flood defence assets on the North East coast of England. The coastal flood defence gates in Skinningrove, Redcar and Cleveland, were coated with AGM’s new graphene enhanced Genable HC primer.

The coating system that was used in this project is a further iteration of AGM’s product offerings for barrier performance and anti-corrosion application. It represents the culmination of 18 months of in-depth testing and evaluation of anti-corrosion performance, for both salt-spray and immersion in harsh test regimes.

The Genable HC primer is a high-performance hybrid system based on graphene and aluminium chemistries to offer anti-corrosion protection for harsh environments, such as offshore and marine applications.

This first customer application on a coastal facility represents a major milestone in customer exploitation of AGM’s graphene-enhanced coatings systems for corrosion protection in harsh coastal environments. The coating of the EA’s asset is the first of several planned applications of the system.

After many years of product development and rigorous testing of example graphene formulations for a range of increasingly harsh corrosion environments, it is extremely gratifying to see the successful application of these coatings in harsh coastal and sea spray conditions. I am excited by the opportunity to engage with England’s Environment Agency and look forward to wider use of our products on further EA assets, as well as deeper engagement with them as an innovative solution provider.

Being based in the North East and seeing our products used locally is also testament to local innovation and the excellent platform of graphene R&D which AGM has developed in the region

Adrian Potts, Chief Executive Officer of AGM

In collaboration with the French Corrosion Institute AGM has installed a series of steel panels coated in a range of graphene-enhanced paints as part of a long term environmental exposure testing programme.

When coatings are exposed outdoors, the effects of moisture, heat, and UV radiation can cause various components of the paint to degrade. All coatings that are expected to be used on outdoor surfaces should be tested in similar conditions to understand and confirm their performance over time.

The external exposure panel installation in Brest, France, will enable AGM products to be tested over the next 2 years in a challenging, real world tempered marine environment, in order to further validate the successful lab-based test results. The tests are all in line with ISO 8565 and EN 13521-19 standard with various exposure angles.

Monitoring variables such as anti-corrosion and barrier properties during and after exposure to harsh conditions will demonstrate the positive impact of AGM’s graphene additives on the performance of industrial paints and coatings.

AGM launches its own range of graphene paints alongside another high-performance non-metal anti-corrosion additive. 

Graphene enhances barrier and anti-corrosion coating performance, and we continue to demonstrate our commitment to innovation in this space with the introduction of two new product developments.

Graphene-enhanced Primers

Following outstanding results through extensive inhouse research and testing, AGM has launched a range of industrial anti-corrosion paint incorporating its own Genable graphene additives. The two epoxy-based primer systems represent an easy way for those considering the adoption of graphene to quickly test and evaluate its potential benefits.

Genable 3000 Series

Using a combination of graphene with traditional, sacrificial additives, the newly-formulated metal-free and VOC-free hybrid range maximises synergies across complimentary systems to offer the paints and coatings industry an unrivalled level of surface protection against corrosion.

Genable 3100 and Genable 3105 are optimised, formulation-ready dispersions that are easy to formulate, safe to incorporate and stabilised in a standard epoxy resin. The Genable 3120 offers a more sustainable option in an eco-friendly, bio-based epoxy resin to boost anti-corrosion performance whilst contributing to environmental goals. 

The Genable Epoxy Primer is a hybrid product combining graphene with a zinc phosphate additive to enable the end-user to benefit from the synergies offered by both systems in standard applications, such as urban and industrial environments.

The Genable HC Primer is also a high-performance hybrid system, but this formulation is based on graphene and aluminium chemistries to offer anti-corrosion protection for harsh environments, such as offshore and marine applications.

Alongside the graphene-enhanced paints, AGM chemists have also introduced a range of non-metal, active anti-corrosion graphene additives to extend its Genable 3000 dispersion series.

We are pleased to be able to launch these new Genable products, which we anticipate will help further accelerate the adoption of graphene nanoplatelet technology in the industry. Our technology development programmes have focused on extensive testing and evaluation for a range of applications, and this experience is valuable to guide customers in the use of our products.

Adrian Potts, Chief Executive Officer of AGM

We’re pleased to announce the issuance of UK Patent No. GB2585648, covering the use of Graphene Nanoplatelets in water-based anti-corrosion protective coatings applications.

Graphene nanoplatelets have been shown to provide highly effective barrier properties, enhancing corrosion prevention in solvent-based paints through the use of high-performance dispersions. The introduction of Graphene nanoplatelets into water-based paints has been historically problematic due to the challenges in producing effective and stable dispersions for water-based systems. AGM’s range of water-based dispersions have now been demonstrated to enhance corrosion performance in such systems.

“The global cost of corrosion is substantial and there is significant and growing pressure within the international coatings industry to reduce and ultimately remove the dependence on harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The move towards a water-based technology solution is a primary goal for many protective coatings innovators. Overcoming the challenge of dispersing graphene nanoplatelets into such coatings has been a significant area of development for AGM’s technical team, and I am pleased that this technology has resulted in patent coverage. This latest dispersed product technology offers the coatings industry a new tool in the formulation of water-based systems. It provides a further opportunity to narrow the gap in solvent and water-based coating performance by enabling the use of graphene nanoplatelet materials thereby supporting the move away from solvent-based products.”

Adrian Potts, CEO of AGM

We’re delighted to announce that we have joined the Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centre (GEIC) at the University of Manchester as an associated Tier II Partner through the special conditions offered exclusively through The Graphene Council (TGC).

AGM has developed expertise in dispersing graphenes in a range of liquid matrix systems in a way that makes them easy to deploy by our customers and delivers repeatable results. We welcome the opportunity to work with the Partners at the GEIC to rapidly progress industry engagement with graphene materials technology, particularly as the number of applications scenarios continues to grow. Bringing together the industry’s collective knowledge and resources presents outstanding possibilities for graphene adoption.

Adrian Potts, Chief Executive Officer of AGM