Elcora begins shipping graphene from their new Nova Scotia production facility.
2016-10-26 10:09 ET - News Release
Mr. Troy Grant reports
ELCORA'S GRAPHENE CORP BEGINS GRAPHENE SHIPMENTS
Elcora Advanced Materials Corp. has made the first shipment of graphene from its 100-per-cent wholly owned subsidiary, Graphene Corp.
The graphene, produced from its Canadian plant in Bedford, N.S., has been sold. The graphene meets all the high-quality specifications as tested by the Centre for Advanced 2D Materials at the National University of Singapore. The plant is ramping up production of graphene in powder and in wafer shape to meet demand following positive review of the product by its clients.
Elcora, through Graphene Corp., has developed processes to refine graphite with a much higher yield of graphene. This process can be used with a wide variety of graphite sources, therefore does not limit itself to specific raw material used. The Elcora technical personnel have also developed a unique low-cost and ecological process to make graphene that is commercially scalable. The company believe that its team is composed of the best research and development people in both graphite and graphene, as well as using top-of-the-line processes. The combination of mining resource proprietary processes with some of the best minds in the world concerning graphene applications means that Elcora has the tools and resources for graphene vertical integration.
As a subsidiary of Elcora, Graphene Corp. is in a unique position to produce consistently high-quality graphene. The graphene research and development facility is governed by North American laboratory quality standards and is dedicated to graphene production and application developments.
According to research done at the Centre for Advanced 2D Materials at the National University of Singapore, it shows that Elcora has generated a new and unique graphene production process with 55 per cent of graphene content. Many graphene production companies currently generate a thin graphite powder with only 2 to 10 per cent of graphene content.
"This is an important milestone for the Graphene Corp. facility. The company is currently preparing graphene for subsequent shipments," said Troy Grant, Elcora's president and chief executive officer. |
