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Versarien PLC
01 April 2019
1 April 2019
Versarien plc
("Versarien" or the "Company")
Completion of Verified Graphene Producer Programme
Versarien plc (AIM: VRS), the advanced materials engineering
group, is pleased to announce that the Company is the first
graphene company in the world to successfully complete the Graphene
Council's "Verified Graphene Producer" programme (the
"Programme").
The US-based Graphene Council's Programme is an independent,
third party verification system that involves a physical inspection
of the production facilities, a review of the entire production
process, a random sampling of product material and rigorous
characterisation and testing by a leading, international materials
laboratory. The Programme is based on the most recent developments
in globally recognised graphene standards, surveys of graphene
producers, researchers and users, as well as analysis of
commercially available graphene products.
The Graphene Council have designed the Programme to be an
important step in providing customers and end-users with a degree
of confidence, that has not existed before, that they are sourcing
material from a reputable supplier, bringing transparency and
clarity to a rapidly changing and opaque market for graphene
materials.
Terrance Barkan, Executive Director of The Graphene Council,
commented: "Successful commercialisation of graphene materials
requires not only the ability to produce graphene to a declared
specification, but to be able to do so at a commercial scale. It is
nearly impossible for a graphene customer to verify the type of
material they are receiving without going through an expensive and
time-consuming process of having sample materials fully
characterised by a laboratory that has the equipment and expertise
to test graphene.
"The Verified Graphene Producer programme developed by The
Graphene Council provides a level of independent inspection and
verification that is not available anywhere else.
"We are pleased to have worked with the National Physical
Laboratory (NPL) in the UK, regarded as one of the absolute top
facilities for metrology and graphene characterisation in the
world. They have provided outstanding analytical expertise for the
materials testing portion of the Programme."
Neill Ricketts, CEO of Versarien, commented: "We are delighted
that Versarien is the first graphene producer in the world to
successfully complete the Graphene Council's Verified Graphene
Producer programme.
"This is a huge validation of our technology and will enable our
partners and potential customers to have confidence that the
graphene we produce meets globally accepted standards.
"There are many companies that claim to be graphene producers,
but to enjoy the benefits that this material can deliver requires
high quality, consistent product to be supplied. The Verified
Producer programme is designed to verify that our production
facilities, processes and tested material meet the stringent
requirements laid down by the Graphene Council.
"I am proud that Versarien has been independently acclaimed as a
Verified Graphene Producer and look forward to making further
progress with our collaboration partners and numerous other parties
that we are in discussions with."
Enquiries:
Versarien
Neill Ricketts, CEO
Chris Leigh, CFO +44 (0)1242 269 122
Canaccord Genuity (Nominated
Adviser and Broker)
Bobbie Hilliam
Emma Gabriel +44 (0)20 7523 8000
IFC Advisory (Financial PR
and IR)
Tim Metcalfe
Graham Herring
Heather Armstrong +44(0)20 3934 6630
About Versarien
Versarien plc (AIM:VRS), is an advanced engineering materials
group. Leveraging proprietary technology, the Group creates
innovative engineering solutions for its clients in a diverse range
of industries. Versarien has six subsidiaries operating under two
divisions:
Graphene and Plastics
2-DTech Ltd, which specialises in the supply, characterisation
and early stage development of graphene products.
www.2-dtech.com
AAC Cyroma Limited, which specialises in the supply of
vacuum-formed and injection-moulded products to the automotive,
construction, utilities and retail industry sectors. Using
Versarien's existing graphene manufacturing capabilities, AAC will
have the ability to produce graphene-enhanced plastic products.
www.aaccyroma.co.uk
Cambridge Graphene Limited, supplies novel inks based on
graphene and related materials, using patented processes to develop
graphene materials technology.
www.cambridgegraphene.com
Gnanomat S.L. ("GNA"), based in the Parque Cientifico Madrid,
Spain, is a company capable of utilising Versarien's graphene
products in an environmentally friendly, scalable production
process for energy storage devices that offer high power density,
almost instant recharging and very long lifetimes for use in
electrical vehicles and portable electronics
products.www.gnanomat.com
Hard Wear and Metallic Products
Versarien Technologies Limited has developed an additive process
for creating advanced micro-porous metals targeting the thermal
management industry and supplies extruded aluminium.
www.versarien-technologies.co.uk
Total Carbide Limited, a leading manufacturer in sintered
tungsten carbide for applications in arduous environments such as
the oil and gas industry. www.totalcarbide.com
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