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On 1st May the University
announced the acquisition,
by Versarien plc, of 85% of
the shares in its graphene
subsidiary, 2-DTech Limited.
Start-up company 2-DTech
offers a wide range of
graphene services, from
materials supply and
characterisation work,
through to consulting and
Proof-of-Principle work on
applications and processes.
It also has a proprietary
interest in a number of
projects including an
environmentally-friendly
method of producing high
quality graphene sheets,
which is a collaboration
between the University,
2-DTech and Ulster University
and is currently being
scaled up.
The deal is a further step in
creating Graphene City
®
in
Manchester, where the
National Graphene Institute
is set to open in less than a
year's time and where 150
academic scientists and
engineers are currently
working on graphene at
the University.
Versarien will also set up an
intellectual property and
research collaboration with
the University, initially
investing some £300,000 in
two projects, which will add
to its own and to 2-DTech's
product range, in areas such
as graphene composites.
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VERSARIEN PLC JOINS OUR GRAPHENE
COMMUNITY BY INVESTING IN
START-UP, 2-DTECH LTD
