Key Avadain stakeholders met April 15-16 at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio to receive a briefing on the third-generation continuous flow reactor for manufacturing Avadain’s large, thin and nearly defect free graphene flakes, as well as discuss the timing of delivery of the pilot production plant SwRI is building for Harcros Chemicals, Inc.
“We were very pleased with the great progress,” said Brad Walden, Harcros’ VP for Business Development. “The technology is impressive.”
“It was extremely gratifying to see the continued progress being made and how far Avadain has come,” said Joshua Sibble, President of the Panasonic subsidiary which invested in Avadain’s technology.
Those attending were: Harcros – Mark Hamilton (CEO), Mike Miller (COO), Randy Buckner (VP Global Manufacturing) and Brad Walden. Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America – Joshua Sibble (President), Yuichiro Takayanagi (Panasonic’s director on Avadain’s Board) and Matt Murata, IP specialist/materials science. Avadain investors – Rodney Baber, Lloyd Grissinger, Helen Overstreet, John Reichenbach and Alexander Snowden. Avadain, Brad Larschan (CEO), Phil Van Wormer (CCO) and Andrew Knott, VP, Manufacturing Implementation.
“Avadain remains committed to getting Harcros the first pilot plant as soon as possible as we move into the stage of controlled commercialization,” said Brad Larschan. “We are on a great trajectory and focused on maintaining our momentum. We are deeply appreciative of the work SwRI is doing to upscale Avadain’s technology.”
SwRI is the largest applied research institute in the US, providing contract R&D services to government and industry. Founded in 1947, it has 3,200 employees. SwRI is a nonprofit research institute specializing in the creation and transfer of technology in the physical sciences and engineering.
