Black Swan Graphene says its expanded Consett, United Kingdom facility is now operating at industrial scale, with annual output capacity lifted to more than 140 tonnes. The company’s latest commissioning step marks a concrete shift from pilot production toward repeatable manufacturing for commercial graphene products.
Graphene Manufacturing Group has approved the final AU$1.4 million needed to complete its Gen 2.0 graphene plant in Brisbane, a move that keeps the 10-ton-per-year facility on track for mid-2026 commissioning.
WEG has launched a powder coating with low-temperature curing technology designed for plastics, composites and other heat-sensitive substrates, a move that could help industrial coaters lower oven temperatures and energy use while expanding powder coating to more demanding applications.
Black Semiconductor has secured €211 million in support for its Aachen graphene photonics project, a financing package aimed at building a 300-millimeter pilot line for chip interconnects based on integrated graphene photonics.
Graphene Manufacturing Group has appointed Stuart Watson, a former global technical development head at Rio Tinto, as chief production growth officer while saying its second-generation graphene plant in Queensland remains on track for commissioning by the end of June 2026.
USA Rare Earth said on April 15, 2026, that it completed its first commercial yttrium metal production, adding a new industrial material to its expanding rare-earth platform.
