OCSiAl Gets Green Light for Luxemburg Graphene Nanotube Production Facility

The world’s largest manufacturer of graphene nanotubes OCSiAl (U.S. office in Columbus, Oh.)has been granted approval by Luxembourg authorities for a graphene nanotube synthesis production plant, together with an associated R&D center, in Differdange, Luxembourg. The facility would further cement OCSiAl’s strategic advantage as the leading supplier of the supermaterial and enhance the geographic accessibility of graphene nanotubes to the growing automotive components market.

Expected to be the largest of its kind and scheduled for start-up in 2025, the production facility is expected to multiply the current production capacity of OCSiAl’s sustainable nanotubes, which among other applications upgrade plastics and rubbers, increasing durability of essential equipment parts. OCSiAl’s state-of-the-art technology center will contribute to the development of advanced materials for the automotive, electronics, oil & gas, and other industries.

Today OCSiAl nanotubes are widely used by plastics and rubber manufacturers to reach higher efficiencies for crucial elements needed in the automotive, electronics, oil & gas, healthcare devices, and other industries. Elastomers empowered with nanotubes open the door for safer and more energy-efficient tires. Recently announced commercial projects include graphene nanotube technology for optimization of the painting process of the exterior thermoplastic automotive parts, and a nanotube solution developed together with Daikin Industries to increase the durability and resistance to extreme conditions of fluoropolymer components.

OCSiAl plans to invest $300 million in the development of the cutting-edge facility, which was designed to minimize the usage of energy and resources as well as to protect the population and the biodiversity in the surrounding environment from any negative impact. Moreover, graphene nanotubes contribute to sustainable development by giving industries the ability to create next-generation products with previously unachievable properties and with less raw material required.

Over 1,500 industry players in more than 50 countries are developing technologies and products based on OCSiAl’s graphene nanotubes. Two of the five largest global tire manufacturers are at an advanced R&D stage with OCSiAl’s nanotubes. According to third-party analysis, the total addressable market for OCSiAl’s graphene nanotube products and technology is expected to surpass $400 billion by 2035.

Said OCSiAl Group’s CEO Konstantin Notman,“Our state-of-the-art graphene nanotube facility in Luxembourg will be positioned between Belgium, France, and Germany, and will allow us to reduce logistics costs and work closely with leading automakers, the largest chemical producers, and large tire manufacturers across Europe,”