
Paragraf opens second UK graphene electronics manufacturing site
Graphene device manufacturer Paragraf Ltd. (Cambridge, England) has taken possession of a second manufacturing site.
The site, in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, offers over 43,000 square feet of industrial space; more than double the footprint of Paragraf’s existing facility.
Graphene is the single atomic layer allotrope of carbon with exceptional physical and electronic properties. Paragraf has developed scalable technology for the mass production of transfer-free graphene on semiconductor industry-compatible wafers.
Paragraf uses this technology to produce graphene-based electronics devices such as low-power high-sensitivity Hall sensors. The technology has been used by research institutes and companies around the world including CERN in Geneva, Switzerland) and Rolls Royce.
Paragraf’s first site was opened in October 2018 and since then Paragraf has grown from 12 employees to more than 110. The company’s growth has been financed by more than $85 million in capital raised in several venture funding rounds.
The Huntingdon site will allow Paragraf to increase the size of its clean room facilities and other manufacturing areas while providing additional office space. Staff are moving in during 1Q23 and production is expected to ramp during 2H23.
Paragraf’s revenue is based on graphene-based magnetic field and current sensor products although the potential utility of graphene-based electronics is broad. Paragraf said it will be raising additional funding to accelerate product development.
Simon Thomas, Paragraf CEO, said: “Paragraf has the ambition and proven ability to lead deep-tech graphene development across multiple industries, this new manufacturing facility will enable us to not only meet growing demand for our existing products, but also give us the space to develop new products to fuel our pipeline.”
Thomas continued: “The world is just beginning to realise the benefits that graphene-based electronics can bring to a wide range of applications from quantum computing through to electric vehicle power trains and there are massive opportunities for us to help alleviate global problems using graphene to, for example, reduce energy usage, boost product performance, improve safety, accelerate diagnosis in healthcare, and build next-generation advanced material semiconductor technologies.”
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