Reliance and Vorbeck announce partnership to develop graphene-enhanced elastomer products

16-Sep-16

Reliance Industries Ltd, one of Asia’s top petrochemical production companies, and Vorbeck Materials Corp., a leading producer of graphene and graphene-based products, announced today that they have signed a joint development agreement to develop graphene-enhanced synthetic elastomer products.
"Vorbeck’s ability to develop innovative graphene-based products opens the door to many potential applications,” said Bharat B. Sharma, Sr. V.P. Product Development & Technical Service (Elastomers) for Reliance’s Petrochemicals division. “We look forward to bringing products that emanate from this partnership to market.” “We are excited to be working with Reliance, and are inspired by their commitment to innovation,” stated John Lettow, President of Vorbeck Materials. “This collaboration will accelerate the development and commercialization of products that have the potential to have a real impact on the market.”
Vorbeck Materials is a global leader in graphene products and solutions and is born out of a Princeton Research Lab.