Nanomaterial broker hits key milestone, grows global producer network to 20 firms

Nanomaterial broker Fullerex has reached a significant milestone with the start of the new year, now representing twenty nanomaterial producers and technology companies in the US and Europe on a non-exclusive agency basis. Fullerex supports its producer clients by generating sales in key materials and enabling technologies, either through direct sales or in collaborative development with suitable industry partners.

Co-founder Joe Eldridge stated “Being able to draw from the expertise and production capacity of so many high quality, strategically placed and complementary nanomaterial producers empowers Fullerex with extensive access to the leading technologies, materials and people in this exciting industry. A thorough survey of the current market landscape gives me great confidence that each and every one of our clients are leaders in their specific fields of nanomaterial production and application focus, allowing Fullerex the unrivalled ability to establish and build supply chains and continue to match world-class commercial buyers with the best producers the industry has to offer.”

Nanomaterial producers and processors represented by Fullerex include Abalonyx AS, Angstron Materials Inc., Haydale Graphene Industries Plc, Nano-C Inc., NanoIntegris Inc., Nanoridge Materials Inc. and Thomas Swan and Co. Ltd. These companies have primary expertise in organic and metallic nanomaterials and emerging 2-D materials. Fullerex's market focus is directed at bulk applications such as coatings, composites and textiles and in emerging technologies such as 3D printing and printed electronics.

In relation to the announcement, Dr. Benjamin Bechem, Global Marketing Manager at Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH commented on the company's value proposition: "Fullerex works like a catalyst, creating unforeseen business opportunities for their clients and industrial buyers."

Ray Gibbs CEO at Haydale Graphene Industries also added: "We have been working with Fullerex for two years now and I have been impressed with their pro-active approach coupled with a "can do" attitude. Gaining sales and opening doors in a new market with new products is not easy yet they have started to bring us high quality leads with real sales potential".