title: Companies and programs log description: When firms, labs-as-vendors, or public programs start documented graphene-family work. Press is not a shipment. tags:
- log
- industry
“Began studying” ≠ scaled product. Prefer first public paper, plant, order, or named programme.
| When | Who | What started | Evidence | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early 2000s | Various platelet / process filers | Industrial interest before the 2004 Science paper | Patent-era activity | 1963-2003 |
| 2009 | Ruoff group + collaborators (academia; process) | Cu-foil CVD as a transferable film path | Well-supported paper | 2009 |
| 2009+ | Graphene-Info and peer trade sites | Vendor-week media | Media, not a factory | 2009 |
| 2009–2011 | IBM Research (Yorktown) | GHz FETs then a mixer circuit (SiC epitaxy and CVD) | Well-supported papers | 2009 · 2010 · 2011 |
| 2010 | Bae / Samsung + collaborators (film demo) | ~30-inch roll-to-roll CVD transparent film | Well-supported paper; not a qualified display line | 2010 |
| 2010 | Nobel + national funders | Roadmap money follows the prize | Well-supported as prize/funding weather | 2010 |
| Jan 2013 | EU / Chalmers / Jari Kinaret | Graphene Flagship selected | Well-supported Commission release | 2013 |
| Oct 2013 | Graphene Flagship consortium | Kickoff; ramp-up €54M EC / 30 months | Well-supported | 2013 |
| 2014–2019 | Many additive, coating, TIM, ink firms | Pilots; quality uneven | Overview | 2014-2019 |
| 2015 | University of Manchester NGI | Dedicated institute building opens | Well-supported as a place | 2015 |
| 2026-09-09 | GMG | Public 1 Ah / 10C cycling with BIC | Preliminary small cell | 2026-09-09-gmg-battery-cycling |
| 2026-09-10 | First Graphene / Pacific Urethanes | Production PO for PureGRAPH in mining PU | Well-supported as order announcement | 2026-09-10-first-graphene-pacific-urethanes |
| 2026-09-15 | COnovate + US DOE | $1.25M accelerator contract | Well-supported as award | 2026-09-15-conovate-doe-award |
| 2026-09 | K-Graphene council (Gyeongbuk / Pohang / POSTECH) | Regional commercialization council | Well-supported as initiative | 2026-W38 |
| 2026-09 | Sparc + HydroGraph | Public corrosion-test numbers | Preliminary company tests | 2026-W38 |