title: Universal Matter (Burlington / Houston / Redcar) description: “Flash Joule graphene. Bought AGM ops 2023 for US$1.3 million. Private.” tags:
- manufacturing
Evidence: company acquisition note and later address line. Nameplate t/day is company plan language.
Parent: directory · raises-2015-2025
What it is
Universal Matter Inc., formed Jul 2019. Process: Rice / Tour Flash Joule Heating to turbostratic graphene from carbon streams (petcoke, ag waste, recycled plastic/rubber in their wording). Genable dispersions for coatings / asphalt / concrete in later copy.
Sites they name
- Burlington, ON demonstration plant: 1320 Heine Court, Burlington, Ontario L7L 6L9 on a 2024 financing note. 2023 acquisition release: 18,000 sq ft building; nameplate ~1 t/day if fully utilized — company plan, Q3 2023 target in that note.
- Houston: 900 South Loop West (suite numbers wander in directories).
- UK: Redcar / Teesside via the AGM purchase — Applied Graphene Materials UK + US ops, US$1.3 million, completion 28 Mar 2023. AGM plc later renamed Universal Matter GBR in trade copy.
Tour flash graphene ≠ a 2004 flake foundry. AGM Genable book sits under this name now.