Graphene Manufacturing Group is Scaling Production and Signing Global Deals
CEO.CA Jun 25, 2026 10:07
Summary
GMG's US EPA approval lets it sell its graphene coating in America now, with a US manufacturing application expected to take about a year.
Its Gen 2 Australian plant (20 times more output per hour) is commissioning, and a new three-year lease clears space to scale.
The graphene aluminum-ion battery now fully charges in 6 minutes with doubled energy density — matching a lead-acid (car starter) battery.
Building in America follows from costs: US natural gas, GMG's main input, is roughly 10 times cheaper than uncontracted Australian gas.
CEO Craig Nicol casts GMG as a patented platform now scaling sales through distributors and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) worldwide.
Craig Nicol's takeaways
- Top takeaway He argues GMG has moved from technology development into a scaling phase, with graphene quality worked out over 10 years, more than 20 salespeople hired, and the focus now on signing distributors and OEM partners.
- He claims the graphene aluminum-ion battery the team has developed for four years has doubled energy density to lead-acid levels with a six-minute full charge, which he argues has no market precedent and could replace lead-acid batteries and enable applications outside lithium-ion.
- He argues a US manufacturing footprint is important because American natural gas, GMG's main production cost, is about 10 times cheaper than uncontracted Australian gas, with plants intended in both the US and Canada.
- He expects the Gen 2 production technology, with 20 times the output per hour of the previous version, to be running by the end of June 2026, and hopes the aluminum-ion battery enters production in 2027.
- He presents GMG as a patent-protected graphene technology platform with two segments: energy-saving products (heat-transfer coating for heat exchangers and a lubricant) and energy storage (a lithium-ion battery additive and the aluminum-ion battery).