OREANDA-NEWS. Haydale Graphene Industries plc (AIM:HAYD), the Company focused on enabling technology for the commercialisation of graphene, whose functionalisation process has been verified by the National Physical Laboratory, is pleased to announce the arrival of two new Rotovac plasma reactors. These reactors, designed in collaboration with Haydale and built by Tantec A/S, have been delivered and are currently being commissioned.

 Ray Gibbs, CEO at Haydale, commented:

"As we announced on 23 October, these two new machines will increase our capacity and operational flexibility to meet the anticipated further increase in demand in 2015. The delivery of these reactors represents the achievement of another milestone in the development targets we set out at the time of our IPO.  Commissioning has already begun and we expect these reactors to be fully operational in January 2015. We will then be capable of functionalising a significantly higher volume and range of graphenes and other carbon nanomaterials to enable effective dispersion into target materials such as thermoplastics, thermosets and specific fluids. The commercialisation of these nano-enhanced materials requires the correct dispersion as a pre-requisite for enhanced performance of both monolithic and composite systems to enable the raw material manufacturer and industrial user to realise the true technical and commercial opportunities that nano enhancement provides to the end user.

 "We see the market as needing material of a consistent, repeatable quality that can then be scaled up even further as demand increases. Accordingly, we have ordered a further plasma reactor, which is larger and will also be used as a demonstrator. This is expected to be delivered within three months and will provide us with substantial volume capability as well as the ability to control the reactor remotely which is essential as Haydale seeks to install them into customers' production facilities."