Man-made: Carbon
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Nanoledge SA - France. Manufacturers of carbon nanofiber and -tubes for
applications in composites, energy storage, and electronic and plastics
processes and production.
Since its beginning in 1999, Nanoledge
has been the European leader in
the young carbon nanotubes industry.
Pioneers in carbon nanotubes
For about 10 years, the GDPC (Groupe Dynamique des Phases Condensées),
a public joint lab between the University of Montpellier and the CNRS,
has been studying and producing carbon nanotubes. But as
industrializing the process is not the lab’s mission, the GDPC
transfers its technology and know-how to a group of engineers. Dr
Patrick Bernier, Director at the GDPC, and Pr Eric Anglaret, both
widely renown experts, closely follow up this project.
Supported by regional and local institutions and government (Languedoc
Roussillon Incubation and Conseil General de l’Herault), the newly
founded Nanoledge was awarded in 1999 and in 2000 as one of the most
innovative company by the French Ministry of Research and Technology
and by the national agency for innovation and research (ANVAR).
But Nanoledge does not only want to produce high quality nanotubes. The
company aims at mastering all the steps of designing nanocomposite
materials. Having raised funds in 2002, Nanoledge has been building up
a high level R&D team in chemistry and mechanical engineering. The
company is thus able to prepare CNTs and make them ready to be inserted
in other composite materials. The company signs its first commercial
success with the launching of the new Babolat’s “VS Nanotube” tennis
racket. In addition, Nanoledge wins several confidential co-development
agreements with major players of the polymer industry. Today, Nanoledge
is known to be the European leader in CNT materials design.
Nanoledge has developed a unique NT fiber, based on the CRPP patented
process. The Nanoledge fiber contains up to 100% carbon nanotubes, a
record only this technology can provide. This fiber could then feature
the same outstanding electrical, thermal and actuating properties than
the CNTs. Easier to process than raw nanotubes, the Nanoledge fiber
will outperform existing reinforcement fibers and other conventional
fillers in high performance requiring materials : large surface EMI/ESD
shielded polymers, thermally conductive plastics, etc. Its electro-
mechanical properties will make it an exceptional miniature actuator,
opening the route to artificial muscle-like applications. Commercially
available by 2006, the Nanoledge fiber will be a major step towards the
materials of the 21st century.
*Nanoledge
Cap Alpha
Avenue de l’Europe – Clapiers
34940 Montpellier Cedex 9
France
Tel: +33 (0) 467 59 36 58
Fax: +33 (0) 467 59 36 59
E-mail: julien.roux@nanoledge.com
j.saintecatherine@nanoledge.com
http://www.nanoledge.com
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