ROTV6: Interview with graphene pioneer Soroush Nazarpour, CEO of NanoXplore (GRA-V) Part 1

* James Kwantes owns shares and covers NanoXplore in his newsletter, Resource Opportunities, but has no business relationship with the company. Filmed on Feb. 4, 2021
Graphene is a single layer of carbon with some incredible properties: much stronger than steel, more heat/electrically conductive than copper, very flexible. Until now, it's also been largely a science experiment. Take a deeper dive and meet Soroush Nazarpour, founder and CEO of NanoXplore, which is commercializing graphene for multiple real-world applications. NanoXplore operates the world's largest graphene plant in Montreal, has blue-chip clients including Volvo Truck, Daimler, Fiat and GE, and holds intellectual property covering everything from battery technology to circular plastics and potential COVID-19 applications.
Timestamps:
00:54 What is graphene?
2:57 Introduction to NanoXplore
3:24 NanoXplore's Montreal plant produces 45% of global capacity
6:00 Who is Soroush Nazarpour?
7:14 Serial entrepreneur: from door-to-door sales in Iran to graphene powerhouse
10:05 The beginning of NanoXplore
12:37 Blue-chip lightweighting clients: Volvo, Paccar (Kenworth, Peterbilt), Daimler, Caterpillar, GE
16:03 Battery technology: the move to silicon anodes and graphene's role
20:36 Tesla's Battery Day: confirmation of NanoXplore's approach
22:23 Building long-term value, no short cuts
23:18 The future: solid-state batteries will be the "holy grail"
26:13 The war on single-use plastics: graphene's role in the circular economy
29:02 Graphene "is more than a material, it's a platform technology"

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