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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
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Coreena Ford

Environment Agency uses 'wonder material' coating by AGM at North East coastal flood defence

A Teesside graphene manufacturer has had its ‘wonder material’ applied to a North East flood defence.

Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), based at Wilton on Teesside, manufactures super strong graphene which can be added to paints, coatings and composite materials to improve their sustainability.

Now England’s Environment Agency has successfully completed its first application of Applied Graphene Material’s harsh environment anti-corrosion product to a flood defence asset on the North East coast.

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