Manufacturing equipment makers

Aixtron SE is a provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The company's technology solutions are used to build advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications based on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials.

For graphene development and production, Aixtron offers CVD graphene production systems, that can be used to produce graphene on 200 mm substrates (SI or sapphire). The company is developing 300 mm systems that will be available soon (these are under development within the EU-funded 2D-EPL project).

Annealsys is a manufacturer of Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP) and Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) systems.

The company's systems offer multi-process capabilities in the same reactor, and besides graphene production units, the company also offers DLI-CVD system solutions for MoS₂ deposition.

CVD Equipment Corporation (a US-based company) offers a variety of process and support equipment for both R&D and production facilities. CVD Equipment offers graphene production systems.

In August 2013 CVD announced it will jointly develop graphene-based Li-Ion battery electrodes with Graphene Batteries.

DrM Ag (Dr. Mueller), based in Switzerland, is a manufacturer of technically sophisticated filtration systems for solid/liquid separation for use in processing industries, with over 3,000 installations worldwide.

Microfluidics designs and manufactures high pressure, high shear fluid processors. The company's Microfluidizer are used for liquid exfoliation of graphite to produce graphene.

Microfluidics offers an entire product line ranges from lab scale to large production scale.

Moorfield is a UK based company, founded in 1989 that designs and manufacture a wide range of R&D-scale laboratory systems. The company focuses on vacuum deposition products and CVD synthesis.

MTI Corporation, based in California US, was established in 1994 and is a leading manufacturer of oxide crystals and substrates. The company also offers lab equipment and furnaces - and they have a range of tube furnaces for graphene growth.

Oxford Instruments is a leading provider of high technology tools and systems for research and industry. The company designs and manufactures equipment that can fabricate, analyse and manipulate matter at the atomic and molecular level, including CVD equipment for graphene production and various systems for metrology and testing.

Picosun, based in Espoo Finland, was established in 2004 to develop Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) reactors for micro- and nanotechnology applications.

The company is developing ALD-based graphene deposition using its advanced PEALD (plasma-enhanced ALD) system.

Established in 2014, PlanarTECH is a UK-based company (with manufacturing in Korea) that offers both R&D and production-scale equipment, analytical equipment and training services for all classes of emerging 2D materials (graphene, boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide, etc.) as well as other carbon-based materials such as CNTs and CVD diamond (both R&D and mass production).

Primary Dispersions was founded in 2008 as a spin-out from the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI). Primary Dispersions Limited (PDL) has developed an advanced and disruptive milling technology (‘ConCor’) in collaboration with their technology partners, Maelstrom Advanced Process Technology (Maelstrom APT).

Scienta Omicron was established in 2017 as a merger between two Surface Science companies - VG Scienta and Omicron NanoTechnology.

For graphene (and other 2D materials), the company offers VG Scienta's CVD deposition system, in addition to PVD and sputtering systems based on metal evaporation using thermal cells or E beam.

The SECO/WARWICK Group a multinational heat processing furnace and equipment provider. The company is a full service manufacturer, providing engineering, research & development, manufacturing, turnkey installation, commissioning and aftermarket service.

For the graphene market, the company offers GraphMaster, CVD reactors for large-format graphene production.

Veeco Instruments is making process equipment for several markets. The company's main business segments are LEDs (and OLEDs), PVs and data storage.

Veeco supplies Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) products which can be used for graphene deposition.