Maroon Group signs distribution agreement with Applied Graphene Materials

Maroon Group, a world class distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients across North America, is excited to announce that it has signed a distribution agreement with Applied Graphene Materials. Maroon Group's CASE and technical sales and support team will leverage its extensive customer network to introduce AGM's proprietary Genable graphene dispersions technology into the United States and Canadian coatings and polymers markets.

"I am delighted to announce Maroon Group as a very strong partner to help AGM drive commercial uptake of our graphene products in the North American market," Adrian Potts, AGM's CEO, said. "Maroon Group has leading expertise in additive sales and customer service, which is essential to support sales at this early stage of the graphene market's development. With decades of experience in the region, their impressive network and consumer relationships will open up significant potential for AGM.

"The team at Maroon Group is very excited to partner with Applied Graphene Materials,"Tom Papasso, Vice President, Principal Management - CASE, Maroon Group, said. "Their unique line of graphene dispersions is a perfect example of how Maroon Group strives to bring real innovation and value to our customers."

ABOUT MAROON GROUP
Maroon Group, www.maroongroupllc.com, is a leading distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients across North America. Based in Avon, Ohio, Maroon Group has thrived on creating success for customers by forming partnerships with leading manufacturers and supplying consistent products on time. Customers have come to rely on Maroon Group's technical sales team, exceptional customer service, formulary support, and global sourcing capabilities.

ABOUT APPLIED GRAPHENE MATERIALS
Applied Graphene Materials works in partnership with its customers using its knowledge and expertise to provide bespoke graphene dispersions and formats to deliver enhancements and benefits for a wide range of applications. The Group's strategy is to target commercial applications in three core markets: coatings, composites and functional materials. The Group has developed proprietary bottom-up processes which are capable of producing high purity graphene nanoplatelets using a continuous process. The manufacturing process is based on sustainable, readily available raw materials and therefore does not rely on the supply of graphite, unlike a number of other graphene production techniques. Applied Graphene Materials owns the intellectual property and know-how behind this process. Applied Graphene Materials was founded by Professor Karl Coleman in 2010 with its operations and processes based on technology that he initially developed at Durham University.