# First Graphene and Aeropreg agree to develop graphene-enhanced carbon fibre prepreg

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Date: 9 Oct 2026
About: [Carbon](https://technooptimist.io/companies/carbon.md)
Original source: https://www.compositesworld.com/news/fgr-to-advance-graphene-enhanced-carbon-fiber-commercialization-with-aeropreg

Australia's First Graphene signed a three-year development and commercialisation agreement with Aeropreg, a Turkish subsidiary of Spinteks, to bring its graphene-enhanced carbon fibre prepreg to market. FGR's PureGraph would be blended in through its epoxy concentrates and added to Aeropreg's existing prepreg process. No launch date is given; it depends on trial results.

## Key facts

- The agreement runs three years; no other figures were disclosed.
- Next steps: reach controlled, repeatable graphene loading, then test strength, durability and manufacturability inside Aeropreg's process.
- If trials succeed, the material would sell through Aeropreg's existing channels in aerospace, automotive, marine and sporting goods.
- FGR's CEO Michael Bell calls validation within Aeropreg's manufacturing process the immediate focus.

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