Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Wednesday officially launched the production of graphene in Poland.
"We have managed to combine the power of invention, the financial acumen of private business and state aid to produce this historic achievement," he said.
The Institute of Technology of Electronic Materials (ITME) developed a low cost production process for graphene in 2011 and now Nano Carbon, a joint venture formed by ITME and the Agency for Industrial Development (ARP) will commence its production.
Graphene was discovered by a Russian-British group of physicists in 2004 and has great potential for various industries.
Graphene is a substance composed of a single layer of carbon atoms and it has unusual mechanical and physical properties - high electrical and thermal conductivity as well as great flexibility and durability. It also kills bacteria and is 100 times stronger than steel.
