CASALS CARDONA INDUSTRIAL SA

Their core work

Casals Cardona Industrial (operating as TECNIUM) is a Spanish industrial company based in Manresa, Catalonia, that contributes manufacturing and materials processing expertise to the EU Graphene Flagship — Europe's largest graphene research initiative. Their involvement spans composite materials, energy applications, and pilot-line production of 2D materials, suggesting they serve as an industrial end-user and scale-up partner within the flagship. The company brings real-world manufacturing capability to translate graphene research into commercial products and processes.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their early participation (GrapheneCore2, 2018) covered a broad range of graphene application areas — composites, energy, electronics, photonics, sensors, and biomedical technologies — consistent with an industrial partner exploring where graphene fits their business. By 2020, their focus narrowed significantly toward 2D materials and pilot-line production (2D-EPL project), signaling a shift from exploratory research toward industrialization and manufacturing scale-up. This evolution suggests the company identified its niche within the flagship and is now concentrating on bringing graphene materials from lab to factory.

Moving from research participation toward industrial scale-up of graphene and 2D materials, positioning as a manufacturing partner for commercialization.

How they like to work

TECNIUM operates exclusively as a participant in very large consortia — all three projects are part of the Graphene Flagship, which involves hundreds of partners. With 219 unique consortium partners across 21 countries, their network is extensive but driven by the flagship structure rather than independent partnership-building. This profile suggests a company that contributes specific industrial capability to large-scale coordinated programs rather than leading its own research agenda.

Connected to 219 partners across 21 countries, entirely through the Graphene Flagship ecosystem. This is a flagship-inherited network rather than an independently built one, but it provides access to Europe's top graphene research groups and industrial players.

What sets them apart

As an industrial company embedded in the Graphene Flagship, TECNIUM bridges the gap between graphene research and real manufacturing. Unlike the universities and research institutes that dominate the flagship, they bring production-oriented thinking and pilot-line experience. For consortium builders seeking an industrial partner in Catalonia with hands-on graphene materials experience, they offer a rare combination of flagship-level research exposure and manufacturing DNA.

Highlights from their portfolio

• 2D-EPL
  Focused specifically on building an experimental pilot line for 2D materials — the most commercially oriented of their projects and a signal of manufacturing ambition.
• GrapheneCore3
  The third phase of Europe's billion-euro Graphene Flagship, and the only project where TECNIUM's EC funding (EUR 72,000) is recorded.