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Posted on 9/1/26 at 7:01 am to
Posted by masoncj
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2023
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Posted on 9/1/26 at 7:01 am to
First commercial sale announced….very encouraging!

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Posted by masoncj
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2023
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Posted on 9/2/26 at 8:11 pm to
Shareholder letter released today

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Posted by masoncj
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2023
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Posted on 9/14/26 at 7:38 pm to
“The results of 16-week cyclic corrosion testing of ecosparc® additives using HydroGraph’s Fractal Graphene are highly
encouraging and provide further confidence in the prospect of deepening our collaboration with HydroGraph in
protective coatings. Securing sources of high quality, sustainably produced, western supply of graphene remains a key
focus for Sparc as it builds its customer base and expands its product range across multiple high-value coating
segments."


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Posted by Jax-Tiger
Vero Beach, FL
Member since Jan 2005
28630 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 7:27 am to
I'm assuming that Sparc is one of the HGRAF contracts expected in 2026. Even though Sparc is using HGRAF graphene, HGRAF has not announced a contract, yet, so my assumption is that Sparc is still buying low volume amounts of graphene at this point.

Will be interesting to see how much graphene they need, as it will take a huge amount of paint to consume tons of graphene at the load levels they use.
Posted by Jax-Tiger
Vero Beach, FL
Member since Jan 2005
28630 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 8:55 am to
Volume is relatively high - already 40% above the 10-day average and the price is up 30%. Still low total volume, but could this be the start of a bigger move?
Posted by masoncj
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2023
1028 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 9:02 am to
I am hoping their partnership with Akzonobel is the catalyst for large orders

Akzo is basically the sherwin Williams of Europe
Posted by Jax-Tiger
Vero Beach, FL
Member since Jan 2005
28630 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:18 am to
quote:

Akzo is basically the sherwin Williams of Europe


How much graphene is Sparc buying? Seems to me that marine coatings would be the real market, right? With solvent based paint? That has yet be fully tested.

If HGRAF can meet Sparcs needs with just the production coming out of Austin, then it will be interesting to see if the Akzo contract after the 25 week testing is over creates a backlog...
Posted by masoncj
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2023
1028 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 11:03 am to
On the Reddit chat

A reputable poster said 4 to 6 tons

Which, could be one to $1.5 million in revenue to hydrograph
Posted by Swazla
Member since Jul 2016
2057 posts
Posted on 9/16/26 at 7:32 am to
quote:

quote:
Akzo is basically the sherwin Williams of Europe


How much graphene is Sparc buying? Seems to me that marine coatings would be the real market, right? With solvent based paint? That has yet be fully tested.

If HGRAF can meet Sparcs needs with just the production coming out of Austin, then it will be interesting to see if the Akzo contract after the 25 week testing is over creates a backlog...


For general paint markets Akzo is big in Europe. But in marine applications quality counts the most and Akzo has a worldwide reputation for high quality. If they successfully go hard after the marine market, including O&G offshore, they will attract a lot of eyes.
Posted by Jax-Tiger
Vero Beach, FL
Member since Jan 2005
28630 posts
Posted on 9/16/26 at 9:19 am to
quote:

Which, could be one to $1.5 million in revenue to hydrograph


Which is probably multiples more than they've ever had before, but not enough for a company valued in the billions.

I've heard that number for the initial LOI, but that is an initial contract. If the product is successful, demand will grow and subsequent orders will come. Right now, they can fulfill that order with the Austin production. It would be nice to see a backlog before they Bellville plant opens.

IMO, they will need to bring that facility on line before any big orders come in. It would be nice to see a bunch of small orders in the meantime and maybe stretch the capabilities of the Austin facility.

I also think we need to rethink what a large order is. If you do the math, even a large auto manufacturer would not need a 1000 tons of graphene per year, at the load levels we're being told about. I think we're going to need a higher number of small/medium contracts to fulfill the potential of this company. Fortunately, there does not seem to be a limit on the number of use cases for graphene.
Posted by masoncj
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2023
1028 posts
Posted on 10/15/26 at 7:35 pm to
Interesting annoucement by Sparc today

LINK

This might have a little negative impact on Hydrograph but still expect once positive results from the 4000 hour test is complete that a full contract is signed between HG and Sparc…I mean they have a LOI already signed


Posted by JperiodCperiod
Member since Aug 2022
157 posts
Posted on 10/15/26 at 8:47 pm to
Sparc has stated before that all graphene is different and each has things they do better or worse than the next…that no one variety is best at everything.
Posted by masoncj
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2023
1028 posts
Posted on 10/15/26 at 9:17 pm to
For sure

I think the main determination here was logistically.

Levidian appears to already have good presences in the Middle East
Posted by masoncj
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2023
1028 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 9:52 pm to
SPARC released their quarterly report

LINK

I ran it though Chat:

The biggest revelation: SPARC's revenue potential:

SPARC reports that it now has:
2 commercial customers

More than 20 active testing and qualification programs

Over 50 million litres of annual coatings volume represented by its existing pipeline

Approximately US$1.20 in SPARC revenue per litre of coating containing its additives

Approximately 50% gross margins
Posted by masoncj
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2023
1028 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 9:55 pm to
I think the biggest update in the QR is that at $1.20 per liter to add potential 25-50% more corrosion control over the life of the paint is a huge selling point

Will see
Posted by Jax-Tiger
Vero Beach, FL
Member since Jan 2005
28630 posts
Posted on 10/30/26 at 8:48 am to
That is good news. Hopefully they get some traction and get some substantial contracts. Those next test results could be a trigger.
Posted by Jax-Tiger
Vero Beach, FL
Member since Jan 2005
28630 posts
Posted on 10/30/26 at 11:42 am to
Interesting. While volume is not high, per se, it is about 5x higher than normal...
Posted by masoncj
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2023
1028 posts
Posted on 10/30/26 at 11:52 am to
Yep I noticed that as well.

It’s obviously a blood bath today for most of the market

Hopefully get some good feedback on test by TG
Posted by Jax-Tiger
Vero Beach, FL
Member since Jan 2005
28630 posts
Posted on 10/30/26 at 1:16 pm to
Because this is such a low volume trader, news of a decent size contract could cause a real spike. I will be tempted to sell if that happens...
Posted by masoncj
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2023
1028 posts
Posted on 10/30/26 at 1:37 pm to
Im holding long term and hoping for a buy out by AkzoNobel
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