OCSiAl, Novosibirsk

OCSiAl is the world's largest manufacturer. graphene nanotubes The company developed and launched industrial a technology for their synthesis. OCSiAl offers solutions based on TUBALL nanotubes to impart electrical conductivity and improve the physical and mechanical properties of various materials, including paints and coatings, rubbers and composites, electrochemical current sources.

According to its own data for 2023, the company produces 80 tons of nanotubes per year, which is 97% of the world's capacity. This project was supported by Rusnano, which in 2014 invested $20 million in it and acquired the company's Eurobonds for another $40 million.

As of July 2021, OCSiAl employs more than 420 employees in 20 countries. More than 70 scientists are engaged in scientific developments in the company.

History

2023: Seizure of a stake in Rusnano in Luxembourg at the request of former Yukos co-owners

The Luxembourg court imposed interim measures on the shares of OCSiAl, owned by the state corporation Rusnano, at the suit of the former co-owners of Yukos, a source familiar with the situation at Rusnano told RBC. According to him, the corresponding decision was made at the end of 2022, legal proceedings are currently underway. The seizure of the OCSiAl shareholding was confirmed by a source close to Group Menatep Limited (GML; holding company representing the interests of the former majority shareholders of Yukos).

2021: Attracting investment from Daikin Industries, $2 billion valuation

At the end of July 2021, it became known about OCSiAl's attraction of investments from the Japanese manufacturer of air conditioners, heating and ventilation systems Daikin Industries. As a result of the transaction, the estimate of the Novosibirsk manufacturer of graphene nanotubes amounted to $2 billion, which is twice as much as in 2019.

As part of the agreement, the companies agreed to develop, manufacture, and market graphene nanotube solutions for next-generation lithium-ion batteries and fluoropolymers. It is noted that before that, the partners had been conducting joint developments for three years.

Daikin invested in the Novosibirsk developer of nanotubes OCSiAl with an estimate of $2 billion

Together, the companies plan to develop modern materials with improved properties and explore new markets, OCSiAl said in a statement.

Boris Podolsky, executive director of the Rusnano management company, called the carbon nanotubes produced by OCSiAl "a magic modifier that, if used correctly, allows you to improve the properties of many base materials."

With these nanotubes, you can improve the characteristics of plastic, rubber, composite materials, paints and coatings, as well as in lithium-ion batteries. According to the company itself, OCSiAl occupies 97% of the global production of single-wall carbon nanotubes. Production capacity in 2020 amounted to 80 tons.

According to OCSiAl's own data, 10 of the world's top 10 lithium-ion battery manufacturers are developing OCSiAl nanotube battery cells for the world's leading automakers.

By July 2021, more than 50% of OCSiAl shares belong to its founders: Yuri Koropachinsky, Mikhail Predtechensky, Oleg Kirillov and Yuri Zelvensky. 17.5% of the share belongs to the state corporation Rusnano, which previously invested $20 million in the project.^[1]

2020: Capacity - 15 tons

The company's annual production capacity at the beginning of 2020 is 15 tons and will be increased to 65 tons in 2019, and to 115 tons by 2020. OCSiAl offices and representative offices operate in Russia, Luxembourg, USA, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Israel and India.

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