-DTech has further underlined its proactive stance to seeking out new opportunities for graphene through development of a progressively closer relationship with The University of Manchester. To this end the two parties have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see them sharing their respective resources and expertise, as well as the cross-pollination of ideas. Once finalized this will result in 2-DTech becoming a partner of the University’s newly established National Graphene Institute (NGI) – a research centre which is due to open in March 2015. It is expected that this cooperation between academia and commercial enterprise will have far-reaching effects on the emerging graphene market.