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HydroGraph Certifies Midland as U.S. Compounding Partner for Advanced Graphene Polymer Applications
MIDLAND, Mich., July 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HydroGraph Clean Power Inc. (CSE: HG) (OTCQB: HGRAF) (“HydroGraph” or the “Company”) today announced that Midland Compounding & Consulting, Inc. (MCC) has earned certification as a qualified HydroGraph Compounding Partner following completion of HydroGraph’s rigorous technical and commercial qualification process.
Based in Midland, Michigan, MCC brings specialized expertise in engineering resin compounding, advanced material development, and closed-loop recycling technologies. The company operates a 50,000-square-foot facility with pilot-scale and production compounding capabilities, supporting customers from prototype formulation through commercial production, with an active expansion plan in progress to more than double capacity.
MCC’s integrated consulting and compounding model allows manufacturers to rapidly develop and scale new material solutions using advanced carbon materials and specialty additives in demanding polymer systems, including engineering resins such as ABS, polycarbonate (PC), PC/ABS blends, and nylons.
“Midland brings a unique combination of formulation expertise, development capabilities, and real-world commercialization experience,” said Kjirstin Breure, President and Chief Executive Officer of HydroGraph. “Their ability to help customers move from laboratory development to pilot production and full-scale manufacturing makes them an important partner for advancing graphene-enhanced materials into high-value industrial applications.”
Founded in 1999 by polymer processing expert Thayer “Ted” Brown, MCC is a family-owned company with more than 25 years of specialized compounding experience. The company combines laboratory-scale formulation capabilities with production extrusion lines capable of handling batch sizes ranging from 5 pounds to more than 40,000 pounds, enabling flexible development and manufacturing.
MCC has extensive experience working with advanced carbon materials, including carbon fiber reinforced compounds and electrically conductive additive systems. The company has previously developed carbon fiber composite materials for automotive applications and collaborated on development initiatives with Ford Motor Company, demonstrating its ability to bring emerging materials into real-world manufacturing environments.
“Achieving HydroGraph Compounding Partner certification reflects our commitment to helping manufacturers integrate advanced materials into practical applications,” said Chris Surbrook, New Business Development Manager of Midland Compounding & Consulting. “Our experience developing specialty compounds and working with carbon-based additives allows us to support customers seeking to unlock new performance characteristics using graphene.”
MCC serves a diverse range of markets including automotive, aerospace, building and construction, industrial materials, office furniture, and additive manufacturing. The company is also recognized for its work in post-industrial engineering resin recycling and circular economy solutions, including innovative material recovery technologies that maintain high surface quality and performance.
As part of HydroGraph’s Compounding Partner Program, certified partners such as MCC are qualified to support customers seeking performance improvements, lightweighting, conductivity, and functional enhancements using graphene at low addition rates.
Learn more about HydroGraph’s Compounding Partner Program: https://hydrograph.com/lp-compounding-partner-program/
About Midland Compounding & Consulting
Midland Compounding and Consulting (MCC), founded in 1999 by Ted Brown, is a privately held company focused on developing and commercializing specialty plastic compounds and delivering unique solutions for challenging recycling opportunities. The company supports materials development from prototype through production, with core competencies in advanced carbons for electrically and thermally conductive polymers, flame-retardant materials, high-specific-gravity compounds, and wear-resistant materials. https://www.midlandcompounding.com.
About Hydrograph
HydroGraph is a leading producer of pristine graphene using an “explosion synthesis” process, which allows for exceptional purity, low energy use, and identical batches. The quality, performance, and consistency of HydroGraph’s graphene follow the Graphene Council’s Verified Graphene Producer® standards, of which very few graphene producers are able to meet. For more information or to learn about the HydroGraph story, visit: https://hydrograph.com/. For company updates, please follow HydroGraph on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hydrograph/ and X at https://x.com/HydroGraphInc.
Trademarks: HydroGraph™ and Fractal Graphene™
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains certain “forward-looking statements” and certain “forward-looking information” as defined under applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements and information can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “intend”, “estimate”, “upon”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “continue”, “plans” or similar terminology.
Forward-looking statements and information are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable, and assumptions that, while believed by management to be reasonable, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Forward-looking statements and information are subject to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the ability of HydroGraph to control or predict, that may cause HydroGraph’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied thereby, and are developed based on assumptions about such risks, uncertainties and other factors set out herein, including but not limited to: HydroGraph’s ability to implement its business strategies; risks associated with general economic conditions; adverse industry events; stakeholder engagement; marketing and transportation costs; loss of markets; volatility of commodity prices; inability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources, and/or inability to access sufficient capital on favorable terms; industry and government regulation; changes in legislation, income tax and regulatory matters; competition; currency and interest rate fluctuations; and other risks. HydroGraph does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking information except as required by applicable law. Such forward-looking information represents management’s best judgment based on information currently available.
No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed, and actual future results may vary materially. Accordingly, readers are advised not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
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Midland Compounding & Consulting Included in first US Circular Economy Landscape Scan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
9/24/2018
MIDLAND COMPOUNDING & CONSULTING INCLUDED IN FIRST US CIRCULAR ECONOMY LANDSCAPE SCAN
Midland Compounding is proud to be included in the first US Circular Economy Landscape Scan. The report features XXX, along with 201 other initiatives, that are all united as thought leaders in helping to provide solutions for a transition to a more sustainable economy where growth is no longer tied to continued resource depletion.
The goal of the report is to provide a broad understanding of the diversity of Circular Economy solutions and approaches that are already occurring in the United States.
“Our mission is to provide practical and effective solutions to those in need of material compound development and plastics waste management” Thayer A. Brown, Jr., President of Midland Compounding.
Gina Lee, the Founder of Circular CoLab and the author of the report, adds “While the United States may lack a holistic Circular Economy policy framework similar to ones that have already been created in the EU, many Nordic countries, as well as China and Japan, we are far from behind in terms of providing innovative solutions. What is important to note is while the term “Circular Economy” may be relatively new in the United States, many organizations and industries have already been pursuing Circular Economy initiatives for years without necessarily labeling it as such.”
For further information on the report and to view the full database of initiatives, please visit https://www.circularcolab.org/us-circular-economy-report.
Midland Compounding and Consulting is a privately held, custom compounder of thermoplastic materials. Since 1999, we have been providing specialty thermoplastic compounds, product / material development services, and unique solutions to difficult recycling opportunities. Midland Compounding is a proud supporter and innovator in the circular economy.
Circular CoLab is an organization created to support Circular Economy innovators in America.
3D printing company expands into larger Michigan facility
3DXTech LLC, a manufacturer of high-performance 3D printing materials and 3D printed parts, has purchased a building in Grand Rapids, Mich., more than 10 times the size of its current facility.
The 4-year-old company, which is currently based out of 6,000-square-foot leased facility in Byron Center, Mich., bought the 68,000-square-foot building for more than $2 million to accommodate current and future growth.
“We’ve had about 200-250 percent growth year over year for the last four years. … We’re working 12-hour shifts, six days a week, right now just trying to keep up with orders, so we had to expand,” Matt Howlett, founder and president of 3DX Tech, said in a Sept. 13 phone interview.
“This place is really going to be nice,” he added. “The whole goal is to have a very nice, modern place that’s focused really exclusively on additive manufacturing — both materials and parts manufacturing.”
The company plans to be completely moved into the new facility in October and will initially occupy 24,000 square feet. A 3,000-square-foot area will be dedicated to 3D printing parts, Howlett said.
“The rest is to grow into as the business continues to grow,” he said.
3DXTech currently employs 10, but Howlett said that number could increase to 30 by the end of the year. And by the end of 2019, he estimates the company could employ up to 50 workers.
In addition, 3DXTech is more than doubling its extrusion capacity and has invested more than $1 million in equipment and upgrades to keep up with the growth rate.
“We already purchased all-new extruders from a company here in the U.S., and one of them was delivered this week,” Howlett said, noting additional equipment purchases such as 3D printers, dryers and lasers.
3DXTech supplies its high-performance 3D printing materials, including carbon fiber, polyether ether ketone (PEEK), polycarbonate and ABS, and printed parts to multiple industries such as automotive, electronics and aerospace. Customers range from NASA, Boeing Co., Lockheed Martin Corp., SpaceX, Nike Inc., Samsung and Apple Inc.
Link: https://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20180914/NEWS/180919933
Midland Compounding and JM Polymers collaborate to create value from recycled carbon fiber.
- Midland Compounding & Consulting, Inc.
- 3802 James Savage Road
- Midland, MI. 48642
- Contact: Chris Surbrook
- (989) 495-9367
- csurbrook@midlandcompounding.com
- www.midlandcompounding.com
- JM Polymers, Inc.
- 2152 W. Addison Street
- Chicago, IL 60618
- Contact: Matt Johnson
- (773) 818-7990
- mjohnson@jmpolymers.com
- www.jmpolymers.com
For Immediate Release
MIDLAND COMPOUNDING AND JM POLYMERS COLLABORATE TO CREATE VALUE FROM RECYCLED CARBON FIBER
NOVI, Michigan (September 4, 2018) – Plastic parts manufacturers can now get commercial quantities of carbon fiber reinforced compound that is also a sustainable material. JM Polymers with the help of Midland Compounding & Consulting, Inc. has developed a new line of carbon fiber reinforced plastic compounds that combine carbon fiber recycled from the Aerospace Industry and nylon 66 recycled from carpet scrap. The new line called FiberX2 will provide green solutions for applications with high strength performance requirements.
The FiberX2 material was developed through a collaboration between Midland Compounding & Consulting and JM Polymers. In 2014, the companies came together to develop a carbon fiber reinforced compound for automotive applications. The initial material was a 40% recycled carbon fiber filled nylon 66 compound. This material was tested to Automotive standards, side-by-side with other prime, and recycled, carbon fiber filled compounds and met competitive performance values. From this, the companies went on to develop materials with 20% and 30% carbon fiber loadings. For more details on FiberX2, go to the website at www.fiberX2.com.
According to Josh Ullrich, JM Polymers president and CEO, the company began working with Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI, US) to develop the product, and they currently are working on several developmental projects at the automaker and to get specified. The company next plans to introduce a grade that is reinforced with 15% fiberglass and 5% carbon fiber. That product will offer slightly better impact and lower cost than the all-carbon grades, albeit at lower stiffness and strength.
Chris Surbrook, New Business Development Manager for Midland Compounding says, “We expect our joint development partnership with JM Polymers to last for some time. We will continue to engineer valuable, sustainable materials that help JM Polymers meet their customers performance requirements.”
Midland Compounding and Consulting, Inc. is a privately-owned company, providing materials formulation expertise, lab scale equipment support, physical property testing capabilities, and processing experience that are ideally suited for developing products from prototype through to pilot production. MCC also recycles post-industrial ABS, ASA, PC, PC/ABS blends, and nylons materials. MC&C consults in the areas of compounding, recycling, testing, and plant layout and design.
JM Polymers is a distributor of commodity and engineering grade plastic raw materials. JMP distributes prime, generic prime, and recycled resins, and also manufactures and markets a full line of engineered plastics under the JM Polymers trade name.
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