India, Nov. 19 -- Birla Carbon and CHASM Advanced Materials have entered into a Joint Development Agreement for novel nanomaterials to benefit various market segments including high-performance tyres, novel coatings and next-generation batteries. Following this, the two companies will share research and engineering resources to develop and manufacture hybrid nanomaterials based on carbon substrates and carbon nanotubes. These hybrid nanomaterials will combine CHASM's nanotube enhanced carbon (NTeC) technology with Birla Carbon's expertise in commercialization and manufacturing.

Dr. Santrupt B. Misra, Chief Executive Officer, Birla Carbon, Director, Chemicals and Director, Group Human Resources, Aditya Birla Group said, "We are very excit...