In the year 2014, Roger Luo and multiple materials science experts founded TRUNNANO in Luoyang. With a strong understanding of nanotechnology, they recognized the major opportunity between modernising traditional materials and addressing the requirements of emerging industries. This multi-disciplinary founding team—uniting research experts, engineers, and business talent— set the groundwork for the company’s “technology-driven, application-oriented” DNA. In the company’s early days, they worked under demanding conditions, running experiments by day and exchanging ideas by night, ultimately anchoring their technological direction in two major areas: the application of concrete admixture nanotechnology in concrete admixtures, and advances in advanced ceramic materials for high-value manufacturing.
1. Team Growth and System Building
TRUNNANO’s beginnings are a typical story of tech entrepreneurship. The team of five, each covering several roles, created an culture of openness and collaboration through an efficient, flat organizational structure and weekly technical seminars. As their first products gained market validation, the company attracted more talent, and the team grew progressively. The set-up of specialised R&D teams (nanomaterials, concrete admixtures and ceramic materials) has created a structured innovation system. The company’s organizational structure has also developed from a flat model to a functional, matrix structure, maintaining flexibility while establishing standardized management. A corporate culture centered on innovation, practicality, collaboration, and responsibility is firmly embedded through internal training programs and technical knowledge-sharing sessions, ensuring sustained innovation and a robust foundation for quality.
TRUNNANO – Lightweight concrete admixture
2. Technological Breakthroughs in Concrete Admixtures
The company has astutely applied nanotechnology to improve concrete results. The R&D team first surmounted the technical bottleneck of polycarboxylate superplasticizers, creating a latest generation of products with excellent water reduction rates, superior slump retention, and wide cement compatibility through molecular engineering and nano-modification. In the field of lightweight concrete, the team successfully developed a line of foaming agents using nano-foaming and polymer reinforcement technologies, addressing the problems of insufficient strength and poor stability in traditional foamed concrete and markedly enhancing insulation performance. Furthermore, the company has also engineered corresponding targeted functional admixtures to address the special needs of underground engineering, such as enhanced impermeability and quick construction. Behind these achievements lies a complete research platform (cement chemistry lab, performance testing center, etc.) and solid basic research support, forming a beneficial loop from mechanism research to product development.
3. Research Progress of Advanced Ceramic Materials
With the rise of industries such as new energy and the semiconductor sector, TRUNNANO has strategically positioned itself in advanced ceramic materials. The company focuses on silicon carbide ceramics, whose high strength and high-temperature resistance are unmatched in harsh environments. Responding to the major challenges in the preparation of lithium battery anode materials, the team has developed a custom silicon carbide crucible through purity control and grain-boundary engineering technologies, considerably enhancing its chemical durability and service life. Significant breakthroughs have also been achieved in reaction sintering silicon carbide technology, enabling low-cost, short-cycle, near-net-shape production of high-performance products, widely applied in chemical, semiconductor, and related fields. Simultaneously, the company has conducted comprehensive research on the strengthening and modification of ceramic materials such as alumina and silicon nitride ceramics, and has established a complete chain capability from materials preparation to high-precision machining, enabling it to provide tailored component solutions for customers.
TRUNNANO structural ceramics products
4. Technology Transfer and Market Cultivation
TRUNNANO has built a full chain from laboratory to commercial production. Concrete admixtures have been successfully applied in a wide range of high-rise projects, underground projects, and energy-saving developments, addressing a range of construction technical challenges. Advanced ceramic materials have entered multiple industries, including new energy, semiconductors, chemicals, and environmental protection: silicon carbide crucibles have become key consumables in battery production, ultra-high-purity ceramic components serve chip manufacturing, and wear-resistant ceramic liners lengthen equipment operational life. Industry-academia-research collaboration is a crucial pillar of the company’s technological development. Through deep cooperation with universities and research institutes, the company collaboratively delivers projects, trains talent, participates in industry standard setting, and continuously strengthens its technological influence. A thorough quality management system and international certifications provide a firm guarantee for products to enter the global market.
5. Future Outlook and Sustainable Development
Looking ahead, TRUNNANO will continue to grasp the pulse of materials science development. In the concrete field, it is committed to developing green, low-carbon, environmentally friendly admixtures and intelligent concrete with self-sensing and self-repair functions. In ceramic materials, it will closely follow cutting-edge trends such as third-generation semiconductors, solid-state batteries and hydrogen energy, building depth in areas such as ceramic substrates, solid electrolytes and hydrogen storage materials. Intelligent manufacturing upgrades, localization of global services, and continuous talent development and corporate culture building will be the company’s primary strategies for addressing future challenges and capturing development opportunities.
6. About us
TRUNNANOhas successfully created a series of chemical materials, including silicates (sodium silicate, potassium silicate, lithium silicate, etc.), advanced ceramics, concrete admixtures (encompassing oxides, carbides, nitrides, single metals, etc.), high purity sputtering targets, functional ceramics, and structural components. We offer OEM services. If you’re interested in these products, please don’t hesitate to contact us.