customers with a stable and reliable supply across Europe as they navigate the implications of recent BDO anti-dumping proceedings. The increased BDO output reinforces the availability of key derivative products such as tetrahydrofuran (THF), polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF), and N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) from BASF. This integrated setup supports critical downstream markets, including polymers, solvents, elastomers, and high-performance materials, ...

News  Updated at: 2026/02/25

Freudenberg Filtration Technologies, unveils new cleanroom FFUs and BIBO systems for EV battery production in India On November 28, 2025, Freudenberg Filtration Technologies announced new Fan Filter Units (FFUs), BIBO (Bag-In/Bag-Out) systems with integrated blowers, and NMP-compatible filter media, targeting semiconductor, lithium-ion, and LFP battery, as well as pharmaceutical cleanrooms. The FFU series offers HEPA/ULPA filtration to ISO 14644...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/28

cells, with the possibility of a long-term supply agreement following successful validation. Morrow is building sustainable battery production in Norway with its first LFP Gigafactory in Arendal and plans to launch cobalt-free LNMO technology in 2027/2028, powered by clean hydropower and targeting NMP-free production processes.  Based on Morrow Batteries ASA press release...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/26

Top Material Co., Ltd. to establish a manufacturing base in South Korea for Nanoramic’s Neocarbonix battery technology. Neocarbonix is a drop-in electrode technology that significantly improves battery performance, cost, energy density, and sustainability, while eliminating harmful solvents like NMP. Top Material develops and manufactures next-generation cathode materials such as LFP, NMC, LMNO, and LMRO, produced through eco-friendly processe...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/28

(MOU) with Wanhua Chemical Battery Technology Co., Ltd. to localize the supply chain of battery cathode materials in Europe. This collaboration aims to establish a comprehensive supply and technical partnership covering products such as LFP cathode materials, PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) binders, NMP (N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone) solvents, etc. Under the agreement, the parties express their intention to cooperate on LFP and other high-quality raw ma...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/09

to deliver over 70,000 tons of electrolytic solutions to CATL. It also aims to supply electrolytes and electrolytic solutions for sodium-ion batteries in the future. Enchem is also expanding its partnership with CATL in the European and US markets. In Europe, Enchem was named a supplier of recycled NMP for a battery plant in Debrecen, Hungary, which is currently under construction by CATL. In response to this, Enchem is building a new factory in ...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/09

dia sources reported that a South Korean electrolyte manufacturer, Enchem Co., Ltd., will participate in the China International Battery Fair (CIBF) 2025, a secondary battery exhibition in Shenzhen, China, from May 15 to 17, 2025. At this event, the company plans to introduce electrolytes, recycled NMP, carbon nanotube (CNT) slurry, and battery packs. -Enchem currently has factories in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, and Zaozhuang, Shandong, China, and is...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/27

ACC begins equipment testing at second Billy-Berclau Gigafactory unit, France On May 21, ACC announced that the construction of the second unit at the Billy-Berclau Gigafactory (BBD2) in France is moving quickly. The first two mixing rooms are still being set up, while in the coating area, a walkway has been added to support large pipes for the NMP evaporation system, located next to the cathode furnace lines. A key milestone was reached in late ...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/23

South Korea’s Enchem to set up production base in France Several South Korean media sources reported that South Korea’s electrolyte manufacturer, Enchem Co. Ltd., plans to set up a production site in France. The company will build an electrolyte plant with an annual output of 175,000 tons and an NMP (N-Methylpyrrolidone) recycling plant with an annual output of 20,000 tons in Dunkerque, France. It plans to complete the construction of the ele...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/15

Billy-Berclau/ Douvrin by 2026. The plant's first block was launched in May 2023 which produced a capacity of 13 GWh. Equans France leads the consortium handling anhydrous rooms and terminal distribution of fluids at the plant. Equans leverages patented technology to control N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) vapors, aiding lithium-ion battery cathode production. They focus on recovering and recycling substances to reduce environmental impact and enhan...

News  Updated at: 2024/03/29

al applications and market opportunities of IBUvolt 402 in a company announcement and video address on January 29, 2024. IBU-tec anticipates that the new product will be a driver of sustainable growth, thus strategically expanding its range of LFP battery materials, particularly in the wet coating (NMP coating) of battery electrodes, focusing on automotive applications. Additionally, IBU-tec will provide a comprehensive report on further market p...

News  Updated at: 2024/01/18

to 330 square meters. It can now produce new suspension samples tailored to customer requests for quality control tests and deliver samples within a remarkable 1 to 2-week timeframe. The industrial-grade high-pressure homogenizer can carry out up to 300 kg/batch TUBALLTM BATT H20 and TUBALLTM BATT NMP suspension production trials. This batch size aligns with the volumes required for testing by its partners to develop new Li-ion batteries, partic...

News  Updated at: 2023/12/06

ubstance on the ground around equipment in the plant's mixing department.Mixing operations will remain paused until the area "has been inspected for damage and deemed safe," according to Ultium, but it remains unclear how the stoppage will impact production.The slurry contained n-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP), according to OSHA, a solvent used to dissolve polymer that combines battery materials such as lithium, aluminum, nickel and manganese for use in...

News  Updated at: 2023/08/23

project is scheduled to be running by 2025 Q4. 90% of the water demand in the production phase will be covered by using purified wastewater for cooling towers and technological purposes as well. Sunwoda undertook to operate with a lower emission threshold in connection with chemical components like NMP, Cobalt, and Nickel which is required by the laws of Hungary. To ensure sustainable operation, it is installing BAT (best available technology) at...

News  Updated at: 2023/07/27

e electrode technology for EV lithium-ion batteries, which targets improvements in EV battery cost, efficiency, and sustainability.Nanoramic's Neocarbonix at the Core is an electrode technology platform for cathode and anode designed for high-throughput manufacturing free of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) solvent, enabling batteries with lower cost per kilowatt-hour (kWh) and excellent performance. Neocarbonix achieves this by replacing conventiona...

News  Updated at: 2023/04/21

lly friendly production of modern G/NMCA cells. It can now reduce the cobalt content in NMCA as cathode material from 20 to 5% and manufacture electrodes using an environmentally friendly water-based process. In doing so, Leclanché completely dispenses the use of the highly toxic organic solvents (NMP) that are otherwise common in the production process. Water binder-based NMCA (nickel-manganese-cobalt-aluminum oxide) cathodes are easier to disp...

News  Updated at: 2023/01/25

for solvent recovery. Dürr’s Sorpt.X LC technology ensures over 95% of the recovered solvent can be reused at the required quality. Dürr’s Sorpt.X LC solvent recovery system removes solvents from the exhaust air of electrode coating systems while recovering the heat and 99.9 percent of the NMP contained therein. Thanks to Dürr’s technology, the solvent concentration in the air emitted to the atmosphere is only 1 mg/m3. (From a press r...

News  Updated at: 2022/12/16

ery cells are manufactured in its production facility located in Willstätt, Germany. The company’s new non-flammable cells will be available for production beginning in the first quarter of 2023. Electrodes are manufactured in a water-based process, rather than by using organic solvents such as NMP, resulting in a significantly reduced environmental impact and a lower carbon footprint. Leclanché’s electrodes produced with the water-based m...

News  Updated at: 2022/07/04

PPG and Cellforce Group to develop sustainable battery solutions On January 13,  PPG  announced that it has partnered with Cellforce Group, which is a joint venture between Porsche and  CUSTOMCELLS, to develop exclusive sustainable battery cell solutions to better serve the electric vehicle and mobility segment. PPG will supply cathode binder systems, which are free of N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP) solvent, to the Cellforce Group. The collaboratio...

News  Updated at: 2022/01/14

er important benefits. PPG will exhibit next-generation thermal gap fillers, dielectric coatings and battery fire protection products at the Novi exhibition, as well as discuss the development and validation of a modern cathode binder that eliminates the need for the solvent N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP).PPG’s NMP-free binder reduces risk to workers, enables faster production, and provides equal or better battery performance than traditional bin...

News  Updated at: 2021/09/03