stries. During the year, it introduced a next-generation auxiliary battery for electric vehicles and made enhancements to enhanced flooded battery (EFB) and absorbent glass mat (AGM) technologies for hybrid vehicle applications. Other technical work included the development of a custom polyethylene separator, a revised alloy for four-wheeler batteries, and an improved negative electrode additive designed to enhance battery performance. The compan...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/22

LG Chem to re-postpone acquisition of additional stake in Hungarian JV LG Chem Ltd. (LG Chem) announced it will postpone the acquisition of the shares in its joint venture in Hungary from June 30, 2025, to December 19, 2025. In June 2022, the South Korean company jointly set up LG Toray Hungary Battery Separator Kft. with Toray Industries, Inc. from Japan on a 50:50 basis. The JV produces secondary battery separator films and delivers them to the...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/07

INV New Material Technology launches ASEAN’s first Li-ion battery separator facility in Malaysia Announced on June 28, 2025, INV New Material Technology Sdn Bhd, the first Malaysian subsidiary of Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co., Ltd., has established a lithium-ion battery separator facility in Penang, the first of its kind in ASEAN. This MYR 3.2 billion investment marks a major milestone, positioning Malaysia as the region’s largest p...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/01

QuantumScape announces Cobra separator process enters baseline production On June 25, QuantumScape Corp., the San Jose, California-based leader in next-gen solid-state lithium-metal battery technology, announced a major milestone in the scale-up of its production capabilities: the successful integration of its advanced Cobra separator process into baseline cell production, bringing its technology closer to commercialization. Cobra forms the found...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/26

owerful Z-folder technology for cell assembly with integrated notching. The Activated Dry Electrode process uses a dry powder mix pressed into a film and laminated onto collector foil, eliminating the need for drying and solvent recovery. GROB’s new Z-folders, with integrated notching and precise separator handling, improve performance in less space. A high-quality electrode magazine buffer ensures 95% system availability. A process developed b...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/05

t manufacturers and battery makers. Signed in Q1 2025 and worth over EUR 150 million in net sales, the long-term contracts reflect Syensqo's focus on innovation, and customer partnerships. Solef PVDF, a thermoplastic fluoropolymer, plays a crucial role in lithium-ion batteries by providing superior separator-electrode adhesion and binder performance. The volumes will be delivered from Syensqo’s plant in Tavaux, France, using its suspension PVDF...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/16

Asahi Kasei to begin separator production at JV plant with Honda in FY2027 as scheduled On May 13, in response to Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda)’s announcement about the decision to postpone an electric vehicle (EV) production project in Canada for two years, Asahi Kasei Corporation (Asahi Kasei)’s public relations department commented about a new plant that the two companies will jointly establish to manufacture separators for lithium-ion bat...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/15

art-up company that works on next-generation solid-state lithium-metal battery technology for electric vehicles (EVs). They plan to pursue initiatives for high-volume manufacturing of ceramic film used in battery technology. A solid-state lithium-metal battery is a battery that replaces the polymer separator with a solid-state separator. This design enables a lithium-metal anode to be used, which is more energy dense than conventional anodes, all...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/30

Asahi Kasei to raise material division operating profit in FY2030 by 60% with the opening of new separator plant Asahi Kasei Corporation (Asahi Kasei) aims to generate an operating profit of JPY 135 billion in FY2030 in the Material sector, including separators for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). It means a 60% increase from its prospect for FY2024, which was JPY 82.3 billion. In cooperation with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda), the company is buildi...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/11

LG Chem to boost separator plant efficiency in Cheongju, South Korea Several South Korean media sources reported that LG Chem Ltd. (LG Chem) is reallocating staff at its separator plant in Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do. The company plans to discontinue operating low-speed production lines to reallocate workers to high-speed production lines in the first half of 2025, aiming to improve production efficiency. This action appears to be taken in res...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/08

Tesla’s, since silicon is considered key material to boost energy density. They also found differences in how quickly each battery can charge or discharge relative to its capacity. The study found that BYD’s blade cell uses a special method to keep anodes and cathodes in place by laminating the separator edges, while Tesla’s battery uses a new binder to hold electrode materials together. The batteries also had some similarities, they used ...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/10

InterBattery 2025 held in Seoul from May 5 to 7, 2025. The group will set up their exhibits in the following three zones: Battery Material Solutions, EV Platform Solutions, and Next Generation Technologies. The exhibits in the Battery Material Solutions zone include the followings: Lotte Chemical's separator materials, organic solvents for electrolytes, and primer coating liquid; Lotte Energy Materials' ultra-thin and ultra-drawn high-end copper ...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/06

SK ie technology to strengthen partnership with Gotion High-tech for EV separator supply South Korea’s SK ie technology Co., Ltd. announced that it has agreed to strengthen its cooperation with a Chinese battery manufacturer, Gotion High-tech Co. Ltd., regarding the supply of electric vehicle (EV) battery separators. SK ie technology has already begun testing the supply of separators at Gotion High-tech’s battery plant. Once the separator sup...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/04

e U.S., or even disrupt the global economy. Mr. Atsushi Shimizu, Executive Officer of Ahresty Corporation, a major aluminum die casting supplier, said, “The Mexican business will be affected first by the tariff policy.” Asahi Kasei Corporation, which plans to establish a new lithium-ion battery separator plant in Canada in the second half of 2027, has started considering the possibilities of selling off in-vehicle batteries produced in Canada...

News  Updated at: 2025/02/18

e collaboration aims to revolutionize the lithium extraction and battery markets. Saint-Gobain Ceramics will also help in scaling Pure Lithium’s flexible lithium conducting membrane technology for next-generation lithium metal battery applications, which will serve as both a solid electrolyte and separator in a lithium metal battery. (From a press release dated January 15, 2025)...

News  Updated at: 2025/01/22

km (40 miles) per day and over 16,093 km (10,000 miles) per year. The solar EV features a lightweight carbon fiber structure and no-welding assembly. LG Energy Solution's cylindrical batteries utilize high-quality NCMA cathodes enhanced with aluminum and LGES’s proprietary SRS (Safety Reinforced Separator) with a ceramic coating. LG Energy Solution has consistently made advancements in cylindrical battery technology, and by 2026, aims to signi...

News  Updated at: 2025/01/11

just 4 minutes for 60% capacity and 6 minutes for 80%. It excels in extreme cold, with 2–3 times the ionic conductivity of traditional liquid batteries at room temperature. ProLogium's fully inorganic electrolyte is inherently non-flammable, even under extreme heat or voltage. ProLogium's ceramic separator and advanced wet film coating technology deliver three times the thermal conductivity of traditional liquid batteries. Large-format cell des...

News  Updated at: 2025/01/08

SEMCORP Hungary Kft. wins orders for lithium battery separators SEMCORP Hungary Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság (SEMCORP Hungary Kft.), a holding subsidiary of Yunnan Energy New Material Co., Ltd. (SEMCORP), signed a lithium battery separator material supply agreement with Ultium Cells LLC. Ultium Cells LLC will purchase lithium battery separators worth up to USD 66.25 million from SEMCORP Hungary Kft. from January 1 to December 31, 2025. Th...

News  Updated at: 2025/01/06

of them cannot be used in real-life applications due to inherent fundamental flaws. The ‘anode-free’ (AF) battery is one of these. Its major problem is that dendrites will form on the anode-side current collector over many charge and discharge cycles. They will cross through the electrolyte and separator, which will eventually cause a short circuit. American startup, Our Next Energy, has proposed a method of making anode-free cells usable. Th...

News  Updated at: 2024/12/20

QuantumScape releases next-gen solid-state battery separator process, Cobra On December 5, QuantumScape Corp. announced that next-gen heat treatment equipment for its separator production process, Cobra, has been developed, delivered, installed and released for initial separator processing. Achieving this milestone puts the company on track to deliver higher-volume samples of its first planned commercial product, QSE-5, in 2025, and is a major st...

News  Updated at: 2024/12/06