irect oil cooling using cooling oil Display panel of direct oil cooling Display of material compatibility evaluation of oils for e-Axles Display panel for e-Axle oil   The e-Axle fluid must meet a variety of requirements, including motor cooling, gear lubrication, and insulation.   Also, since copper is used in the energized part of the motor, it is important to consider the aggressiveness towards copper, and it is necessary to select a mate...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/11

new plant for ADAS products was also built in Korea. 15 16 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 17,918 17,957 ・Although sales volume of wire harnesses fell below the previous fiscal year’s level, mainly in China, revenue increased 5.3% y/y due to the effects of the weak Japanese yen and rising copper prices.・ The company enhanced connector production for Chinese OEMs. By FY2027, production capacity will be increased to approximately double...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/02

The E-parts business began around 2000, supplying parts for all three major components of hybrid vehicle systems (batteries, motors, and inverters). Battery components include cathode terminals, current collecting plates, attachment plates, aluminum cases, aluminum current collecting terminals, and copper current collecting terminals. Motor parts include motor rotor end plates, bus rings, and other parts. Busbars are wiring components that occupy...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/24

xle/motors for small mobility use a high-density winding method (Fβwinding) developed by TOP in collaboration with the Fukui Prefectural Industrial Technology Center.   The coils of concentrated winding motors swell due to spring back, which reduces the space factor, but with the Fβwinding, flat copper wire is bent into a butterfly shape using a method that utilizes eyeglass frame processing technology, and then stacked to produce a high-densi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/16

obstacle even if the accelerator is fully depressed when the vehicle is stopped 1 to 1.5 meters in front of an obstacle, or will be slower than 8 kilometers per hour when it hits an obstacle. Warning messages such as "Please release the accelerator" will be displayed on the in-car display. U.S. Copper-free friction materials regulations in 2021 Friction material products that do not contain copper fibers have been released from each company. ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/29

taxes on imports from China to 125%.   Exempted items   (1) Items subject to 50 USC 1702(b) (including items for personal use, humanitarian aid, and other specific categories defined by law)   (2) Steel/aluminum products already subject to Section 232 tariffs, automobiles/automotive parts   (3) Copper, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, wood products   (4) All items with the potential to be subject to future Section 232 tariffs   (5) Bullion ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/02

ets The N-pole limit of the stator magnetic field has been improved overall, reducing NVH (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness) by 5dB. 6-pole, 72-slot, 10-layer, short pitch winding It is exploring performance optimization solutions through AI simulation technology. The 10-layer had the lowest total copper consumption, 11% less than the 6-layer. Also, short pitch winding design solutions have increased maximum output by 11%. Copper wire high vol...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/23

S or ESC, brake fluid piping, fluid, etc. are no longer needed, resulting in efficient use of vehicle space, reduced vehicle maintenance load, and lower costs. On the other hand, to accommodate panic braking, a powerful inverter is required, which is a factor in increasing costs.   U.S. In 2021, copper-free regulations for friction materialsAll companies are releasing products that eliminate copper fibers and other materials. The regulations i...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/03/21

all-solid-state lithium-ion batteriesDisplay panel for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries   Chuetsu Metal Works: Magnesium storage battery Exhibit of prototype magnesium storage battery and ribbonsMagnesium storage battery display panel Chuetsu Metal Works Co., Ltd., which handles copper alloy casting products, exhibited magnesium storage batteries. Magnesium storage batteries are attracting attention as one of the next-generat...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/28

ear cutting process by utilizing split flow forming, and although the material had a gear shape, honing and grinding were required as finishing processes for the tooth surfaces.   Unipres also exhibited other e-Axle-related products such as thick busbars and hollow shafts.   The thick busbars are copper and aluminum busbars of approximately 5mm to 12mm that have been precisely formed and sheared, and feature a unique manufacturing process that ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/02/27

work and is an energy and information aggregation point that integrates three networks (energy, transportation, and information). It is required to have a high level of safety and to establish a complete life cycle management mechanism. Connection To ensure the safety of power distribution lines, copper-core cables are used and strict implementation of Chinese national standards (GB) is given priority. At the same time, quality control of const...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/01/14

/Photo: Copyright © BASF SE)   In April 2024, a base metal refinery prototype plant started its operation, processing end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, and battery production scrap.   This will facilitate the optimal recovery of valuable metals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and copper when scaling up the technology.   BASF is committed to further developing and scaling up its metal refining technology, with the goal of estab...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/12/10

ontinues to grow, the application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and new magnetic nanomaterials is gaining attention. Carbon nanotubes have the properties of high conductivity and light weight. It is expected that in the future, this material will gradually be used in motor coils instead of traditional copper wires, significantly reducing energy losses and motor mass, thereby improving motor operating efficiency. Other applications of hard magnetic n...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/28

ince 1982, the company has been selling wet brake assemblies for agricultural tractors and forklifts. Its market share is high. The company also has a proven track record in wet clutches, such as fluid retarders for heavy-duty trucks (1996 ~ 2007). Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. Not applicable ― 1949: Copper-based sintered alloy type The main product is copper-based sintered (high surface pressure specification). Since only 1/4 the number of sheets...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/21

VOLKSWAGEN HAS BEEN RECYCLING SINCE 2021   A pioneer in recycling is Volkswagen Group Components. It opened the first plant for recycling high-voltage electric car batteries in Salzgitter in 2021. The aim was to recover valuable raw materials such as lithium, nickel, manganese, cobalt, aluminum, copper, and plastic in a closed cycle with a recovery rate of more than 90 %.   The plant in Salzgitter is used exclusively for recycling batteries...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/19

mprehensive Utilization Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on August 14, 2024. The annual amount of waste drive batteries for cascade use by a cascade user company shall not be less than 60% of the actual amount of waste drive batteries collected. The recovery rate of copper and aluminum by recycling companies shall be 98% or higher; the recovery rate of lithium by the refining process shall be 90% or higher; the re...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/05

H & Co. KG (Precitec), headquartered in Germany, is a company that deals with equipment in the fields of laser technology and optical measurement. The company exhibited laser welding and inspection products that can be used in the manufacturing process of battery packs and motors. Laser welding of copper and aluminum for electric vehicle components such as battery packs presents many challenges due to their high reflectivity and thermal conducti...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/29

anese, cobalt, nickel, iron phosphate, etc.) is applied to a current collector (aluminum foil) using a binder (mixed with powdered active material, acts as an adhesive). Negative electrode (anode)A highly conductive carbon-based material (graphite, lithium titanate, etc.) is applied to a collector (copper foil). SeparatorA microporous membrane made of polyolefin compounds (polyethylene, polypropylene, etc.) having fine holes of 1μm or less. The ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/18

h America (Jan. 2024) Hyundai Ioniq 5 Teardown: Electric Powertrain (Sep. 2023) Hyundai to sell 1.87 million EVs a year by 2030 (Mar. 2023)Korea Next Gen Mobility Technology Expo 2022: Electrification Technology (Dec. 2022) Korea Next Gen Mobility Technology Expo 2024  exhibition reports CASTMAN: Copper cast rotors, copper die-cast heat sinks   CASTMAN Co., Ltd., known for featuring salt-core applied aluminum high-pressure die casting and copp...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/10

ethod improves material yield) Taiyo Kogyo Corporation, which carries out the manufacturing, stamping, machining, surface treatment processing, etc., proposed improving material yield by giving the electrode components of high current circuits a twisted shape. High-current electrode parts such as copper or aluminum busbar connections have a large expanded material area when subjected to conventional bending processing, but by bending the parts ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/09/30