issions Engineering Plastic Seal Steal Seal Ring Millimetre order carbon nanotubes Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Rubber Composites CNT dispersion for LIB Development of nanoporous Materials Cylinder Liner Piston Ring Valve seat/Valve Guide Nanoporous Materials Long Length Nanotube and its applications Ionic Liquid/Cylindrical Battery/Powerbinder Milliwave Radar Cover "RADOME" Various Rubber Parts Thermoplastic (CFRP) Engineering Plastic Seal Ring En...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2026/03/20

itachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. will supply 5,000 W/kg high output power density prismatic lithium-ion battery cells to General Motors Company, LLC (GM). The cells will be mounted on the Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid to be launched by GM in 2016. These cells employ heat resistant separators to ensure the ionic conductivity between the positive and negative electrodes, achieving both high output power density and safety. In addition to this, GM chose th...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2026/02/19

Ionic Technologies, Northern Ireland secures UK Grant for magnet recycling plant On January 27, Ionic Rare Earths Limited (IonicRE) wholly owned subsidiary Ionic Technologies received GBP 12 million capital grant from the UK Government’s DRIVE35 program to support its planned magnet recycling plant in Belfast, UK, with a capacity of 400 tonnes per year. DRIVE35 supports the industrialisation of zero-emission vehicle technologies and is funded ...

News  Updated at: 2026/01/27

the real vehicle testing phase for all-solid-state batteries. Lasting 470 days, the prototype project achieved phased breakthroughs across key links. The 66Ah cells of the verified FAW Hongqi all-solid-state battery successfully passed an extreme thermal abuse test, delivering a sulfide electrolyte ionic conductivity that exceeds the industry’s high threshold of 10mS/cm. In recent years, FAW Group has been increasing investment in the R&D of al...

News  Updated at: 2026/01/23

in 2024 Ford to invest GBP 230 million to transform Halewood plant in UK Ford investing 150 million GBP in Halewood, UK plant for future electric vehicles Ford to restructure its business in Europe, to cut 3,800 jobs Ford releases statement on EV tariffs of UK-EU trade and cooperation agreement Ionic Technologies, Ford, Less Common Metals partner on rare earth metals for Halewood EV drive production On December 3, Ford started production of n...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/23

an industry-academia collaboration in four areas: lithium metal batteries, all solid-state batteries, BMS (battery management systems), and battery process technology.   In the development of all-solid-state batteries, the company has partnered with the American companies Factorial Energy Inc. and Ionic Materials, Inc. (investment by Hyundai Cradle), and plans to begin production in 2027.   In the hydrogen sector, after the launch of the heavy-...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/01

he first in the industry to be ready for the large-scale production of automotive-grade all-solid-state batteries with a capacity of over 60Ah. The GAC Group in-house developed high-capacity all-solid-state battery delivers an energy density exceeding 400Wh/kg and a solid-state electrolyte material ionic conductivity exceeding 10mS/cm. The automaker also developed a high-tenacity sulfide all-solid-state electrolyte membrane and, through dry elect...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/26

as’ position as the only commercial producer of both Light and Heavy Rare Earths outside China, supporting key industries such as electric vehicles, electronics, and clean energy. The plant will have a processing capacity of up to 5,000 tons per year, using feedstock from Mt Weld in Australia and ionic clay deposits in Malaysia. Construction, pending regulatory approval, will proceed in phases, with first samarium (Sm) production expected in Ap...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/30

thium-metal batteries-Several South Korean media sources reported that SK On Co., Ltd. succeeded in developing the solid polymer electrolyte (SIPE) for lithium metal batteries in collaboration with the research team from the University of Texas, the U.S. The SIPE has increased the room-temperature ionic conductivity by about ten times compared to existing polymer electrolytes and has nearly quintupled the lithium-ion transference rate. It also p...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/09/30

deterioration such as due to poisoning, and the sensor can be used even under harsh conditions. Solid-state battery with improved performance using oxide electrolyte (under development). Oxide electrolytes have lower risk of hydrogen sulfide generation due to reaction than sulfide electrolytes. The ionic conductivity has been raised to the highest level with oxide electrolytes, and are expected to be used as a separator for solid-state batteries ...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/09/02

ct discovery with rare earth grades of up to 41.3% Total Rare Earth Oxides. The asset includes high grades of heavy rare earth elements used in high-performance magnets. Alpha and Constellation Projects (Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil): The project has over 1 billion tons of high-grade, large-scale ionic clay rare earth mineralization, including heavy rare earths dysprosium and terbium used in high-performance permanent magnets. Homer Project (Go...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/22

August 8, ProLogium Technology, in a social media update, announced that it will present its "Superfluid All Inorganic Solid-State Lithium Battery" technology platform at IAA Mobility 2025. The technology will demonstrate a duperfluidized all-inorganic solid-state electrolyte with industry-leading ionic conductivity and dual safety mechanisms, all-ceramic separator architecture, and high-efficiency all-composite silicon anode enabling higher ene...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/13

EMR Group joins CirculaREEconomy consortium to advance rare-earth magnet recycling for EVs On July 31, EMR Group joined the GBP 11 million CirculaREEconomy (CREEM) consortium, led by Ionic Technologies, Ireland, to help build advanced circular supply chains for rare-earth magnets. The goal is to recover and reuse magnets from old EVs in a scalable and sustainable way. CREEM is part of the UK’s GBP 2.5 billion DRIVE35 campaign.  With an invest...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/01

s subsidiary in China to build new plant to increase production of powdered metallurgy products Hitachi Chemical and IME to collaborate on joint research of material technologies for thin wafer processing Hitachi Chemical to maintain patents for oilless sintered bearings Hitachi Chemical invests in Ionic Materials for solid-state batteries Hitachi Chemical acquires license of electrolyte material from U.S. startup Thai Storage Battery restructure...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/07/28

has successfully completed verification at its Yokohama Technical Center (Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City). This method also facilitates the use of recycled materials. Sulfide electrolytes are considered promising materials for all-solid-state batteries used in electric vehicles (EV) due to their high ionic conductivity. The conventional production method has proved challenging in terms of the limited amount of electrolytes that can be produced at o...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/07/28

Ionic Technologies, Ireland secures UK government funding to lead rare earth supply chain project On July 14, Ionic Rare Earths Limited (IonicRE) announced that its subsidiary, Ionic Technologies, has received UK Government funding for the next three years through the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK’s (APC) Collaborate programme. This funding will help build a sustainable and independent UK supply chain for rare earth permanent magnets (REPM). Io...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/15

ding the shares in the energy efficiency improvement market through research in multi-level energy use and management by setting up underground energy storage systems. (From media reports on March 27, 2019) On June 24, 2019, Wanxiang's subsidiary, A123 System, and an advanced material manufacturer, Ionic Materials, said that their development of all-solid-state batteries had made significant progress. The two company are developing batteries with...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/07/08

business relating to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Since demand for LIBs is increasing for electrified vehicles and energy storage systems (ESSs) for data centers, the company intends to expand patent licensing to Japanese and overseas battery manufactures. The company licenses patents owned by MU Ionic Solutions Corporation, its subsidiary in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, relating to difluorophosphate-based cathode interfacial control technology. The te...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/03

The condensed-type battery is a lithium-ion battery developed by CATL. A condensed type battery is composed of a large number of particles with strong interactions between them. Unlike the liquid electrolyte in ordinary lithium-ion batteries, the electrolyte in condensed batteries is a high-output bionic condensed electrolyte. In addition, a self-adaptive mesh structure at the micrometer level is constructed, enhancing the stability of the micros...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/12

license agreement with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) on the subsidiary’s lithium-ion batteries (LIB)-related technology. In anticipation of the widespread use of electric vehicles (EVs), Mitsubishi Chemical aims for expanded use of the subsidiary’s LIB-related patents. MU Ionic Solutions Corporation (MUIS, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical involved in the development, production, and sales of ele...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/05/19