Battery Day 2021

ANSYS Inc, is the leading provider of engineering simulation solutions at the heart of the disruptive innovations shaping the future of the transportation and mobility industry. Engineering simulation is the only way to deliver the safer, more sustainable electric, connected and autonomous transportation and mobility experiences of the future. Building on a foundation of core vehicle engineering solutions – from aerodynamics to lighting to lightweighting and crash simulation – Ansys’ software is enabling the industry to bring innovation to market faster, at lower cost and risk and with greater product quality. Companies across the automotive ecosystem, from global OEMs to start-ups rely on Ansys to engineer what’s ahead.

Founded in 1970, Ansys employs globally nearly 4,900 professionals. Our engineers are experts in their fields including finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, semiconductor, electronics and electromagnetics, optics, systems and software, multidisciplinary design optimization, materials and digital mission engineering. Headquartered south of Pittsburgh, USA, the company has more than 75 global locations and a network of channel partners around the world.

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Value added stage: Tier 1 for battery materials; OEM, Tier 1, 2, 3, Aftermarket for other BASF products

BASF company profile:

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. More than 117,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions.”

BASF Battery Materials Business:

BASF is a leading cathode active material (CAM) supplier to battery producers for electrified vehicles around the world. Research and development activities combined with acquisitions have delivered a unique technology portfolio for lithium-ion batteries. As part of its long-term battery materials strategy, BASF will continue to work with partners in the industrial and scientific communities to develop innovative materials, processes and technologies for current and next-generation lithium-ion batteries and future battery systems.

Die BLB ist ein Forschungszentrum der TU Braunschweig. Im Zentrum steht eine transdisziplinäre Forschungsplattform für die Entwicklung von Produktionsprozessen sowie Diagnose- und Simulationsmethoden aktueller Lithium-Ionen-Batterien und zukünftiger Batterietechnologien wie Festkörperbatterien und Lithium-Schwefel-Batterien. Die BLB vereint 13 Professuren von drei Universitäten (Braunschweig, Clausthal, Hannover) sowie Batteriefachleute der PTB und führt die notwendigen Kompetenzen entlang der Wertschöpfungskette für elektrochemische Batteriespeicher in Niedersachsen zusammen.

Bühler offers a wide range of solutions for the crucial process steps in LIB cell production. They include continuous twin-screw electrode slurry mixers and solutions for wet grinding active materials and precursors. Our innovative process solutions are designed to reduce costs and increase yields.

 Celanese Corporation is a global chemical leader in the production of differentiated chemistry solutions and specialty materials used in most major industries and consumer applications. Our businesses use the full breadth of Celanese’s global chemistry, technology and commercial expertise to create value for our customers, employees, shareholders and the corporation. As we partner with our customers to solve their most critical business needs, we strive to make a positive impact on our communities and the world through The Celanese Foundation. Based in Dallas, Celanese employs approximately 7,700 employees worldwide and had 2019 net sales of $6.3 billion. For more information about Celanese Corporation and its product offerings, visit www.celanese.com or our blog at www.celaneseblog.com 

As an international, London headquartered, green tech company, Circulor is the most mature and leading solution to track raw materials in supply chains from source to manufacture and into recycling. Clients such as CATL, LG Chem & Energy Solutions, Volvo, Daimler, Polestar, Finnish Mineral Group and Vulcan Energy Resources shows Circulor’s traceability solution is applied industry wide in the world’s most complex and global supply chains. Circulor ensures responsible business practices without exploitation of people and our planet.

Die Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler in CENIDE bilden ein interdisziplinäres Netzwerk kreativer Köpfe, das die fächerübergreifende Zusammenarbeit fördert und hilft, die Lücke zwischen akademischer Grundlagenforschung und industrieller Umsetzung zu überbrücken.

CENIDE koordiniert und fördert den wissenschaftlichen Fortschritt in Chemie, Physik, den Ingenieurwissenschaften, Biologie und Medizin mit Schwerpunkt auf:

• Katalyse
• Dynamische Prozesse in Festkörpern
• Gasphasensynthese von Nanomaterialien
• Magnetische Materialien
• Nanomaterialien für die Gesundheit
• Nanotechnologie in Energieanwendungen

CENIDE bietet Zugang zu modernster Infrastruktur, wie dem einzigartigen Forschungsgebäude NanoEnergieTechnikZentrum (NETZ) und dem Interdisciplinary Center for Analytics on the Nanoscale (ICAN). CENIDE unterstützt seine Mitglieder und Partner aus Wissenschaft und Industrie dabei, Forschungskooperationen zu etablieren und zu koordinieren. Das inspirierende Forschungsumfeld zieht High Potentials an und bietet Studierenden und jungen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern eine ideale Basis für ihre weitere Entwicklung.

CUSTOMCELLS® is one of the world’s leading companies in the development and production of special lithium-ion battery cells. At its sites in Itzehoe (Schleswig-Holstein – Germany) and Tübingen (Baden-Württemberg – Germany), CUSTOMCELLS® develops and produces application-specific battery cells from prototypes to small and medium series – Made in Germany.

On the basis of flexible manufacturing concepts and state-of-the-art research and production facilities, CUSTOMCELLS® guarantees high-tech solutions for special applications and tailor-made development and production of electrodes, electrolytes, battery cells and battery modules, depending on the customer’s requirements profile. CUSTOMCELLS® has set itself the target of fully meeting the diverse and individual requirements and expectations of its customers with the highest standards of state-of-the-art technology. This results in the aspiration for a high product and work quality. CUSTOMCELLS® lithium-ion energy storage systems are optimized at the chemical, battery and battery module levels. The result: Considerable performance advantages.

Dorey Converting Systems is the exclusive European and American partner of the Taiwanese manufacturer of high precision cutting/laminating systems with its headquarter and service department in Châtillon-St-Jean/France and sales office in Frankfurt/Main. The company designs and distributes customised systems that are suitable for the production of a wide range of complex multilayer parts. The systems can be equipped with laser units and integrate other process components such as printing, ultrasonic, welding systems to inspection devices to name a few.

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The DRÄXLMAIER Group supplies premium automobile manufacturers worldwide with complex wiring harness systems, central electrical and electronic components, exclusive interiors, and battery systems for electric mobility. The DRÄXLMAIER Group develops pioneering wiring harness technology as well as electrical and electronic components, all directly in-house. These include multi-voltage and high-voltage wiring harness systems, battery management systems, and intelligent power distributors. DRÄXLMAIER is working on the future of emission-free mobility with its solution for low-voltage and high-voltage battery systems. As a market leader for interior systems in premium automobiles, the DRÄXLMAIER Group also supplies premium automobile manufacturers with ambient lighting, center consoles, door panels and instrument panels, as well as complete door and cockpit modules.

The DRÄXLMAIER Group is an international automotive supplier with about 65 sites in over 20 countries. In 2020, the DRÄXLMAIER Group generated sales of 4.2 billion euro. Customers of this member of the Top 100 Automotive Suppliers include Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Porsche and Volkswagen, as well as Californian automotive manufacturers.

Dürr Megtec is a leading global supplier of comprehensive turnkey solutions for producing battery electrode coated materials. We are a single-source machinery OEM that can meet the broadest range of electrode production requirements. Our capabilities cover the entire electrode production line, incl. coating, drying as well as solvent recovery and purification.

Dürr Megtec is a brand of Dürr, an internationally operating supplier in the automotive and environmental industry. Dürr is positioning itself as a supplier of production technology and is expanding its market access to battery manufacturers through a cooperation with Techno Smart, a leading Japanese manufacturer of coating systems.

Eurobattery Minerals AB is a Swedish mining company listed on NGM Nordic SME (BAT) and Börse Stuttgart (EBM). As the foundation of the battery value chain the company’s vision is to help Europe become self-sufficient in ethical and fully traceable battery minerals for the electric vehicle industry. The company is focused on exploration and development of several nickel-cobalt-copper projects in Europe to supply sustainably mined raw materials critical to the rapidly growing battery market.
Please visit www.eurobatteryminerals.com for more information.

Value-added stage: Explorer, developer, supplier

Business division: We are exploring and mining ethical sourced and fully traceable minerals for the electric revolution. Eurobattery Minerals prospects and develops projects exclusively in Europe, with focus on nickel, cobalt, copper and rare erth elements. We are present in Germany, Sweden, Finland and Spain where we own several mining licenses.

Product/service focus: More than 30 experts work in ongoing projects in Finland, Spain and Sweden. Our vision is to help Europe become self-sufficient in ethical and fully traceable battery minerals. This makes us the foundation of the battery value chain and an important supplier for the electromobility market.

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Evonik is one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals. We go far beyond chemistry to create innovative, profitable and sustainable solutions for customers. More than 32,000 employees work together for a common purpose: We want to improve life, day by day. We are specialty chemistry. We go beyond chemistry because tomorrow’s specialty chemistry must be capable of more than chemistry.

Leading beyond chemistry. To improve life, today and tomorrow.

 About Specialty Additives

The Specialty Additives division combines the businesses of versatile additives and high-performance crosslinkers. They make end products more valuable, more durable, save more energy and simply better. As formulation experts in fast growing markets such as coatings, mobility, infrastructure and consumer goods, Specialty Additives combines small input with a big effect. Specialty Additives is part of Evonik Operations GmbH. With its 3,700 employees the division generated sales of around €3.4 billion in 2019.

Faradion is bringing to market sodium-ion technology. The company was founded on the premise that sodium-ion batteries are cheaper and safer than lithium-ion, with a higher energy density and a wider operating temperature range than other batteries. With this combination of cost, safety and performance Faradion’s sodium-ion batteries are now being manufactured by our licensees and partners to demonstrate the benefits of the technology in real-world applications.

Sodium-ion batteries are recognised as a key part of the solution for cheaper, cleaner energy provision. Our patented chemistry delivers a high performance, safe and cost-effective battery solution for key applications, such as transportation, storage, back-up power and energy in remote locations. We have developed a strategic, wide-reaching and extensive IP portfolio, and we’re working with licensees and manufacturing partners to bring exciting new products to market.

Farasis was founded in California in 2002 and is a publicly traded manufacturer of Li-ion cells, modules and battery systems for automotive and industrial applications.

Farasis currently employs more than 4,000 people worldwide and operates research and development centers in the United States, China and Germany.

There are two manufacturing plants in Ganzhou and Zhenjiang (China), a third manufacturing site in Bitterfeld-Wolfen (Saxony-Anhalt) is under construction.

Wertschöpfungsstufe

Engineering-Partner.

Geschäftsbereiche

Automotive, Forschung & Entwicklung, Engineering-Partner.

Produkt- / Dienstleistungs-Schwerpunkte

Antriebssysteme, Fahrzeugtechnik, vernetzte Fahrzeuge, Fahrwerk, E-Mobility, Getriebe, NVH, Großmotoren.

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA holds leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses thanks to strong brands, innovations and technologies. Its business unit Adhesive Technologies is a leading solution provider across various industries such as automotive with well-known brands like LOCTITE®, TEROSON®, TECHNOMELT® and BERGQUIST®.

Henkel’s Automotive Components department offers a wide range of technologies specifically designed to optimize the assembly and design of EV battery packs, electric motors, power electronics, radars, cameras, displays and more. Its broad solution portfolio includes thermal interface materials, adhesives, sealants and functional coatings, and heavily focuses on innovation to enable new component designs.

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Johnson Matthey Plc is FTSE 100, multi-national company, and global leader in sustainable technologies.  The company applies cutting-edge science to create customer solutions that make a real difference to the world around us.  As leaders in their field for over 200 years, the company applies its expertise to enable cleaner air, improved health, and the more efficient use of our planet’s natural resources.

Johnson Matthey supports the world’s drive of electrifying the automotive powertrain to improve air quality with a portfolio of battery materials, including eLNO^®, its family of nickel-rich advanced cathode materials and Life Power^® LFP.  Construction of Johnson Matthey’s first eLNO^® manufacturing plant in Konin, Poland has begun and is scheduled to come online in 2022, with full production from 2024.

Keliber is a Finnish mining and specialty chemical company that aims to start the sustainable production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide, utilising its own ore, in 2024. The company operates in the middle of Finland, in a region where some of the most significant lithium deposits in Europe are found. Keliber’s estimated annual production will be 15,000 tonnes of battery-grade lithium hydroxide for the needs of the growing international lithium battery market.

The construction phase of Keliber’s project is scheduled to start in 2022. For future mining and production, the company is committed to implement the best available technologies and high standard for all operations. The lithium hydroxide plant will be located in Kokkola on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia, offering excellent transportation connections.

Manz AG is a globally active high-tech engineering company.

With a focus on the automotive industry and electromobility, battery production, electronics, energy, and medical technology, Manz develops and builds innovative and efficient production solutions: From customized single machines for laboratory production or pilot and small series production, to standardized modules and systems, to turnkey lines for mass production.

Technologically, Manz’s production equipment is based on many years of experience in automation, laser processing, inspection systems, and wet chemistry.

With currently around 1,400 employees, the Manz Group develops and produces in Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, China and Taiwan. Sales and service subsidiaries also exist in the USA and India.

Manz AG was founded in 1987 and has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2006. In fiscal year 2020, the Group generated revenues of around 237 million euros.

Value-added stage: OEM, Tier1, Tier2, Supplier, Manufacturer, Wholesaler

Business divisions: Automotive & Mobility, Consumer Goods and Retail, Energy, Financial & Professional Services, Mechanical and Plant Engineering, Life Science & Healthcare, Real Estate and Construction, Public Sector, Information and Communication Technology, Transport and Logistics

Product/service focus: More than 70 expert consultant teams working in all major markets worldwide. Automotive & Mobility, Technology & Packaging, Financial & Service, Management Consulting. Over 3000 clients across all sectors turn to us each year.

PEC delivers test and manufacturing equipment for large format cells, modules and battery packs for automotive, aerospace and defense applications.

PEC’s offerings include R&D test equipment and automated cell finishing lines automating all process steps after electrolyte filling (soaking, formation, grading, degassing, ageing, stand loss, sorting…).

As a global high-tech company and spin-off of the Chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall Motors, SVOLT is committed to facilitate the reduction of the global carbon footprint by being an enabler to the automotive industry. Our goal is to provide access to affordable electrical mobility. We are engaged in the whole lithium-ion battery technology supply chain. From innovative cobalt free High- Nickel Cathode – Material up to sophisticated battery system solutions including advanced cloud based BMS- Software solutions, with significant impact on electrical vehicle driving distance, vehicle safety and system lifetime. Main customer are automotive-, industry- and energy storage – clients.

 About the company:

TOX^® PRESSOTECHNIK is a supplier of presses, systems as well as components for sheet metal joining and assembly technology. Since its foundation in 1978, the family owned company has become a global player with more than 1400 employees worldwide, 550 of which at the headquarters in Weingarten, Germany. The success story started with one pneumohydraulic drive – the TOX^®-Powerpackage. The “Components” division now includes pneumohydraulic and electromechanical drives as well as controls, sensors and software for process monitoring and quality assurance. In addition to a large range of presses, the system range comprises manual, machine and robot tongs. Another mainstay are modern sheet metal joining procedures, also incorporating the TOX^®-Clinching Technology, which makes the company today’s market leader.

Drives, technologies, applications and systems from TOX^® PRESSOTECHNIK can be found at automotive manufacturers and their suppliers as well as at industrial businesses for household appliances, electronic components, furniture and much more. Special versions of the TOX^®-Drives are also approved for the food industry.

TOX^® PRESSOTECHNIK is represented worldwide: 18 subsidiaries, amongst others in the USA and South America, Europe and South Africa, India, China and the entire Pacific Region. 20 representatives in many other markets support and advise local customers.

Value added stage
Equipment manufacturer of industrial lasers, optical components, and sensors technology.

About TRUMPF
The high-technology company TRUMPF is the world technological and market leader for machine tools of flexible sheet metal processing, and for industrial lasers.

In 2020/21 the company – which has about 14,300 employees – achieved sales of 3.5 billion euros. With over 70 subsidiaries, the TRUMPF Group is represented in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. It has production facilities in Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, the USA, Mexico, China and Japan.

TRUMPF in the process chain of Battery Manufacturing
Laser technology of TRUMPF has become an indispensable manufacturing tool for many productions steps and is used throughout the entire process chain of battery manufacturing, especially for welding, cutting, notching, marking, perforating, decoating, structuring or drying applications. TRUMPF is the leading supplier for laser technology, optic and sensor solutions and offers Expertise in application development and design.

TWAICE provides predictive analytics software that optimizes the development and operation of lithium-ion batteries. TWAICE’s core technology is the digital twin – a software that combines deep battery knowledge and artificial intelligence to determine the condition and predict the aging and performance of batteries. This makes complex battery systems more transparent, effective and reliable. As the leading battery analytics software for global players in the mobility and energy sectors, TWAICE is committed to increasing the lifetime, efficiency and sustainability of the products that power the economy of tomorrow.

Wertschöpfungsstufe: Tier 2

Geschäftsbereiche: Umicore is a world leader in the production of cathode materials for Li-ion rechargeable batteries.

Produkt-/Dienstleistungs-Schwerpunkte: Our closed loop business model allows us to offer innovative technical solutions and a unique service from the raw material sourcing, over the precursor and the cathode material production to end-of-life battery recycling.

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The Webasto Group is a global innovative systems partner to almost all automobile manufacturers and among the top 100 suppliers in this industry sector. The company’s product portfolio comprises a broad range of roof and heating systems for every type of vehicle and all drive types as well as battery systems and charging solutions. Moreover, Webasto has a strong position in the aftermarket providing dealers and end customers with customized solutions and services relating to thermo management and electromobility. In 2019 the company generated sales of around 3.7 billion euros and had almost 14,000 employees at more than 50 locations (with over 30 of these being manufacturing plants). The headquarters of the company, founded in 1901, is located in Stockdorf near Munich (Germany).

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Value-added stage: Tier1, Tier2, Supplier, Manufacturer

Business Division: As part of the WKW.group, Erbslöh Aluminium GmbH (WKW.extrusion) combines the expertise in handling this demanding material acquired since the early days of aluminum processing with modern management methods. Since industrialization at the beginning of the last century, the company has stood for the development, production and distribution of aluminum extrusions for automotive and industrial applications

Products: extruded semi-finished products for automotive suppliers (e.g. trim strips, trim and rail profiles), extruded and function-coated profiles for the manufacture of heat exchangers (e.g. flat tubes for car air conditioning systems or battery coolers) as well as extruded and/or surface-finished aluminum products for sanitary equipment, furniture accessories and consumer electronics,, a range of profile-based components for the e-mobility market (e.g. profiles for battery frames and battery cooling, structural componentens for bodywork and battery housings)