Battery Days 2023

The aLITE^® (advanced Light Initiated Thermal Emission) – thermal-processing-platform-technology of the adphos-group in Bruckmühl, Germany, offers significant advantages in a wide variety of thermal processes. adphos’ global partner network provides drying and curing solutions to many different industries. The “drying with the speed of light”-concept made adphos the market leader in water-based printing and coating processes.

The aLITE^®-technology has also already proven a significant acceleration of drying processes for battery electrode coatings, as aLITE^®-integrated solution in combination with hot air driers (up to 30 % higher drying rates) or as aLITE^®-booster solution in front of conventional driers (up to 50 % faster drying).

The new further developed proprietary BearLITE^® (Battery electrode advanced rapid Light Initiated Thermal Emission) – processing allows a complete standalone drying and baking of battery electrode coatings – whether for solvent or water-based coatings within a fraction of the todays drying systems. Depending on the coating thickness, a proper adhesion, crack free and no binder migrated dried electrode coating can be ensured within 3 s (at ≤ 200 µm wet layer thickness) – less than 10 s (at wet coatings up to 450 µm), applying the BearLITE^® process.

adphos has also experience in advanced processing of solid-state batteries and fuel cells.

BASF creates chemistry for a sustainable future. The approximately 110,000 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. BASF is the largest chemicals supplier to the transportation industry, with more than 20% of global sales to this market in 2021 and leading market positions in OEM coatings, engineering plastics and mobile emissions catalysts. BASF is also a leading supplier of Cathode Active Materials (CAM) to lithium-ion battery (LIB) cell manufacturers and aims to “close the loop” with lithium-ion battery recycling for the automotive industry globally.

Battrion is an ETH Zurich spin-off founded in 2015. Battrion operates a research lab and production facility in Dübendorf, Switzerland, where it develops its Aligned Graphite® technology, a fabrication technology for lithium-ion batteries that improves the microstructure of negative electrodes. The technology significantly increases the charge- and discharge performance of lithium-ion batteries and is particularly suited for EV and high-power applications. The technology is compatible with mixed silicon/graphite materials. Battrion offers its Aligned Graphite® technology on a license basis.

More information can be found at: www.battrion.com

Mobility Solutions is the largest Bosch Group business sector. It generated sales of 45.3 billion euros in 2021, and thus contributed 58 percent of total sales from operations. This makes the Bosch Group one of the leading automotive suppliers. The Mobility Solutions business sector pursues a vision of mobility that is safe, sustainable, and exciting, and combines the group’s expertise in the domains of personalization, automation, electrification, and connectivity. For its customers, the outcome is integrated mobility solutions. The business sector’s main areas of activity are injection technology and powertrain peripherals for internal-combustion engines, diverse solutions for powertrain electrification, vehicle safety systems, driver-assistance and automated functions, technology for user-friendly infotainment as well as vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, repair-shop concepts, and technology and services for the automotive aftermarket. Bosch is synonymous with important automotive innovations, such as electronic engine management, the ESP anti-skid system, and common-rail diesel technology.

Battery in the could

BST GmbH, a company of the elexis group of companies, is one of the leading suppliers of quality assurance systems for web processing industries. The company, based in Bielefeld, offers solutions for web guiding, surface inspection, web inspection, 100% inspection, color measurement, color management, register control, and automation. BST has decades of practical know-how with installations at more than 15,000 customers worldwide in the printing and packaging, paper and film, rubber and tire, battery and fuel cell, and printed and organic electronics industries. BST stands for high-quality monitoring, smooth production processes and first-class service worldwide.

Wertschöpfungsstufe: Ausrüster von OEM/Tier 1/Tier 2

Geschäftsbereiche: Produktionslösungen und verbundene Dienstleistungen

Produkt-/Dienstleistungs-Schwerpunkte: Anlagen zur Aufbereitung von Elektrodenpasten, Produktionszellen für Druckguss-Komponenten, Beschichtungsanlagen für optische ADAS-Komponenten

DEKRA has been active in the field of safety for almost 100 years. Founded in 1925 in Berlin as Deutscher Kraftfahrzeug-Überwachungs-Verein e.V., it is today one of the world’s leading expert organizations. DEKRA SE is a subsidiary of DEKRA e.V. and man[1]ages the Group’s operating business. In 2021, DEKRA generated sales totaling more than EUR 3.5 billion. The company currently employs almost 48,000 people in approximately 60 countries on all continents. With qualified and independent expert services, they work for safety on the road, at work and at home. These services range from vehicle inspection and expert appraisals to claims services, industrial and building inspections, safety con[1]sultancy, testing and certification of products and systems, as well as training courses and temporary work. The vision for the company’s 100th birthday in 2025 is that DEKRA will be the global partner for a safe, secure and sustainable world. With a platinum rating from EcoVadis, DEKRA is now in the top one percent of sustainable businesses ranked.

Turning technology into “Technology for Life”

Dräger manufactures medical and safety technology products. In so doing, we protect, support, and save people’s lives around the world in hospitals, with fire departments, emergency services, authorities, and in mining as well as industry. Founded in Lübeck in 1889, Dräger has grown into a worldwide, listed enterprise in its fifth generation as a family-run business. Dräger has more than 15,000 employees worldwide and is present in over 190 countries around the globe. In 2021, the company generated net sales of around EUR 3.3 billion.

Dräger technology is used all over the world. We operate in around 50 countries with our own sales and service companies directly on location where our customers are.

dSPACE is a leading provider of simulation and validation solutions worldwide for developing connected, autonomous, and electrically powered vehicles. With a comprehensive portfolio and cutting-edge technology for rapid control prototyping (RCP), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and Power HIL testing, dSPACE is in high demand as a development partner in the automotive industry, aerospace, industrial automation, and for modern power grids. Customers all over the world appreciate the consistency of the dSPACE end-to-end portfolio for developing and testing electric motors, battery systems, fuel cells, power electronic components, and charging infrastructures. In the area of battery systems, dSPACE provides a powerful and comprehensive solution for developing and testing state-of-the-art battery management systems (BMS). Depending on the desired test level, the various software and hardware products from dSPACE cover hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing on the signal level and the high-voltage level.

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.

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Company information  

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.

Firmenname: Farasis Energy Europe GmbH

Wertschöpfungsstufe: Tier 1

Geschäftsbereiche: Entwicklung, Produktion, Vertrieb, Logistik, Accounting

Produkt-/Dienstleistungs-Schwerpunkte: Lithium – Ionen Batteriezellen, Module, Batteriesysteme

FinDreams Battery Co., Ltd., abbreviated as FDB, used to be BYD Battery Division, and is now a leading battery manufacturer globally. Its products cover a wide range of applications, from consumer electronics, to electrical vehicles, to energy storage systems. FDB owns over 60000 employees, 15 factories, with 250 GWh production capacity by 2022. FDB is committed to letting people use battery hassle-free.

FREYR Battery aims to provide industrial scale clean battery solutions to reduce global emissions. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, FREYR’s mission is to produce green battery cells to accelerate the decarbonization of energy and transportation systems globally. FREYR has commenced building the first of its planned factories in Mo i Rana, Norway and announced potential development of industrial scale battery cell production in Vaasa, Finland, and the United States. FREYR intends to deliver up to 43 GWh of battery cell capacity by 2025, over 83 GWh of annual capacity by 2028 and over 200 GWh of annual capacity by 2030. To learn more about FREYR, please visit

Gotion, a global leading battery technology company founded in 2006 and based in Hefei in Anhui Province, the sister province of Lower Saxony of Germany. It supplies batteries for vehicles including the world’s first mass commercial e-bus line. Gotion has established eight R&D centers and ten production bases around the world, and with strategic partnership with Volkswagen Group.

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.

Jagenberg AG, part of the Kleinewefers Group and headquartered in Krefeld, Germany, is a strategic management holding company that currently employs around 1,300 people in its 23 operating affiliates in the Industrial Solutions sector in Europe, Asia and the USA. The Jagenberg Group is focused on the Industrial Solutions division, whose core business areas relate to machines and systems, automation and control technology, and digital solutions for processing web-shaped materials such as films or paper.

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.

Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co.,Ltd. (LEAD), established in 2002, is a leading manufacturer of new energy equipment. In 2021, the German subsidiary Lead Intelligent Equipment (Deutschland) GmbH was founded in Nuremberg and serves as the European Headquarter of the company.

Leading the way in advanced engineering and intelligent manufacturing, LEAD focuses on exploring the use of cleaner energy and developing innovative production processes to create solutions for sustainable prosperity. The company´s business covers eight fields, such as lithium-ion battery, photovoltaic, 3C, logistic systems, automotive, fuel cell, laser processing and machine vision.

LEAD’s product offering includes innovative turnkey solutions for lithium-ion batteries, covering the entire manufacturing process from mixing to capacity grading. Furthermore, LEAD offers a full bespoke engineering service including consulting, design, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, training, and further product development.

LG Energy Solution is a global leader delivering advanced lithium-ion batteries for Electric Vehicles (EV), Mobility & IT applications, and Energy Storage Systems (ESS). With 30 years of experience in advanced battery technology, it continues to grow rapidly towards the realization of sustainable life. With over 27,000 employees working within its robust global network that spans the US, Europe, Asia, and Australia, LG Energy Solution is more committed than ever to developing innovative technologies that will bring the future energy a step closer.

Wertschöpfungsstufe: OEM, Tier1, Tier2, Lieferanten, Hersteller, Großhändler

Geschäftsbereiche: We are organised as one global firm with Executive Search, Professionell Recruitement, Talent & Leadership Advisory experts worldwide.

Produkt-/Dienstleistungs-Schwerpunkte: More than 70 expert consultant teams working in all major markets worlwide. 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…).

Battery electric vehicles are the new frontier in sustainable mobility and PPG is helping manufacturers accelerate the development of tomorrow’s energy storage solutions. PPG is already assisting automotive OEMs and battery manufacturers to scale the manufacturability of their operations for tomorrow’s light vehicle and commercial vehicle energy storage solutions. Our broad-based materials expertise covers virtually every area of lithium-ion battery design and construction. This includes specialized coatings with the capacity to improve the performance, range and sustainability of lithium-ion batteries used in BEV applications.

At PPG, we work every day to develop and deliver the paints, coatings and materials that our customers have trusted for nearly 140 years. Through dedication and creativity, we solve our customers’ biggest challenges, collaborating closely to find the right path forward. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, we operate and innovate in more than 75 countries and reported net sales of $16.8 billion in 2021. We serve customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and transportation markets and aftermarkets. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com.

As a globally operating plant manufacturer and development service provider for the automotive industry, Rohmann-Automation GmbH supplies turnkey robot and laser systems. This involves, among other things, the joining of components such as batteries, electric motors and power electronics. In particular, the welding of aluminum and copper with the laser is our topic. This is a core competence that is essential in the booming field of e-mobility.

Together with strong partners worldwide from laser technology, we are developing new processes and systems for the economical production of tomorrow’s electric cars.

Our research team is constantly working on the question of what challenges you might face in the future and is developing efficient solutions for them.

Based on two pillars of green energy and cutting-edge materials, Samsung SDI manufactures and distributes rechargeable batteries used for electric vehicle, IT, Energy Storage System (ESS), as well as materials for semiconductors and displays. All members of Samsung SDI are constantly working to become the true the No.1 Company via ‘Super-gap’ technological competitiveness, superior quality, and qualitative growth that prioritizes profitability.

Members of Samsung SDI are doing our utmost effort to enhance shareholders value by exercising social responsibility in environment and safety through ESG management and strengthening social contribution and mutual cooperation.

SAP’s strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent, sustainable enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, we help companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best. Our machine learning, Internet of Things(IoT), and advanced analytics technologies turn customers’ businesses into intelligent enterprises. SAP helps give organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables business and public customers across 25 industries globally to operate profitably and adapt continuously.

Based on our extensive industry experience, we pay particular attention to the Battery Value Chain which consists of Mining, Refining, Active Material Production, Cell Production, Pack Assembly, Vehicle Assembly, Operations, and Circular Material (Recycling).

With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, SAP helps the world run better and improve people’s lives. For more information, visit www.sap.com.

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SICK is one of the world’s leading solutions providers for sensor-based applications in the industrial sector. Founded in 1946 by Dr.-Ing. e. h. Erwin Sick, the company with headquarters in Waldkirch im Breisgau near Freiburg ranks among the technological market leaders. With more than 50 subsidiaries and equity investments as well as numerous agencies, SICK maintains a presence around the globe. SICK has more than 11,000 employees worldwide and a group revenue of around EUR 2 billion (fiscal year 2021).

„Siemens offers battery customers a comprehensive portfolio ranging from digitalization to automation. Services, financing and fire protection solutions complete the portfolio.

From customized, small-scale production to huge gigafactories: especially the upsrurge in electromobility triggers the boom that lithium-ion batteries experience. To satisfy demand, battery manufacturers, which are increasingly automotive manufacturers, want to create quickly new, digitalized factories that operate efficiently and sustainably. The corresponding machines from OEMs have to meet numerous requirements in order to have smooth line integration. This is where Siemens comes in: with the Digital Enterprise portfolio for the battery industry, we support customers from product design to production ramp up and recycling.”

Lithium-Ion batteries are the future of energy production and storage. However, safety and energy density requirements are continually increasing; especially in relation to batteries used in electric vehicles.
Solvay is dedicated to providing material solutions for batteries that allow our customers to produce energy storage systems that are safe, reliable and long lasting. To enable high voltage solutions and increase capacity, Solvay offers high-performance electrolyte ingredients, electrode binders, separator coatings and higher-performance polymeric material for battery modules/packs. A unique series of cost-competitive solutions aiming to further improve battery cyclability and safety.

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.

The newly founded Swiss Clean Battery AG (SCB AG), headquartered in Frauenfeld (Switzerland), is revolutionizing the global battery market with its serial produced solid-state battery. A production site will gradually be built. The solid-state battery produced by SCB AG lasts almost indefinitely, maintains an almost constant performance and is 50% better in environmental balance than conventional lithium-ion batteries. Furthermore, it is incombustible and therefore safe and does not contain any critical raw materials, such as cobalt. SCB AG, as the production company, has acquired the license from the development company, High Performance Battery AG, to produce the batteries. 

The proof of concept has already been achieved: At the development level, the fixed ion conductor was measured in sample cells and the basic functionality has been confirmed. The characterization of the fixed ion conductor will be published at the Swiss Battery Days on 31.8.2022 at EMPA. 

On the production level, SCB AG uses conventional and proven production methods of classic battery productions. Unlike the “modular construction approaches”, SCB’s fixed ion conductor is created as a chemical reaction within the cell itself. 

The Swiss Telsonic Group has been offering its industrial ultrasonic solutions through representation in Europe, America and Asia since 1966.

Powerful Reliable contacting of high-voltage conductors, battery films and high-performance electronics

 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.

Wertschöpfungsstufe:

Tier 1

Geschäftsbereiche:

Das Hochtechnologieunternehmen TRUMPF bietet Fertigungslösungen in den Bereichen Werkzeugmaschinen und Lasertechnik.

Produkt-/Dienstleistungs-Schwerpunkte:

2D-Schneidmaschinen, 3-DLasermaschinen, Laserschweißanlagen und Lichtbogenschweißen, Laser-Rohrschneidmaschinen, Markiersysteme, Additive Fertigungssysteme, Stanzmaschinen, Stanz-Laser-Maschinen, Biegemaschinen, Lagersysteme, Automatisierung

The Webasto Group is a global innovative systems partner to the mobility industry and one of the 100 largest suppliers to the automotive sector worldwide. The company’s offering includes in-house developed roof, heating and cooling systems for various types of vehicles, batteries and charging solutions for hybrid and electric vehicles, and additional services related to thermal management and electromobility. Among the customers of Webasto are manufacturers of passenger cars, commercial vehicles and boats, as well as dealers and end customers. In 2021, the Group generated sales of 3.7 billion euros and employed around 15,700 people at over 50 locations. The headquarters of the company, which was founded in 1901, is located in Stockdorf near Munich (Germany).

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