Battery Day

Wertschöpfungsstufe: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, Tier 4

Geschäftsbereiche: Produktion, Forschung & Entwicklung

Produkt-/Dienstleistungs-Schwerpunkte: Interior, Exterior, Antriebsstrang, Chassis, E&E; Technische Kunststoffe, PU Systeme, Elastomere, Schäume, Komposite, Kunststoffadditive, Fahrzeuglacke, Reparaturlacke, Katalysatoren, Kathodenmaterialien, Kühlflüssigkeiten, Bremsflüssigkeiten, Schmierstoffe, Kraftstoffadditive, Dispersionen;

Daimler AG is a vehicle manufacturer and one of the largest suppliers of premium passenger cars and is considered to be the largest global commercial vehicle manufacturer. Daimler Mobility AG offers financing, leasing, fleet management, insurance, financial investments, credit cards and innovative mobility services.

Divisions

Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Vans, Daimler Buses and Daimler Financial Services.

Value creation stage

OEM

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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.

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…).

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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.

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.

 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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

 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 

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.