Keyword: Batteries

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Arkema Acquires Majority Stake in Proionic for Next-Gen Batteries

18.04.2024 -

Arkema is set to acquire a 78% stake in Proionic, a start-up specializing in ionic liquids production. These components are crucial for future lithium-ion batteries. This...

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Arkema Acquires a Stake in Battery Start-up Tiamat

12.01.2024 -

French chemical producer Arkema announced that it will become a shareholder of Tiamat, a start-up that designs, develops, industrializes and markets sodium-ion batteries...

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Umicore to Proceed with Construction of Battery Materials Plant in Canada

18.10.2023 -

In Canada, Belgian materials technology and recycling group Umicore is proceeding with the construction of a 35 GWh equivalent battery materials production plant in...

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Orion Opens German Battery Innovation Center in Cologne

22.09.2023 -

Global carbon black producer Orion opened its Battery Innovation Center and announced a new leadership team for its conductive additives business for batteries.

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IVL Seeks new Battery Partner as Capchem Deal Folds

21.04.2023 -

Thailand’s Indorama Ventures (IVL) says it is “continuing to assess” plans to build and operate a plant for “world-class” lithium-ion battery solvents at one of its...

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Cabot to Set up European Battery Technology Center

08.03.2023 -

US specialty chemicals producer Cabot has chosen Münster, Germany, as the site of a planned new technology center to guide its efforts toward meeting the growing demand...

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Evonik Invests in Chinese Battery Maker SuperC

28.02.2023 -

German chemical producer Evonik is investing in battery maker Hefei Haizhou New Material Co (SuperC), a Chinese company specialized in graphene materials, which it...

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Chip Makers Alarmed over PFAS Phaseout Proposals

09.02.2023 -

Across the US and Europe, health and environment NGOs are putting pressure on national authorities to curb contamination from poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS)...