Lithium-ion battery separator maker PNT Ms successfully relisted on Kosdaq on Thursday.The Korean Exchange had said on Tuesday that the company’s shares can be traded again, three years and ten months after it was halted in December 2020.The move is a boon to parent company PNT which will be able to

LG Energy Solution said on Monday that it will aim to exceed 66 trillion won in annual revenue by the year 2028.This will be more than double its revenue last year of 33.74 trillion won.LG Energy Solution CEO Kim Dong Myung said the battery maker wanted sustainable growth while also focusing on the

India’s Ola Group is planning to build its own battery cell production line and is meeting Korean equipment makers for the plan, TheElec has learned.It is aiming to complete the installation of production equipment by the first half of next year and start commercial production in the same year, sour

Nain Tech was developing and researching a film for use in solid electrolytes.The company’s affiliate Energy11 told TheElec that the research was going smoothly and that it is aiming to launch the product next year.The film aims to be in solid-state batteries that use oxide hybrid solid electrolytes

EcoPro BM said on Thursday that it plans to collaborate with Hyundai Motor Group and Hyundai Steel to develop lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cathode at a dramatically reduced cost.Hyundai Steel will recycle scrap metal to make iron powder which will be converted to LFP cathode by EcoPro BM. Hy

LG Chem said on Wednesday that it was developing a thermal adhesive for cell to pack batteries.Subsidiary LG Energy Solution recently unveiled its cell to pack pouch batteries that come in high-nickel and mid-nickel variations.LG Chem is likely preparing to adhesive to supply them to its battery-mak

South Korean battery maker SK On is planning to build a pilot production line to manufacture prismatic batteries starting next month, TheElec has learned.It has been three years since SK On announced that it plans to manufacture prismatic batteries. The battery maker’s current main offering is pouch

LG Chem said it will be supplying cathode to Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, the battery joint venture between Toyota and Panasonic.PPES was formed in April 2020 and manufactures prismatic batteries in Japan and China.LG Chem will be supplying its cathode to PPES’ factory in Japan with a target dat

Nanotech Energy is planning to manufacture its 2170 cylindrical battery using a South Korean contract manufacturer, TheElec has learned.The South Korean manufacturer is expected to supply 3GWh worth of the batteries annually starting in 2026, sources said.The batteries are for energy storage systems

Samsung SDI said on Tuesday that it plans to sell its polarizing film business to Wuxi Hengxin Optoelectronic Materials for 1.12 trillion won.The deal includes all of the South Korean battery maker’s shares in its subsidiary in Wuxi, China as well as its domestic units related to polarizing film in

Samsung SDI was converting one of its battery pack factories in the US to meet demand for batteries from the energy storage system (ESS) market, TheElec has learned.The South Korean battery maker acquired the facility in Michigan from Magna Steyr in 2025.The facility houses two battery pack factorie

Woowon Technology developed a new equipment that can stack the cathode, anode and separator for prismatic batteries in 0.3 seconds, the company said on Monday.The previous fastest stacking equipment was those for pouch batteries which performed the task in 0.35 seconds.Woowon Technology said its equ

The battery joint venture between Samsung SDI and General Motors will only manufacture prismatic batteries, TheElec has learned.The pair originally planned to manufacture prismatic batteries from three production line and cylindrical batteries from three production lines at their factory in Indiana,

South Korean battery equipment maker CIS said on Tuesday that it will merge with affiliate SNU Precision.The battery equipment maker will hold a shareholders meeting for the decision on October 29. CIS and SNU Precision will merge on a 1:0.1994714 ratio on December 1.CIS is a battery equipment maker

Lotte Energy Materials said on Tuesday that is has developed a nickel-plated copper foil that can be used in solid-state battery.The company didn’t reveal how thick the nickel overlay over the foil was.Copper foils are used as current collectors on battery anodes. As solid-state batteries don’t use

Battery equipment maker PNT is planning to build a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell production line within the year, TheElec has learned.The production line will be set up at its facility in Gumi with an annual capacity of 0.5GWh, sources said.The batteries will be prismatic and is aimed fo

South Korean battery equipment makers have been invited to Morrow Batteries’ event to celebrate the start of operation of its new battery factory.Multiple domestic equipment makers took part in the forming of the factory, which started construction in 2022.South Korean equipment makers also supplied

DSK has won an order to supply notching equipment from the battery joint venture between Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution based in the US, TheElec has learned.The venture, HL-GA, has placed orders for the equipment for two out of its nine production lines, sources said.The equipment costs around

Avaco will be supplying its electrode equipment to battery maker LG Energy Solution, TheElec has learned.The company will be supplying its roll press and slitter equipment under the deal, which was two years in the making.Avaco’s kits were tested for over a year and were expected to be supplied last

Finland’s Vaisala held a rare product briefing session at Samsung SDI’s facility in Cheonan, South Korea last week, TheElec has learned. The move by the Finnish sensor maker is likely in response to Samsung SDI’s move to adopt chilled-mirror sensors and shift away from capacitive humidity sensors in