Samsung SDI is upgrading the way it is manufacturing solid-state batteries at its test production line, TheElec has learned.The tech giant is adding warm isotactic press (WIP) that uses water and roll pressing processes to their production, sources said.The pressing in solid-state batteries must don

LG Energy Solution is attempting to outbid sister company LG Electronics for equipment orders that will be placed by its joint venture with Hyundai Motor Group, TheElec has learned.LG Energy Solution and Hyundai Motor Group’s battery-making joint venture in the US is expected to start placing orders

Samsung SDI CEO Yoonho Choi has returned from his trip to the US that aimed to strengthen ties with customer Stellantis, TheElec has learned.Choi returned on November 30 which he left for the preceding weekends, sources said.His visit is noticeable as it was made before Samsung Group announced its y

More and more electric vehicles are using lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries by the day. However, some consider LFP batteries to be more difficult to recycle compared to other battery types.Enter Green Li-ion, which said on Monday that it has developed a recycling technology and was ready to shi

German battery recycling firm Duesenfeld said on Tuesday that it has won the German Sustainability Award 2024.The award, which is in its sixteenth year, selects companies that take climate change and the environment seriously and provide innovation and environmentally friendly processes.Duesenfeld w

SK On has moved staff that focused on prismatic batteries to its research team for 4680 cylinder batteries, TheElec has learned.The battery type is being developed by almost all major lithium-ion battery makers such as LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, and Panasonic as well as Chinese battery makers

Battery equipment maker Toptec said it has won a large deal to supply its kits to a battery assembly line.Though the company didn’t name its customer, it is highly likely the joint venture between Hyundai Motor and SK On, which is planning to build an EV battery plant in the US.With this latest deal

US car giant Ford has hired a key executive from battery maker Samsung SDI to develop electric vehicle batteries, TheElec has learned.Ford named Kim Sung-hoon, who was a vice president at Samsung SDI, as Chief Battery Engineer, sources said.This is the first time that the US carmaker has given a lea

Samsung SDI said on Monday that it will be supplying Hyundai Motor with batteries for electric vehicles.The South Korean auto giant so far only used batteries from LG Energy Solution and SK On, Samsung SDI’s South Korean rivals.Hyundai Motor will use Samsung SDI’s batteries starting in 2026 for seve

LG Energy Solution said on Thursday that it has signed a long-term contract with car giant Toyota to supply 20GWh of electric vehicle batteries per year.The South Korean battery maker will spend 4 trillion won up to 2025 at its Michigan plant to build a dedicated battery cell and modular line to sup

EcoPro Materials said on Tuesday that it was issuing 14.47 million new shares for its listing on the Korean exchange.The upper cap is 46,000 won and it is hoping to raise up to 665.9 billion won from the listing.EcoPro Materials, a subsidiary of battery cathode maker EcoPro, produces precursors used

LG Energy Solution said on Thursday that its lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery for energy storage systems (ESS) was level in performance with its nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) counterparts.Its own test showed that its NCM batteries for ESS had a round trip efficiency (RTE) of 97%, while its LFP v

SK On said on Thursday that it has developed an oxide solid electrolyte with high ion conductivity.The South Korean battery maker, together with Dankook University Professor Hee Jung Park, coated a controllable additive on Li-La-Zr-O that improved the ion conductivity by 70% than before (1.7 mS/cmž)

EcoPro said on Wednesday that it will form a subsidiary EcoPro Cam Canada LP that will handle the building of a new battery cathode plant at Bécancour, Quebec, Canada.Approximately 1.2 trillion won has been earmarked for the project, with half of the amount to be delivered by EcoPro Cam Canada LP an

LG Chem is planning to sell its IT film business as part of its wider plan to restructure its non-essential businesses, TheElec has learned.Sources said the company is planning to sell the business unit within the year.LG Chem earlier halted the operation of its petrochemical plant in Yeosu and is r

SungEel HiTech said on Monday that it will build a battery recycling park in the state of Indiana in the U.S.It will be the company’s second such facility following its one in Georgia.SungEel HiTech has set up its subsidiary SungEel Recycling Park Indiana in May in preparation.The park, which will s

SK On said on Wednesday that it will spend 1.5 trillion won to build a third factory at its battery production facility in South Korea.The battery maker will build the new factory on 44,125 meter-square of land at the facility.It is SK On’s largest spending plan to date for its home country.The thir

Dongwha Electrolyte is preparing to produce electrolytes used in batteries at its factory in Soskut, Hungary, TheElec has learned.The company was actively hiring local workers in preparation, sources said. Dongwha will hire approximately 40 workers for the factory is aiming to increase its operation

Battery recycling startup Green Li-ion said on Friday that it plans to enter the South Korean market.The Singapore-based company was founded in 2020 and has investors such as GS, Envisioning Partners, and TES. It has received US$36 million in funding so far.Most battery recycling companies use their

Samsung SDI is planning to expand its battery factory at its facility in Goed, Hungary, within the year, TheElec has learned.The South Korean battery maker is planning to expand its second factory (the building of which was called stage one internally; the expansion is called stage two) to manufactu