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23 Jun 2025

TWAICE: battery simulation library
TWAICE, a major platform provider for AI-assisted battery diagnostics and cell testing simulation, was present at the Battery Show Europe 2025 and discussed development of a battery simulation model library.
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23 Jun 2025

Q.ANT (quantum sensing)
Q.ANT is developing a quantum magnetometer and quantum gyroscope.
23 Jun 2025

Automated Accessibility for Streamlined Living
Smart glasses could create real life subtitles for clearer interactions, while helmets for firefighters or policemen with sensing technology could make high-risk jobs safer. This article explores a future of accessible technologies to bring ease to daily life.
Full profile interview
20 Jun 2025

Mankiewicz Coatings
IDTechEx spoke to Laura Relyea Coatsworth, Technical and Color Specialist.
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20 Jun 2025

Safion: EIS for battery diagnostics
IDTechEx spoke with Safion at the Battery Show Europe to discuss development of pack-level electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).
Full profile interview
19 Jun 2025

SilcoTek
SilcoTek provides advanced silicon-based coatings for advanced industrial applications. IDTechEx spoke to Business Manager Johannes Kutt.
19 Jun 2025

Biobased Feedstocks and Circularity
With plastic production having grown to 502 million tonnes in 2024, while being expected to continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 2.6%, the need for a sustainable intervention is evident. This article covers the development of biobased plastics from renewable feedstocks as a step towards circularity.
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19 Jun 2025

Monolith AI: materials screening and LLM integration
Monolith AI presented on the use of its platform for battery materials screening at the Battery Show Europe.
Update
19 Jun 2025

Lyten at the Battery Show Europe 2025
IDTechEx spoke with Lyten in Stuttgart at the Battery Show and discussed recent developments in the company's lithium sulfur technology.
19 Jun 2025

Solid-State Batteries: $9 Billion Market Potential by 2035
This article explores the transformative potential of solid-state batteries (SSBs), forecast to be a US$9 billion market by 2035, and provides an in-depth analysis of technological advances, manufacturing progress, commercialization challenges, and global supply chain shifts, particularly in electric vehicle and industrial applications.
Full profile interview
18 Jun 2025

General Graphene Corp
General Graphene Corporation produce roll-to-roll CVD graphene. IDTechEx spoke with Greg Erickson, CEO.
Background
18 Jun 2025

Kao Chemicals
Kao Chemicals is a Japanese manufacturer of specialty chemicals for a variety of industrial and domestic applications. This profile will focus on 'Luna Ace', Kao's dispersant for Li-ion electrode slurries.
17 Jun 2025

Billion Dollar Carbon Nanotube Market Continues to Grow
Following decades of hype and false dawns, nanocarbons are now beginning to see substantial market adoption and growth. This article delves into the continued growth of the carbon nanotube market, which is set to exceed $1.25 billion by 20235. IDTechEx assesses the key applications driving the growth, and the leading players poised to take a significant market share.
Full profile interview
17 Jun 2025

BESTGRAPHENE
BESTGRAPHENE is a Korean company, producing functionalized graphene, graphene additives, and conductive ink/paste. IDTechEx spoke with Seongmin Chin (CEO).
Background
17 Jun 2025

24M: Semi-Solid Electrodes
24M is a spin-out from MIT that develops and produces semi-solid binder-free cells. This profile will briefly cover the company's technology and its implications on binders (and specifically PFAS binders) for Li-ion cells.
Full profile interview
16 Jun 2025

Hosokawa Alpine
Hosokawa Alpine is a manufacturer of machines and systems for powder and particle processing and blown film technology based in Germany. Hosokawa Alpine supplies most of the world's jet milling equipment for rare earth magnet production. IDTechEx spoke with Yener Bicakci, sales manager at Hosokawa Alpine at the Metal and Critical Raw Material Exhibition 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany. This interview focuses on Hosokawa's innovations in jet milling for NdFeB magnet manufacturing.
Full profile interview
16 Jun 2025

JL Mag
JL MAG is one of the world's largest manufacturers of neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) permanent magnets, headquartered in Ganzhou, China. JL MAG produce rare earth permanent magnet products for customers in automotive, energy, industrial, and consumer electronics markets. IDTechEx spoke with Jeff Reyes, business development manager at JL MAG Europe at the Metal and Critical Raw Material Exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany.
Background
16 Jun 2025

Solar Materials
Solar Materials GmbH is a silicon photovoltaic (PV) panel recycler founded in June 2021 and based in Magdeburg, Germany. Solar Materials uses a patented thermal mechanical recycling technology to recover PV glass, silicon, silver, and aluminium from end-of-life solar panels. IDTechEx spoke with Franziska Ruff, business development manager at the Metal and Critical Raw Material Exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany in June 2025.
16 Jun 2025

New Webinar: Materials & Applications for Gas Separation Membranes
Webinar: Emerging Materials and Decarbonization Applications for Gas Separation Membranes
Presenter: Eve Pope, Senior Technology Analyst, IDTechEx
Date: Tuesday 24 June
Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.
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16 Jun 2025

Cyclic Materials
Cyclic Materials is a rare earth magnet recycler founded in 2021 and based in Ontario, Canada. Cyclic Materials recovers rare earth oxides from end-of-life magnets using patented Mag-Cycle™and REEPure™ technologies - a hydrometallurgical extraction process. Rare earth magnets are sourced from manufacturing scrap (swarf), EV motors, wind turbine generators, and electronics waste. IDTechEx spoke with Patrick Nee, Co-Founder and SVP of Strategic Partnerships at the E-Waste, Metal, Battery Recycling show in Frankfurt, Germany.