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Umicore (Battery Recycling)

Umicore is a major Li-ion cathode producer, headquartered in Belgium, and a Li-ion battery recycler. IDTechEx caught up with with the company at The Battery Show Europe 2024.

Safer and Abundant Batteries - Exploring Sodium-Ion Developments

Sodium-ion batteries bring new opportunities for lower costs, greater sustainability, and safety into the battery market. With sodium being more widely available than lithium, concerns about energy security and supply-chain shortages can hopefully start to decrease for economies.

Adionics

Adionics is a French company that develops technologies for salt separation and lithium extraction.

Solvent Extraction Tech Opportunities in Critical Material Recovery

Innovation map of emerging opportunities for solvent extraction technology in critical material recovery.

Outlook on the Li-ion BESS Market in Australia

Innovation map of the Li-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS) market in Australia.

Danimer Scientific

Danimer Scientific produces Nodax, a portfolio of biobased and biodegradable polyesters. IDTechEx spoke with Danimer Scientific at NPE 2024 for updates.

GrapheneUp

GrapheneUp is a Czech graphene company, producing few-layer graphene (FLG). IDTechEx spoke with Founder and CEO, Ivano Aglietto.

ZutaCore

ZutaCore is an Israel-based company specializing in two-phase cold plate cooling for data center applications.

Challenges and Opportunities in the 2024 Autonomous Bus Industry

Autonomous buses represent one of the most challenging platforms in the autonomous driving industry. In recent years, commercial interest has shifted towards roboshuttles and robotaxis, partly due to the complex operational design domains (ODD) of autonomous buses.

Murata

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. are a Japanese manufacturer of electronic components, based in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto. Murata manufacture ceramic passive electronic components, including capacitors, ceramic filters, high-frequency parts, and sensors. IDTechEx spoke with Senior Business Development Manager, Juhani Pelttari, at Sensors Converge 2024 in Santa Clara, CA.

Mecaware

Mecaware is developing a unique Li-ion battery recycling technology using carbon dioixde and amines for critical metal extraction. The company is based in France. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Show Europe 2024.

Saipem: Bluenzyme

Saipem is an Italian carbon capture process and equipment expert. IDTechEx Technology Analyst Eve Pope spoke with Saipem's Carbon Capture Solutions Business Development Manager Richard Suprenant at the Carbon Capture Technology Expo North America 2024.

Waste to Wealth: Critical Material Recovery from Secondary Sources

End-of-life equipment from automotives, electric vehicles, e-waste and decarbonized energy technologies are rapidly emerging secondary raw material sources for valuable critical materials. A new report from IDTechEx forecasts that US$110B of critical materials will be recovered annually from secondary sources by 2045, with a combined weight of over 3.3 million tonnes.

Fraunhofer IWKS (Battery Recycling)

The Fraunhofer IWKS develops technical and strategic solutions for the efficient use of secondary resources and functional materials. IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Recycling Conference and Expo 2024 to learn about its Li-ion battery recycling technology undergoing development.

Plantic Technologies

Plantic Technologies specializes in creating sustainable packaging solutions derived from renewable resources like corn starch. Its bioplastic materials provide an eco-friendly alternative to conventional plastics, offering good barrier properties for food packaging. Committed to reducing environmental impact, Plantic continues to advance biopolymer technology for a greener future.

TWAICE

IDTechEx interviewed Lennart Hinrichs, Co-founder of TWAICE, focusing on TWAICE's use of AI in battery development and system management. The company is based in Munich, Germany with offices in Paris and Chicago, and its main product offering, battery simulation for cell development and testing, is focused towards automotive OEMS.

GenCell Energy

GenCell Energy is an alkaline fuel cell (AFC) manufacturing company, based in Israel and with a US subsidiary in California. IDTechEx spoke with GenCell in February 2024, focussing on its electric vehicle (EV) charging system, the GenCell EVOX. IDTechEx spoke with the Communications Strategist and Climatech Evangelist at GenCell Energy, to learn more about its stationary fuel cell business as a whole.

WATTALPS: Batteries for Off-Highway Machines

WATTALPS is a French battery manufacturer producing modular battery systems for off-highway machines in construction and mining. The company utilizes immersion cooling technology to meet the performance demands of machines.

uCat

uCat is a new company seeking to fill a gap in the market for a tool which optimizes the training experience for brain-computer interface users.

Novalith

Novalith is an Australian start-up that offers a technology that can extract and refine lithium from lithium ores using carbon dioxide.