TyroMotion GmbH (AT)

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.

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.

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.

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.

IonQ Acquires Oxford Ionics in a Billion-Dollar Deal for Quantum

IDTechEx explores the impact of the US$1 billion acquisition in the quantum computing industry, where two major computing companies, IonQ and Oxford Ionics, have recently signed a deal.

Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech

Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech (Qilimanjaro) is a quantum computing company developing analog quantum chips (quantum annealers) and other solutions.

Addressing Tariff Pressures and Labor Costs with Cobots

Faced with rising raw material costs from tariffs, labor shortages, and increasing operational pressures, the automotive and material-handling industries are turning to collaborative robots (cobots) as a flexible, cost-saving solution to boost efficiency, reduce downtime, and remain competitive in a rapidly evolving manufacturing landscape.

SambaNova Systems

SambaNova Systems is a California-based startup building proprietary AI chips to compete with GPUs. The firm was founded in 2017 with the mission to deliver an enterprise-scale, full-stack AI platform that accelerates the development and deployment of state-of-the-art generative and deep learning workloads. It is known for creating the Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU).

Upcoming Webinar: Carbon Nanotubes: On the Path to Commercial Success

Webinar Title: Carbon Nanotubes: On the Path to Commercial Success Date: Thursday 19 June 2025 Presenter: Dr Conor O'Brien, Senior Technology Analyst, IDTechEx Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.

Groq

Groq is a California-based fabless chip designer that focuses on designing chips for developers and enterprises to deliver AI inference. Groq is known for designing the Language Processing Unit (LPU), a novel architecture purpose-built to accelerate AI inference.

Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric is a French multinational specializing in energy management and industrial automation, operating in a variety of sectors, including energy and battery storage, semiconductors, and AI data centers.

XING Mobility

XING Mobility is based in Taiwan and has developed immersion cooled solutions for EV trucks and BESS technologies. IDTechEx spoke with the company at Smart Energy Week 2025 in Japan.

Holocene

Holocene is a US-based liquid DAC company. It was recently acquired by Occidental Petroleum.

Sensirion - advanced sensors for battery management systems

Sensirion is a global developer of sensors and electronic systems. The company has recently begun development of sensors for use in battery management systems, including hydrogen and volatile organic compound sensors.

Marelli - EIS-capable battery packs

Marelli, a global mobility and automotive systems developer is finishing development of an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)- capable battery management system.

PFINDER KG: ArcelorMittal collaboration for EV anti-corrosion coatings

PFINDER KG and ArcelorMittal have collaborated to produce a combination of corrosion protection coatings for EV batteries.

Hydrogen and Energy Storage to Drive Ion Exchange Membrane Demand

Ion exchange membranes are emerging as critical materials in the transition to green energy. Emerging applications in hydrogen fuel cells, water electrolyzers, and redox flow batteries are expected to drive significant market growth through 2035.

Saint-Gobain: Inter-cell fire protection foams

In a webinar presented on the 5th June 2025, it detailed its latest generation of inter-cell foams for thermal runaway propagation limitation.

Sunward

Sunward is a Chinese OEM of construction equipment including excavators. IDTechEx spoke to Sunward at Bauma 2025 about its newest electric excavators.

Caterpillar: Autonomous Mining Trucks

IDTechEx spoke to Caterpillar at Bauma 2025 about its autonomous mining trucks, the core technologies behind them, and future areas of development.