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Lithium Australia

Lithium Australia is based in Australia and has two fully owned subsidiaries in battery recycling and cathode material production. This profile focuses on the company's involvement in the Li-ion battery recycling market.

Asahi Kasei: Fire Retardant Plastics

IDTechEx spoke to Asahi Kasei at the SPE Plastics for Electric and Autonomous Vehicles event in Detroit in April 2023. The focus of the conversation was around its flame retardant PA66 grade with potential for EV battery applications.

Cadent Gas: Hydrogen Pipeline & Blending Projects

Cadent Gas is a UK-based gas distribution company that owns, operates, and maintains the largest natural gas distribution network in the UK. This profile focuses on Cadent's activities in developing hydrogen pipelines and testing hydrogen gas blending.

Auto L: A New LiDAR Start-up

Auto L was founded in 2019 as a spin-out of Korean automotive OEM Hyundai. It has had some small-scale deployments and is currently looking to expand its business in the US.

Upcoming Webinar: Will Sodium-Ion Batteries Disrupt and Conquer?

Thursday 18 May 2023 - The following aspects will be addressed: Materials for sodium-ion cell design; Sodium-ion battery value proposition; Opportunities and challenges in the sodium-ion battery market; Sodium-ion battery players and commercialisation efforts; Will sodium-ion batteries replace lithium?

SMR Market to Meet 2% Of Total Electricity Demand by 2043

Small modular reactors (SMRs) promise cheaper nuclear energy, supplying zero-carbon grid baseload and enabling new use cases for nuclear reactors. By shrinking the size of nuclear reactors compared to conventional large nuclear reactors, much of the construction is transferred to factory assembly lines, cutting capital costs and making nuclear power cost-competitive with renewables in many applications.

TactoTek adds TracXon Solutions to enhance supply of IMSE Technology

Finnish IMSE pioneer TactoTek and TracXon, an innovative spin-off of the Holst Centre, have signed a license agreement

Helio Display Materials

Helio Display Materials is an early-stage UK company developing nanocrystal perovskite films for color conversion in display applications, aiming to replace the commonly used quantum dot technology. This profile is based on an SID (Society for Information Display) presentation and Q&A session with CTO Bernard Wenger.

Nanoscribe

Nanoscribe is a manufacturer of 3D printers using two-photon polymerization (2PP) and two-photon grayscale lithography (2GL) technologies. IDTechEx spoke with Jörg Smolenski, Business Development Manager at Nanoscribe.

Sodium-Ion Batteries: From Research to Commercialization

Among the existing energy storage technologies, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have unmatched energy density and versatility. Since their first commercialization, the growth in LIBs has been driven by portable devices. In recent years, however, large-scale electric vehicles and stationary applications have emerged

ENEOS Corporation: Direct MCH Technology

ENEOS Corporation (formerly JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation) is a Japanese petroleum company. Its businesses include oil and gas exploration, import, as well as refining of crude oil to manufacture petroleum products. This profile focuses on ENEOS' Direct MCH® LOHC technology.

Samsung SDI (Battery)

Samsung SDI are a leading manufacturer of Li-ion cells and batteries as well as of materials for screen displays.

Hyper Bike Co.

Hyper Bike Co. is a bicycle manufacturer that builds regular and electric pedal bicycles.

AI for Sustainability: How Materials Informatics is Driving Change

Materials informatics is the application of data-driven methods, including machine learning techniques, to the field of materials science. This important part of the digital transformation toolbox for the materials industry has wide-ranging benefits, but the ability to enhance the sustainability of materials and their manufacturing processes could be the most impactful of these.

Electric Train Battery Technologies & Suppliers

Battery-electric vehicles are at the forefront of the zero-emission technology being considered in rail, and technologies and systems are advancing rapidly. In this premium article, IDTechEx evaluates different battery chemistry options and their suitability for trains, comparing NMC, NCA, LFP, LTO, solid-state and lithium metal. IDTechEx further shares primary research from the leading heavy-duty pack suppliers underpinning the sector.

VDL Enabling Technologies

VDL Enabling Technologies is a contract manufacturer for specialist production lines. At LOPEC 2023 IDTechEx caught up with Director of Business Development Sorin Stan to learn more about how VDL supports the development of printed electronics production lines, and also its vacuum-free atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology.

VitreaLab

VitreaLab is an early-stage company developing waveguide systems to backlight LCD panels or illuminate LCoS panels using lasers, for virtual and augmented reality headsets respectively. This has significant potential advantages in terms of coupling efficiency with optical systems, color gamut and more.

Keey Aerogel

Keey Aerogel is an aerogel manufacturer based in France. IDTechEx spoke with Michael O'Connor (Chief Executive and Commercial Director) about its expansion plans and future outlook.

AMS Osram

AMS Osram is a semiconductor company that makes 905nm laser emitters and detectors for LiDAR. IDTechEx spoke to AMS Osram at AV Sensors 2023, where it was showcasing some new laser products with improved thermal performance and detectors used for in-cabin applications.

Eaton: Electric Vehicle Charging

Eaton is a power management company founded in the United States with global headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. It has approximately 92,000 employees, and does business in more than 175 countries with annual sales of over US$20 billion.