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Battery Electric Train Deliveries on Track to Quadruple in 2023

Today's rail networks largely consist of electric trains 'tethered' to electric overhead and live rail systems. However, this is not feasible everywhere due to the high infrastructure cost/mile, remote geographic locations, and the practicality of building through tunnels and bridges.

Menlo Systems Inc

Menlo Systems Inc is an optical component company, with the mission: 'Transfer of innovative optical technologies into user-friendly products'. Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed their Business Development Manager Gabrielle Thomas about the company's role in the quantum sensing eco-system.

NuScale Power

NuScale Power is a US firm which is designing and commercializing a nuclear small modular reactor (SMR) based on multiple small integral pressurized water reactors (iPWRs). It could be the first firm to operate a commercial SMR in the USA.

DoMicro

DoMicro is a Dutch company that develops innovative micro-assembly technology for flexible hybrid electronics. It primarily provides private R&D services, although some solutions/technologies are developed without a specific request. IDTechEx caught up with Business Development Manager Dr AJ Hoeven at LOPEC 2023.

Ascend Elements

Ascend Elements is a Li-ion battery recycler, based in Massachusetts, US. The company has developed a Li-ion battery recycling process for the production of cathode active material (CAM).

Tactotek

Tactotek has developed a methodology for producing decorative surfaces with embedded electronics functionality, termed in-mold structural electronics. IDTechEx caught up with SVP for Business Development Dave Rice to learn about the current status of both the technological development and its adoption into different markets.

CAREM: Argentinian Small Modular Reactor Project

The CAREM25 reactor is under construction at the Atucha NPP facility near Buenos Aires, Argentina and is expected to come online in 2027. It is the closest SMR to completion outside of Russia or China and is administered by the state-owned utility Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA.

Electric Scooters to Continue Skyrocketing in Popularity

Asia accounts for more than 90% of all global two-wheeler sales, and it is unusual for a family not to own one in some countries. The three largest markets ranked by annual sales are China, India, and Southeast Asia.

Beyond Motors: Axial Flux Motors

Beyond Motors is a startup founded in December 2022 with a high power density axial flux motor.

Fortum

Fortum is a Nordic electricity, heating and energy provider that also offers clean-energy and resource efficiency-related services, including demolition and recycling. This profile provides an update of Fortum's 2022-Q1 2023 developments in Li-ion battery recycling.

AMBARtec

AMBARtec AG is a German start-up that has developed a process for storing hydrogen through reduction of iron oxide. Its technology is mainly applicable to stationary hydrogen storage.

Kuraray: Vectran

Kuraray is a major chemical company. IDTechEx spoke with Dr Forrest Sloan (Manager, International Marketing) about Vectran, Kuraray's high-performance yarn spun from liquid crystal polymer.

Blueshift

Blueshift are a company that specialise in making thermal protection systems based on a polyimide aerogel film. IDTechEx visited Blueshift's facility in MA, USA, to understand their latest developments.

Which Sustainable Packaging Solutions Are Advancing Circularity?

Creating a circular economy is an essential sustainability target for governments, brands, suppliers, and the public. A key driver is the risks that plastic consumption, which is expected to double globally by 2050, poses to the environment.

U-Battery

U-Battery is a primarily British consortium of companies including Urenco, Rolls Royce, and others working on a micro small modular reactor, largely for industrial power applications. The gas-cooled reactor would have an electrical power output of 4MW. IDTechEx attended a roundtable with the U-Battery team.

Rise of High-Performance TIMs in ADAS and Data Centers

Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs) come in different forms and thermal conductivities. Typical TIM forms include gap pads, thermal greases, thermally conductive adhesives (TCA), and phase change materials.

MmWave Development in 2023: Where's It Going & What Are the Challenges

Three years after 5G was officially commercialized, while most of the deployments are primarily focused on 5G mid-band, the development of 5G mmWave technology has also been underway. 5G mmWave, operating in high-frequency bands between 24-100 GHz, offers faster data transfer rates, low latency, and higher bandwidth compared to the previous wireless technology.

LiNa Energy: ZEBRA Battery

LiNa Energy was founded in 2017 as a spin-out of Lancaster University. The company is trying to commercialise solid-state sodium-nickel-chloride (ZEBRA) batteries.

Integrated Graphene

Integrated Graphene produce a graphene product called Gii for electrochemical sensing. IDTechEx spoke to Integrated Graphene at Medica 2022, where the company were showcasing their products for biosensor applications.

Optomec

Optomec is the market leader in aerosol printing systems, in which a collimated jet of often conductive ink is dispensed onto 2D and 2.5D surfaces. At InnoLAE 2023, Optomec outlined the commercial adoption of its technology, both for repairing conductive traces in semiconductor packaging and printing onto automotive glass.