6 Oct 2025

How Technology Innovations are Driving Rare Earth Magnet Market Growth
IDTechEx estimates that global rare earth magnet production will exceed 330 ktpa by 2036, as the USA and Europe move to reshore and scale domestic manufacturing capacity. Technology innovations addressing rare earth separation and magnet manufacturing will play a critical role in achieving increased magnet production while reducing reliance on supply-strapped heavy rare earths.
Background
9 Sep 2025

Honeywell - BESS sensors
Honeywell is a US-based multinational technology company, operating across a range of business segments, including aerospace, building automation, energy and sustainability, and industrial automation. The company supplies a range of sensing technologies designed to enhance the safety and performance of battery energy storage systems (BESS), the focus of this profile.
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8 Sep 2025

Solid Power
Solid Power was established in 2012 as a spin-out from the University of Colorado Boulder. Founded by Doug Campbell, Conrad Stoldt, and Sehee Lee, the company initially received funding from DARPA to explore next-generation solid-state battery technology. By 2013, Solid Power secured US$4.5 million in funding from ARPA-E and other non-dilutive sources, such as the Department of Defense and NASA. This early support enabled the company to transition out of the university's research labs and begin independent operations.
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8 Sep 2025

Prologium Technology Co Ltd
ProLogium was founded in 2006, with core technology in oxide electrolytes, ASM, LCBs, and MAB.
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5 Sep 2025

PolyPlus Battery Company
PolyPlus was founded in 1991 starting with lithium sulphur batteries. The company's early business model was focused on IP development and licensing.
Background
5 Sep 2025

Ohara Corporation
Ohara Corporation, a Japanese company, has a rich history of innovation in advanced materials. Among its most notable contributions is the development of Lithium-Ion Conducting Glass-Ceramics (LICGC™), a cutting-edge solid electrolyte material that has become integral to next-generation lithium-ion and quasi-solid-state batteries.
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5 Sep 2025

Natrion
Natrion is a cutting-edge company specializing in the development of solid-state battery technologies, with a focus on enhancing the performance, safety, and scalability of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), renewable energy storage, and other high-tech applications.
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4 Sep 2025

Hydro-Québec
In the 1990s, Hydro-Québec (Canada) and 3M (United States) collaborated on cells based on lithium metal foil as the anode, PEO LiClO4/LiN(CF3SO2)2 as the electrolyte, and vanadium oxide (VOx) as the cathode, aiming at the transport sector (EVs); these cell modules displayed 155 KWh/kg specific energy with a cycle life of 600 cycles at 80% depth of discharge (DoD).
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6 Aug 2025

Hytzer Energy
Hytzer Energy Co., Ltd. (中科深蓝汇泽新能源有限责任公司) was founded in April 2022 and is headquartered in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The company represents the commercialization of nearly two decades of groundbreaking solid-state battery research that began at Germany's Max Planck Institute.
31 Jul 2025

2025 to be a Defining Year for the Rare Earth Magnet Market
High-performance rare earth magnets are set to remain critical materials in electric vehicles, wind turbines, and robotics applications, despite a climate of intensifying supply risks, price pressures and export restrictions. As new rare earth supply chains emerge across the USA, Europe and Asia, IDTechEx characterizes growth opportunities presented for rare earth magnet technologies - from separation and refining to magnet production and recycling.
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28 Jul 2025

Q-CTRL (quantum navigation)
Q-CTRL is developing navigation systems using quantum magnetometers and software for quantum computing.
Background
23 Jul 2025

Hertha Metals
Hertha Metals is a start-up based in Texas, USA founded in 2022 developing sustainable iron and steel production technology. Hertha Metals has developed a proprietary pyrometallurgical process and high efficiency refining system to produce green steel and high purity iron. Hertha Metals is scaling-up production at its pilot plant to support the production of NdFeB magnets in the USA.
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22 Jul 2025

Enertia Micro: Birdbath Resonator Gyroscopes
Enertia Microsystems is an American startup specializing in the development and commercialization of ultra-high precision Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) gyroscopes. Enertia's primary technology is a birdbath resonator gyro (also known as a micro-hemispherical resonator gyro), which Enertia claims will bridge the performance gap between MEMS based gyroscopes and higher-performance alternatives.