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Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. is a public Japanese chemical company offering a wide range of products including energy and functional materials, pharmaceutical and healthcare materials, construction materials, and many other chemicals and materials. At Thermal Management Expo 2023, IDTechEx talked with Masaki Kido, the Commercial Manager of Sumitomo Chemical.

Zendure

Zendure are a US based company who supply portable power stations for off-grid and residential energy storage purposes. IDTechEx spoke with Zendure at the Battery Show Europe 2023.

Battery Modeling Approaches for Second-Life Applications

Battery performance testing forms an important part of the second-life EV battery market. Remanufacturers will aim to use the best-performing EV batteries in their final second-life systems, such as stationary storage systems or lower-power electromobility applications.

SigmaSense

SigmaSense is an early-stage company that has developed an innovative current-mode sensing methodology comprising both hardware and software. This promises much greater accuracy and sensitivity for applications such as capacitive touch screens and battery monitoring. IDTechEx caught up with CEO Richard Seger and VP Emerging Technology Gary Baum to learn about the latest developments.

GCL Perovskite

GCL Perovskite is a company focusing on perovskite solar cells R&D, production and sales.

Ceres Holographics

Founded in 2009, Ceres Holographics is headquartered in Livingston, Scotland and specializes in enabling next-generation augmented reality (AR) through designing and digitally mastering holographic optical elements (HOEs) for transparent displays.

How OEMs Can Make Large Electric Excavators Cheaper Than Diesels

Large excavators (defined in this article as more than 6-tonne) are the biggest construction vehicle market, both in volume and revenue. Their popularity, size and diesel engines mean they are a significant contributor of emissions from the construction vehicle industry. They are a high priority vehicle for the industry to electrify but their size, intense workload and exposure to large shocks present more of a challenge for electrification. Early large excavator electrification was led by regional distributors conducting retrofitting projects. Paying full price for an ICE machine then incurring additional costs for labor and electric components made these examples unsustainably expensive. OEMs are now bringing larger excavator electrification in house, which IDTechEx predicts will bring significant cost savings, generating a favorable TCO. This premium article covers potential emission savings by moving to electric, performance of electric compared to diesel, which OEMs have prototype and production vehicles and case studies and estimated cost total cost of ownership breakdown.

PV Technologies: Commercial Opportunity and Technology Readiness

Innovation roadmap for PV technologies.

IDTechEx Explains What Apple's Vision Pro Headset Does Differently

On June 5th, Apple ended years of speculation and finally announced a mixed reality (MR) headset. The US$3499 Vision Pro headset confirmed some expectations and confounded others. IDTechEx has been tracking the mixed, augmented and virtual reality markets since 2015, with reports on headsets and accessories and optics available now and a report on displays for AR/VR soon to be released. This insight into the AR/VR industry and associated technologies provides context to IDTechEx's initial analysis of Apple's headset design philosophy.

Decarbonization Opens up New Markets for Gas Separation Membranes

Decarbonization is the main market driver across the industrial sector. In every roadmap there is an evolving mix of solutions that span the technology readiness spectrum, each with their own proponents and critics.

Ascend Performance Materials: High Temperature PA66

Ascend Performance Materials presented its X-Protect technology to increase the melting temperature of nylon 66 (polyamide) with key applications in EV battery packs.

Dätwyler: Electroactive Polymers

Dätwyler are a Swiss company focused on high-value, system-critical elastomer components. This profile is focused on electroactive polymers (EAPs).

Readiness Level of Printed Semiconductors (Organic and Perovskite)

Innovation roadmap for the readiness level of printed semiconductors (organic and perovskite applications).

Electrophoretic/ Electrochromic Displays: Readiness Level Assessment

Innovation roadmap for electrophoretic/ electrochromic displays.

Printed/Flexible Electronics Progression Through the Hype Cycle

Innovation roadmap for the printed/flexible electronics hype cycle.

Roadmap for Flexible Integrated Circuits (ICs)

Innovation roadmap for flexible integrated circuits.

Nvidia Market Cap Exceeds US$1 Tn, an Early Winner in the AI Boom

While the current AI boom is only just getting started, an early winner is Nvidia, who - on Tuesday, May 30th - saw the company's market capitalization exceed US$1 trillion for the first time. For a chip designer with no fabrication capabilities of its own, this is a significant moment.

NIO (Battery)

NIO are a Chinese manufacturer of premium electric vehicles.

Stora Enso

Stora Enso is a Finnish/Swedish company who develops and produces solutions based on wood and biomass for a range of industries and applications worldwide. IDTechEx spoke with Otto Kivi, Senior Specialist Business, at The Battery Show Europe 2023.

Tyson

Founded in 1999 in China, Tyson specializes in thermal management for servers and chips. Tyson has filed more than ten patents and has collaborated with leading companies including Lenovo, JD Technology, Ingenic Semiconductor, Ningbo Innchang Information Technology, Tsinghua Tongfang, Tencent, and China Telecom Tianyi Cloud, as well as foreign high-end chip central processing unit (CPU) manufacturers such as Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).