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MTR (Membrane Technology and Research)

US-based Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (MTR) develops and produces membrane-based separation systems for the petrochemical, natural gas, and refining industries. IDTechEx Technology Analyst Eve Pope spoke with Carbon Capture Process Engineer Lauren Takata at the Carbon Capture Technology Expo North America 2024.

Witte Technology

Witte Technology GmbH are an industrial and security printing company providing forgery-proof, copy-proof, self-adhesive marking systems, official documents, and vehicle safety products. Witte Technology have approximately 150 employees in Germany and 400 employees in Mexico. IDTechEx spoke with Sara Shishegaran, Product Developer, who was presenting printed leak detectors for ostomy bags and diapers at LOPEC 2024.

M-Reformer

Methanol Reformer SL (M-Reformer) is a division of MMM Energy (MMM Group) supplying methanol reformer units for on-site production of hydrogen and electricity generation.

Super-Safety and Self-Steering - IDTechEx Explores Autonomous Vehicles

With more than 90% of road traffic accidents coming down to human error, the importance of autonomy and its safety benefits cannot be overlooked. As the industry moves into a new era of autonomous driving technologies, safety benchmarks and standards are evolving, forcing car companies to adopt new technologies to keep their cars competitive.

McLaren Automotive

McLaren Automotive is the production car division of the McLaren Group. One of the most successful and iconic racing and motorsports brands, recent years have brought significant financial challenges as the company looks to adapt in an increasingly electrified world. IDTechEx explores the latest developments and challenges for the British brand.

IACX Energy

Founded in 2006, IACX Energy is a US-based fully integrated helium production and processing company that uses its proprietary helium purification technology and provides fee-based helium processing and marketing services.

Thermal Energy Storage for LDES and Decarbonization

As the penetration of variable renewable energy increases in key countries, so will the need to manage the increasing uncertainty and variability in electricity supply.

Silver Takes Gold: The Conductive Inks Market Competition Heats Up

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are underway, and elite athletes from all over the world are competing in various games using a range of different skills. With constant debate over gold, silver, and bronze medals, a comparison can be made with the conductive inks market. Silver flake-based inks are set to win gold in a number of different application areas, beating out competition from a host of conductive ink types.

Ionic Technologies

Ionic Technologies is a rare-earth element processor spun-out from Queen's University Belfast and founded in 2016. Ionic Technologies produces rare-earth oxides from primary (mining) and secondary (recycling) material sources, which are sold to partners for applications in magnets, phosphors, and batteries. IDTechEx spoke with Eoghain O'Hara, Chemist at Ionic Technologies, at the Materials Research Exchange conference in London, UK.

Air Liquide

Established in 1902, Air Liquide is a French company that supplies industrial gases and specialty gases. As part of its engineering & construction business lines, Air Liquide offers helium separation technologies to separate and purify helium for helium production.

To-Zero GmbH

To-Zero GmbH is a German company that converts diesel buses into electric buses. IDTechEx spoke to Andreas Pfeffer, CEO of To-Zero, about the unique challenges of retrofitting electrification, as well as the state of the industry at large.

Join Our Upcoming Webinar on the Flexible Batteries Market

Thursday 8 August 2024 - Flexible Batteries: Differentiation of Technologies and Application Market Analysis. This webinar will first examine the different flexible battery technologies, then move onto an analysis of flexible battery application markets.

The Future of Automotive Refrigerants After PFAS

While the focus of the automotive market has been on electrification to meet CO2 regulations, these are not the only regulations that will significantly impact the automotive industry. PFAS are becoming a greater concern throughout multiple industries. With the uncertainty around PFAS regulations, there are a few avenues that automotive players could pursue to replace the refrigerants they use.

Seurat Technologies

Seurat Technologies is a US startup developing "Area Printing" - a large format metal laser powder bed fusion technology. IDTechEx spoke with Craig Colman, Head of Marketing at Seurat.

Ambarella

Ambarella is a fabless semiconductor company, based in Silicon Valley. It has a long history of designing chips for video processing, used in applications like digital camcorders and surveillance systems. It is now embracing AI in its products and enabling many new applications in the video processing space with its edge AI chips. IDTechEx visited Ambarella in Santa Clara where they discussed Ambarella's automotive technologies.

Q Power

Q Power Oy is a Finnish start-up developing and commercializing its biocatalytic methanation technology for the production of e-methane.

Roboshuttles: A Promising Yet Challenging Mobility Solution

Roboshuttles are small, fully electric, and operate at Level 4 autonomy, making them an ideal last-mile solution. They were once highly anticipated in the autonomous driving industry as a promising mobility solution, and at one point, over 25 companies were competing in this space. However, IDTechEx has observed a yearly decline in the number of active companies from 2020 to 2024, and the industry has not advanced to the large-scale commercial testing phases as hoped.

VES

Vacuum Engineering Services (VES) designs and manufactures leak testing solutions for production environments of several industries.

Geo2Watts

Geo2Watts™ is developing a thermal energy storage (TES) technology, named the Borehole Battery™, designed for long duration energy storage (LDES) applications.

FLEXOO

FLEXOO is a spin-off of InnovationLab GmbH, which specialises in the development and manufacture of printed electronics solutions. FLEXOO designs and manufactures printed pressure and temperature sensors for battery health monitoring solutions, in addition to providing accompanying readout electronics. IDTechEx caught up with Head of Business Development, Florian Ullrich, at LOPEC 2024 in Munich, Germany.