Circular materials technology company Umicore and clean technology company Nano One Materials have signed a nonexclusive joint development agreement (JDA) on production process technologies for cathode active materials (CAM) for lithium-ion batteries. Umicore will evaluate Nano One’s patented M2CAM One-Pot process technology with the intention of integrating it with Umicore’s proprietary process technology for the… Read more »
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Umicore opens a cathode active material plant in Poland
Umicore has opened a plant in Nysa, Poland to produce cathode active material for EVs. Construction of the gigafactory started in 2019, and production for car company and battery cell customers in Europe began this July. “Nysa’s annual production capacity is set to reach 20 GWh by the end of 2023 and 40 GWh in… Read more »
Umicore to build cathode precursor and active material plant in Canada
Umicore, a materials technology and recycling company, is planning to build a cathode precursor material and cathode active material plant in Ontario, Canada. “The planned facility would be the first of its kind in North America, combining cathode and precursor materials manufacturing at a large industrial scale and thereby completing the missing link in Canada’s… Read more »
Umicore and Idemitsu Kosan team up to develop cathode material integrated with solid electrolyte
Umicore, a materials technology and recycling company, and oil company Idemitsu Kosan have reached an agreement to co-develop catholyte materials, which integrate cathode active materials (CAM) with solid electrolytes, for all-solid-state battery applications. Since Umicore began work on CAMs for solid-state batteries in 2017, it has established some patents in the area. “Based on more… Read more »
Umicore to introduce new generation of battery recycling tech
Materials technology and recycling company Umicore will introduce a new generation of its proprietary battery recycling technology in 2022, and has reached an agreement with Automotive Cells Company (ACC) to provide battery recycling services. Umicore says the new generation of its battery recycling technology recovers 95% of the cobalt, nickel and copper from batteries, as… Read more »
Umicore buys a stake in solid-state battery developer Solid Power
Umicore has announced that it holds a stake in solid-state battery specialist Solid Power, following Solid Power’s announcement of its intent to become a publicly listed company. Umicore built its stake through earlier Series A and B investment rounds. Solid Power also counts Ford, BMW, Hyundai and Samsung among its investors. The company claims that… Read more »
EIB lends €125 million to Umicore for battery materials production in Poland
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €125-million loan to Umicore, the Belgian-based global materials technology and recycling group, to finance part of a greenfield production facility for cathode materials in Poland. The cathode materials will be supplied to battery manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries that are primarily used in EVs. The EIB loan will… Read more »
Formula E partners with Umicore on battery recycling program
The ABB FIA Formula E Championship has announced a partnership with Belgian materials technology and recycling group Umicore to recycle the Li-ion battery units and cells used during the first two seasons of the racing series. The batteries from Formula E’s first two seasons, which were built by Williams Advanced Engineering, have been collected and… Read more »
Audi and Umicore test closed-loop process for recycling EV batteries
Audi and Umicore, a materials technology and recycling group, have successfully tested a closed-loop approach for recycling components of high-voltage batteries. The companies’ research has shown that 95 percent of raw materials contained in batteries – including cobalt, nickel, and copper – can be recovered and reused for new products. In a closed-loop recycling approach,… Read more »
BMW partners with Northvolt and Umicore to develop sustainable EV battery lifecycle
As EVs proliferate, there’s an increasing need to establish protocols for sustainably procuring battery cells. BMW plans to collaborate with battery maker Northvolt and materials specialist Umicore to develop a sustainable lifecycle for European EV batteries. From cell chemistry to usage to recycling, the project seeks to optimize every step of a battery’s lifecycle around… Read more »