German engineering firm Dürr Systems has received an order from Italian battery manufacturer for the delivery of a giga-coating system comprising four anode and four cathode lines, as well as the associated calenders, slitters and solvent recovery systems.

The equipment supplied by Dürr includes the tandem coater, a system that sequentially coats the foil on one side and then the other. The plant’s capacity at full load, based on the FIB cell and capacity design, is expected to be 8 GWh per year.

The order value is in the upper double-digit million-euro range and is the result of a strategic increase in activity in the battery production space, which Dürr began in 2018 when its acquired US-based Megtec.

From January 2025, Dürr’s coating business operates in its new lithium-ion battery business unit. FIB, which produces lithium-iron-phosphate batteries, is investing in a production facility in Europe, using predominantly Western technology.

Installation is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2025 and production to start in 2026.

“Particularly noteworthy is the short time from receipt of the order to the start of installation of the first lines in just 10 months—after all, the ink is only just dry,” said Bernhard Bruhn, Vice President Global Business Unit Lithium-Ion Battery at Dürr.

Source: Dürr