18th March 2027

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From Batteries to Bridges: Lyten Expands Its Supermaterials Platform into the Global Concrete Industry

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Lyten, the supermaterial applications company and inventor of Lyten 3D Graphene™, announced its expansion into the global concrete market with the launch of Lyten S Cure™, a high-performance concrete admixture engineered to make infrastructure stronger, more durable, and faster to build—without requiring changes to existing production processes or compromising on cost. S Cure marks Lyten’s third major … Read more

Avnet Silica Research Maps €2.14 Billion Funding Flows in European Energy Storage Startups

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This investigation highlights investment trends across battery systems, EV charging, and emerging storage technologies. Brussels, Belgium, 21 January 2026 – Avnet Silica, an Avnet company (NASDAQ: AVT), today released new research mapping the landscape of European energy storage startups. The study finds that total equity funding for startups producing energy storage hardware has reached €2.14 billion, with nearly half (46.7%) secured in … Read more

Britain’s Battery Future at a Critical Turning Point

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New Recommendations Set Out Path to Secure Investment, Protect Jobs and Build Secure the UK’s Automotive Competitiveness A cross-party commission has today published a major set of recommendations designed to secure Britain’s place in the global battery industry, safeguard the future of its automotive sector, and ensure the country remains competitive in a rapidly shifting … Read more

Altris and Draslovka Partner to Scale Europe’s First Sodium-ion Battery Technology Supply Chain

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Altris, a Swedish sodium-ion battery developer, and Draslovka, a global leader in speciality chemicals, have entered a strategic partnership to build Europe’s first industrial-scale sodium-ion cathode value chain. Under the comprehensive agreement that includes a total 19.3 MEUR in-kind investment by Draslovka in Altris, the two companies will scale fully connected production of Altris’ patented … Read more

Morrow ready for series production, consolidates operations and accelerates industrial partnerships

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(Arendal, 09.01.26) Morrow Batteries ASA (Morrow) is entering the final phase towards full‑scale series production, with production lines running and commercial deliveries starting. The company is now pursuing a “partnership‑first” strategy, seeking long‑term investments and strategic alliances to accelerate technology validation and secure offtake agreements. Upon declaring the commercial start of production (Commercial SOP), Morrow … Read more

Clarios and Altris Accelerate Sodium-Ion Innovation with Extended Strategic Partnership and Commitment to Serial Production

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Roadmap to commercial production of sodium-ion batteries planned before the end of the decade. Clarios, a global leader in advanced low-voltage battery solutions, today announced major steps forward in its sodium-ion strategy including an expanded partnership with Swedish battery innovator Altris underpinned by a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) focused on the Power Sodium platform. The … Read more

Altris and Ligna Develops the World’s First Ultrathin Sodium-Ion Battery

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Altris is taking another step in building a smarter and more resilient European battery ecosystem. Together with Ligna, Jemac and RISE, the company is developing the world’s first ultrathin sodium-ion battery for next-generation connected electronics – an effort supported by Vinnova and fully developed in Sweden.  Together with Swedish partners Ligna and Jemac, Altris is … Read more

Skeleton opens €220 million Leipzig factory to stabilise Europe’s electrical grid and AI infrastructure

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Leipzig, Germany – 28th November 2025: Skeleton Technologies has officially opened its €220 million SuperFactory in Markranstädt, near Leipzig. The facility is already delivering to Siemens, General Electric, and Hitachi Energy for European electrical grids, and to major US hyperscalers for AI infrastructure. With a fully European value chain, Skeleton’s supercapacitors use no lithium, cobalt, manganese, or … Read more

Teaming up for autonomy: Europe’s race to build its own battery power

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Gigafactories are key to Europe’s strategic autonomy, but years of outsourcing have left the continent reliant on foreign technology. This is why industry and research are now teaming up to regain control of the machines that power the transition. Because the experts’ warning is clear: “If we don’t produce batteries here, we’ll keep losing money … Read more

CATL, Stellantis break ground on battery plant in Spain

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Contemporary Star Energy, S.L., the joint venture created by Stellantis and CATL, today celebrated the groundbreaking of its lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery gigafactory in Zaragoza. This event marks the start of construction of one of Europe’s most advanced facilities, designed to operate as a carbon-neutral plant with a capacity of up to 50 GWh. … Read more