Keyword: Batteries

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BASF and Toda Kogyo Eye North American Battery Market

11.08.2016 - Germany’s BASF and Japan’s Toda Kogyo are in exclusive talks to extend an existing Japanese collaboration in cathode active materials (CAM) and precursors to North America. Last...

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Umicore Accelerates Expansion Plans

29.04.2016 - Belgium’s Umicore, a leading supplier of cathode materials for batteries, is accelerating its capacity expansion plans to meet a surge in demand from hybrid and electric vehicles...

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BASF Licenses Battery Material From CAMX Power

13.04.2016 - BASF has taken a license from US-based CAMX Power relating to the CAMX suite of CAM-7 cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. CAM-7 is a patented cathode material that the...

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Arkema and Hydro-Québec Seal R&D Pact

14.07.2015 - French chemical producer Arkema and the French subsidiary of Canada’s Hydro-Québec, SCE France, have agreed a research partnership for energy storage chemicals. In particular, the...

Books

Electrochemical Power Sources: Batteries, Fuel Cells, and Supercapacitors

09.06.2015 - Electrochemical Power Sources (EPS) provides in a concise way the operational features, major types, and applications of batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors. The book...

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Umicore Calls BASF’s Patent Breach Claim “Flawed and Erroneous”

04.05.2015 - Belgium-based battery materials technology leader Umicore has publicly responded to BASF's allegations that it breached the German chemical giant's patents for nickel-cobalt...

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BASF Sues Umicore Over Alleged Patent Breach

12.04.2015 - A US court has given Belgium's Umicore, one of the leading providers of cathode materials for batteries, until Apr. 17 to reply to allegations by BASF that the company breached...

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BASF and Toda Kogyo Agree JV on Cathode Materials for Batteries

02.03.2015 - Germany's BASF and Toda Kogyo of Japan have finalized their joint venture agreement on production of cathode active materials (CAM) for lithium-ion batteries in Japan. The deal was...