21.02.2012
- BASF announced its third acquisition in battery technology in two months, saying it would buy Merck KGaA's electrolytes business for high-performance batteries to tap into growing...
13.12.2011
- Dr. Günter von Au, CEO of Süd-Chemie, Munich/Germany, and Peter Bahnsuk Kim, Vice Chairman and CEO of LG Chem, Ltd., Seoul/Korea, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to...
07.07.2011
- Dow Chemical has formed a joint venture with Japan's Ube Industries Ltd to produce electrolytes for lithium ion batteries, the companies said on Wednesday. The joint venture...
01.03.2011
- Asahi Kasei will team up with Nissan Motor and Omron to develop an inexpensive power storage system made by recycled electric-vehicle batteries, the Nikkei business daily reported...
15.11.2010
- South Korea's LG Chem expects to secure more battery orders for General Motors Co's upcoming Volt electric cars for 2011 because of higher-than-expected demand for the car to be...
28.09.2010
- LG Chem Ltd will jointly develop a lithium-ion battery system with Mitsubishi Motors Corp, the Japan's Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday. The two firms hope to use the...
20.07.2010
- South Korea's LG Chem said on Tuesday it was considering building rechargeable battery plants in China and Europe around 2013 to meet demand. A U.S. unit of South Korea's No.1...
15.07.2010
- Süd-Chemie AG is investing approximately €60 million in the production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP), a high performance energy storage material used in batteries for electric...
