MAXBATT unites lead­ing Swedish and inter­na­tion­al stake­hold­ers across the bat­tery val­ue chain to accel­er­ate com­pet­i­tive, sus­tain­able, and cir­cu­lar bat­tery man­u­fac­tur­ing. Smoltek’s par­tic­i­pa­tion brings a unique mate­ri­als engi­neer­ing capa­bil­i­ty to the con­sor­tium: its pro­pri­etary car­bon nanofiber growth tech­nol­o­gy for next gen­er­a­tion bat­tery additives.

Through this part­ner­ship, Smoltek will engage in joint research projects, val­i­da­tion activ­i­ties, and indus­tri­al­iza­tion path­ways that sup­port MAXBATT’s mis­sion to build a cli­mate neu­tral, com­pet­i­tive Euro­pean bat­tery indus­try. The col­lab­o­ra­tion posi­tions Smoltek to accel­er­ate the tran­si­tion from lab­o­ra­to­ry scale CNF break­throughs to indus­tri­al­ly rel­e­vant mate­ri­als solutions.

“Becom­ing part of MAXBATT is a nat­ur­al pro­gres­sion for Smoltek. It strength­ens our path­way toward broad­er indus­tri­al appli­ca­tions and sup­ports our strat­e­gy to scale CNF based solu­tions into mar­kets where per­for­mance, sus­tain­abil­i­ty, and man­u­fac­tura­bil­i­ty are deci­sive.“
CEO Mag­nus Andersson

A New Chapter for the Battery Landscape

MAXBATT focus­es on pro­duc­tion tech­nolo­gies, indus­tri­al­iza­tion, dig­i­tal­iza­tion, and sus­tain­abil­i­ty for lithi­um ion and emerg­ing bat­tery chemistries. Smoltek’s ver­ti­cal­ly grown car­bon nanofibers (CNFs) offer a new class of engi­neered con­duc­tive addi­tives designed to improve elec­trode per­for­mance, reduce car­bon load­ing, and sup­port high are­al load­ing cath­odes and fast charg­ing appli­ca­tions. Smoltek’s growth process enables pre­cise con­trol of CNF mor­phol­o­gy, uni­for­mi­ty, and inte­gra­tion into slur­ry-based elec­trode man­u­fac­tur­ing as addi­tive – a crit­i­cal require­ment for gigafac­to­ry scale deployment.

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Read more in the offi­cial press release: Smoltek joins MAXBATT togeth­er with indus­tri­al OEMs for scal­ing bat­tery production