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Following the planned takeover of the insolvent CustomCells Group, operations at the main site in Itzehoe will largely continue, while the plant in Tübringen will remain closed.

Chinese battery manufacturer EVE Energy plans to invest the equivalent of 1.2 billion US dollars in a new 484,000-square-meter plant for energy storage system batteries in Malaysia.

US-based company Lyten will take full control of Europeʼs largest production and research facility for battery energy storage systems from Northvolt in Poland.

CATL has started construction of a battery plant in West Java as part of a six-billion-dollar joint project, which is due to start production in late 2026.

The divisions of Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt managed by the insolvency administrator have received a provisional purchase offer.

The Battery-News team has chosen the best international interview in a vote on its own behalf and honored an extensive conversation with LEAD Group Chairman Yanqing Wang.

LG Energy Solution from South Korea will supply Chinese car manufacturer Chery with 46-format battery cells, covering a total capacity of eight gigawatt-hours for six years.

CATL has begun mass production of a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cell with higher energy density and fewer components for use in stationary energy storage systems.

At its Cologne site, Ford has put a plant into operation where 180 robots are to ensure standardized and error-free assembly of electric vehicle traction batteries.

With a planned annual capacity of ten gigawatt-hours, AESC has started series production of batteries for French car manufacturer Renault at a new factory in Douai in northern France.

Due to high tariffs on machinery, steel and aluminum, AESC from China has suspended construction of its battery factory in the US state of South Carolina indefinitely.

Samsung SDI is investing a portion of the approximately one billion euros raised in May 2025 through a capital increase into renovating and expanding its battery plant in Göd, Hungary.