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With its sophisticated testing technology, Weiss Technik GmbH tests the safety, reliability, and performance of electrical energy storage systems under all thermal, climatic, and mechanical loads. Weiss Technik offers a large selection of tried and tested standard test chambers as well as the planning and realization of individual test chambers and test rooms as a single-source supplier, the planning of laboratories, and the integration of central cooling units. Weiss Technik equips complete battery test centers and builds clean rooms, drying rooms, and vacuum dryers for battery production – always with a focus on reproducible processes. A strong sales and service organization with 22 companies in 15 countries at 40 locations supports its customers and ensures system operation worldwide. The Weiss Technik companies are part of Schunk Group which is based in Heuchelheim near Giessen, Germany. More information: https://www.weiss-technik.com/en

Volkswagen is systematically implementing its technology roadmap at its German battery competence centers in Salzgitter and Braunschweig. This makes Volkswagen one of the most important players in battery technology worldwide. With the creation, testing, and series production of battery cells and battery systems, Volkswagen is setting its own standards in the further development of the electrificationʼs key component and is poised to become one of the worldʼs leading manufacturers of electric mobility components. At its Center for Battery Systems in Braunschweig, Volkswagen develops high-voltage battery systems. Every year, more than 500,000 battery systems for fully electric vehicles such as those of the “ID.” family and systems for plug-in hybrids are mass-produced there. More information: https://www.volkswagen-group.com/en

VITRONIC Machine Vision GmbH is one of the worldʼs leading companies in the field of industrial image processing. Since its foundation in 1984, the privately owned company has been offering innovative solutions in industrial and logistics automation as well as in traffic engineering. Customers and partners in the automotive industry rely on VITRONICʼs expertise and have been using the specialistʼs automatic optical systems for quality inspection for many years. VITRONICʼs know-how is now also being incorporated into new intelligent inspection solutions for all critical areas of cell and battery production. The image processing systems work inline and support the production of batteries for fully electric cars and hybrid vehicles in the optimization and automation of processes. The inspection systems enable the detection of even the smallest defects on surfaces and weld seams so that cost-intensive process deviations can be corrected at an early stage. Sensitive storage technologies can therefore be produced efficiently and with consistently high quality. More information: https://www.vitronic.com/en-us/corporate-home

TÜV SÜD Battery Testing GmbH, based in Garching near Munich, is responsible for testing batteries and cells within the TÜV SÜD Group. More than 60 experienced experts are dedicated to testing the safety, reliability, and performance of lithium-ion storage systems. In addition to battery manufacturers, the main customers include almost all renowned automotive manufacturers and suppliers as well as players from the aviation, rail transport, marine, and mechanical engineering sectors. As an accredited battery testing laboratory, TÜV SÜD Battery Testing offers the complete spectrum with performance tests, environmental simulation, abuse tests, and more from a single source. In addition, the service portfolio includes the homologation of traction batteries and the CB certification of batteries for international market access. More information: https://www.tuvsud.com/en-us/services/testing/battery/laboratory-capabilities

TRUMPF SE + Co KG offers manufacturing solutions in the fields of machine tools and laser technology. The high-tech company with around 16,500 employees is driving forward the digital networking of the manufacturing industry through consulting as well as platform and software services. In its “Laser Technology” division, TRUMPF offers high-power CO2 lasers, disk and fiber lasers, direct diode lasers, ultrashort pulse lasers, as well as marking lasers and systems. TRUMPF lasers are the first choice for automotive production in particular. Disk laser welding systems, for example, accelerate the production of battery cells for electric vehicles. TRUMPF offers a system for this purpose that consists of the six or more kilowatt “TruDisk” disk laser, processing optics, and process sensors – for example for monitoring the welding depth – as well as the corresponding software and control system. The interaction of these components and TRUMPFʼs comprehensive application knowledge make the production of battery cells considerably more efficient and reduce waste. In this way, TRUMPF lasers are helping to establish electric mobility and further reduce battery production costs. More information: https://www.trumpf.com/en_US/products/lasers/ and https://www.trumpf.com/en_US/

With SAUERESSIG Group, the Matthews International Corporation unites its Packaging, Elastomers, Surfaces, Engineering, Rollers and e.GEN divisions under one brand. As a leading international provider of pre-press services and rotary tools for gravure and flexographic printing processes, embossing rollers and cutting as well as creasing tools, SAUERESSIG Group has extensive expertise. The Group works on pioneering research projects and invests in the development of intelligent workflows and digital solutions. As an innovation leader for special machine construction in the field of future-oriented battery and energy storage technology, individual solutions are developed for the pioneers of tomorrow. Brand manufacturers, printers and converters as well as renowned manufacturers of modern energy storage technologies benefit from solution-oriented innovations, decades of experience, and maximum flexibility. With 13 locations, SAUERESSIG has a strong global network. More information: https://www.saueressig.com/en/

Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH stands for innovative and customized vacuum solutions, technological perfection, expertise, competent advice, and reliable service worldwide. The company offers vacuum technology with a product portfolio ranging from hybrid and magnetically levitated turbopumps to backing pumps, leak detectors, and measuring as well as analysis devices through to vacuum chambers and systems. Vacuum technology can be used to optimally cover the special requirements in the production and quality testing of lithium-ion batteries. The company offers dry pumps with high resistance to toxic and poisonous vapors in drying, filling and formation processes, highly sensitive leak detection on battery components and cells as well as integral and quantitative leak detection on battery packs and cooling circuits. Pfeiffer Vacuum products and solutions are used worldwide in the markets of analytics, industry, research and development, as well as semiconductors and future technologies. The companyʼs main markets are in Europe, the United States, and Asia. Pfeiffer Vacuum employs 4,000 people and has ten production sites as well as 20 sales and service companies around the world. More information: https://group.pfeiffer-vacuum.com/en/ and https://www.pfeiffer-vacuum.com/global/en

Founded in Bavaria in 1981, Mühlbauer Group has developed into a leading global company in the fields of precision parts manufacturing, automation solutions for the semiconductor and security industries, and innovative technologies for electric mobility. With around 4,000 employees and numerous technology centers in Europe, America, and Asia as well as 35 sales and service locations worldwide, Mühlbauer has a strong competence network around the globe. The youngest and most dynamic company division, “ATECH – Advanced Energy Technologies,” brings unique machine requirements to series production. For electric mobility, Mühlbauer has been offering highly efficient production lines for the manufacture of pouch cells and prismatic cells for lithium-ion batteries as well as membrane electrode assemblies and stacks for fuel cells of renowned automobile manufacturers since 2022. Mühlbauer also has expertise in precise material handling, on the basis of which the company offers innovative production concepts for solar cells on flexible surfaces. More information: https://muehlbauer.de//

ISRA VISION, part of the Atlas Copco Group, is a leading provider of industrial image processing in the field of machine vision. In order to make production both more sustainable and more cost-effective for customers worldwide, the company helps to detect defects at an early stage through surface inspection, ensure quality, and thus guarantee its customersʼ competitive advantage. The companyʼs high-precision SMASH inspection system ensures consistently high quality along the entire battery cell production value chain – from the inspection of raw materials to the coating process consisting of coating, calendering and cutting, through to unwinding. For the inspection of battery cells, ISRA VISION has developed an innovative solution for comprehensive process and quality control. The inline inspection solution performs a 360-degree check of the cell to ensure 100 percent inspection and the delivery of only flawless cells. More information: https://www.isravision.com/en-en

“Göhler GmbH und Co. KG, Anlagentechnik” from Hösbach, Germany, is a medium-sized family business with a tradition of craftsmanship that goes back more than 70 years and is now managed by the third generation. Working hand in hand with planners and plant operators, Göhler has been providing its customers with optimum concepts ever since. With planning, construction, and maintenance of systems, sometimes for hazardous media, the company provides optimum overall solutions. Distributed throughout Germany, Göhler is reliably networked with its customers at five locations. For battery production, the company offers solutions for the supply of NMP, electrolytes, and all other liquid media. Göhler has specialist knowledge in the areas of process and plant engineering, measurement and control technology, filling surface and waste water technology, tank protection and tank refurbishment, as well as pipeline construction. More information: https://www.goehler.de/en/