First German manufacturer of customized electrolytes for high-performance batteries announces multiple thousand tons of production!
Battery supplier start-up plans to build a production facility in Germany to strengthen the European supply chain for battery production!
– Münster, 25 May 2022 – E-Lyte Innovations GmbH is the first German company to realize a multi thousand ton scale production plant for customized high-performance electrolytes at a German site. Specific electrolyte solutions are components of innovative high-performance batteries and are largely responsible for their properties and potential applications.
With this announcement, the start-up company from Münster (Westphalia) is taking a giant step after only 3 years in business. In addition to supplying industrial manufacturers and the automotive sector in Germany, E-Lyte also wants its venture to help stabilize the supply chain for battery production in Europe.
“A universal electrolyte for batteries no longer exists today, and differentiation is increasing more and more. Rapidly developing battery technologies in a wide variety of applications are causing the demand for customized electrolyte formulations and ever-larger production volumes to virtually explode. To meet this, we need a local supply chain. Not least because the electrolyte does not allow for long delivery and storage times due to its limited shelf life,” says Dr. Ralf Wagner, managing partner of E-Lyte Innovations GmbH.
E-Lyte is supported financially and technologically in its project by FUCHS Lubricants Germany GmbH. The production plant is scheduled to be in production as early as summer 2023 and, in addition to the highest technological standards, will also enable flexible production processes. To enable industrialization, scaling and further growth quickly, the necessary manufacturing infrastructure will be built at a FUCHS site in Kaiserslautern.
“The world is changing rapidly and we don’t just want to keep pace, we want to actively meet the future: by entering a very exciting, globally fast-growing market with significant business potential,” comments Stefan Fuchs, Chairman of the Executive Board, explaining the reasons behind the recent investment.
What the new partners have in common, he said, is that they do not serve the mass market, but focus on promising high-performance applications. E-Lyte’s product technology also focuses on specific requirements, such as faster charging times or higher energy densities of batteries. These are not only of great importance for electric cars but are also relevant for many other promising applications in the fields of medical technology, high- and low-temperature applications, or aerospace, among others.
The third partner in the joint venture is the founding shareholder of E-Lyte Innovations GmbH, the German Customcells Holding GmbH.
“Specific battery cell designs for premium applications are a CUSTOMCELLS success model – Made in Germany. This also requires specific materials. Electrolytes significantly determine the performance and aging properties and are a particularly important adjusting screw for application-optimized cell developments for CUSTOMCELLS,” says Torge Thönnessen, co-founder of CUSTOMCELLS.