Multiple fortune 500 companies have validated Natron's technology through independent testing and real-world deployments. Natron has spent 10 years perfecting sodium-ion battery chemistry for mass manufacturing, and in 2021 released the world's first UL listed sodium-ion battery product. This collaboration places the United States at the forefront of sodium-ion battery manufacturing. The Clarios Meadowbrook facility will become the world's largest sodium-ion battery plant when mass production begins in 2023. jointly announced a strategic agreement to manufacture the world's first mass-produced sodium-ion batteries. Sodium does not have the same energy density as lithium, and is three times heavier, but the material is widely cheap and available and interest in sodium-ion batteries is growing.Ĭhinese battery giant CATL, which has by far the largest planned battery manufacturing capacity globally, is looking at commercialising sodium-ion batteries while Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries acquired a British sodium-ion battery startup Faradion in January.Natron Energy, Inc. Ferrum is not only an important milestone in Altris’ history, but its very existence shows the confidence of our investors and customers in the future of sodium-ion batteries.” Other sodium-ion battery moves Tim Nordh, Altris CTO, said: “We’re delighted to name Sandviken as the home of our first industrial manufacturing facility. It raised €9.6 million in a Series A funding round in March this year, which included investment from gigafactory startup Northvolt. It is Altris’ third location along with its head office in Uppsala and sales office in Guangzhou, China. The Ferrum facility will total 1,800 square meters and development will start imminently with the first output expected in early 2023. Sandvik is a developer and producer of advanced stainless steels, special alloys, titanium and other high-performance materials.Īltris says its patented method for manufacturing that uses a low temperature and ambient pressure makes it a more sustainable and cost-efficient alternative to sodium-ion battery cathode material in the market today. The Ferrum facility, housed in one of Sandvik Materials Technology’s factories, will be Swedish startup Altris’s first industrial manufacturing facility. Sodium-ion cathode gigafactory from Northvolt-backed Altris Natron is grateful for the continued support from ARPA-E and Clarios which has helped make this project possible,” said Colin Wessells, Natron’s founder and CEO. “This project marks the beginning of a new era for Natron, in which we move from product development to serving our customers at a massive scale. Its batteries are primarily used for critical power applications like data centres and telecoms networks but the company hopes future applications include EVs and grid-scale energy storage. The company has been working on its sodium-ion battery chemistry for mass production for a decade and was the first to achieve a UL 9540A fire testing certification for the battery chemistry. Prussian blue electrode sodium-ion chemistry will be manufactured in the Michigan plant. Under the agreement with Clarios, electrodes and large format cells based on Natron’s proprietary ‘Largest sodium-ion battery production facility in the world’Ĭalifornia-based Natron Energy claimed the facility, which will use a portion of the Meadowbrook site, will be the largest sodium-ion battery plant in the world. Ferrum will produce 2000 metric tonnes of Altris’ cathode material, Fennac, each year, enabling 1GWh of sodium-ion battery production. In the same week, Swedish sodium-based cathode material startup Altris said it signed a deal with Sandvik Materials Technology to house its first industrial scale manufacturing facility in Sandviken, called ‘Ferrum’.
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