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GROWING PRESENCE SINCE
Epsilon Advanced Materials completes acquisition HOUSE OF PHARMA

of LFP cathode technology centre in Germany MACHINERIES

Mumbai-based battery materials optimise the performance of their bat-
maker, Epsilon Advanced Materials teries,” EAM’s CEO, Mr. Sunit Kapur
(EAM), has announced the completion said.
of the acquisition of Johnson Mathery’s Flaker
lithium-ion phosphate (LFP) cathode Battery manufacturers are increas-
active material (CAM) technology ingly transitioning to LFP cathode,
centre in Moosburg, Germany. In which has a longer life span, offers
October last year, EAM had agreed to improved discharge and charge effi -
acquire the R&D centre to tap into the ciency, provides better performance at
European battery materials’ talent pool higher temperatures, is less expensive V Blender Double Cone Blender
and cater to its global clientele. compared to other cathode materials,
such as nickel and cobalt, and is main-
“With the purchase, EAM is poised tenance-free, safe and lightweight.
to make India the fi rst country in Asia Epsilon had previously announced
outside of China to manufacture LFP a $1.1-bn investment for the esta- The Moosburg facility, which
cathode materials. Approximately 70% blishment of an anode battery materi- employs approximately 25 people in
of cathode materials, and 100% of LFP als manufacturing facility in Bellary, its R&D and operations greatly redu-
cathodes, for lithium-ion batteries are Karnataka. EAM also plans to build a ces EAM’s technology development
currently produced in China,” the com- $650-mn graphite anode material manu- and scale-up timeframe. The centre is
pany said in a statement. facturing facility in Brunswick County, equipped to produce LFP and lithium Vibro Sifter Sparkler Filter
North Carolina, US and is investing manganese iron phosphate (LMFP)
“The advanced technology centre €600-mn to develop a graphite process- cathodes in small laboratory-scale
in Moosburg strategically positions us ing facility in Vaasa, Finland. batches to up pilot-scale material. It
to lead the industry in cathode material features a versatile pilot customer qua-
manufacturing,” said Mr. Vikram Handa, “Integrating the cathode expertise lifi cation plant designed to validate new
Managing Director, EAM. The deve- from the Moosburg technology cen- materials and utilises a hydrothermal
lopment will make it the fi rst global tre with our anode business uniquely process that provides a cleaner metal
company capable of providing manu- positions us to deliver comprehensive processing solution, which results in
facturers with both cathode and anode solutions to customers, delivering a more environmentally friendly bat- Centrifuge
materials for lithium-ion batteries. anode and cathode to empower them to tery-metals supply chain. Octagonal Blender

REDUCING IMPORT DEPENDENCY
Adani’s mega copper plant in Gujarat to begin phase 1

operations soon Multi Mill

Kutch Copper Ltd. (KCL), a subsi- The $1.2-bn facility will help cut KCL, a greenfi eld copper refi nery
diary of Adani Enterprises Ltd. (AEL), India’s dependence on imports of the with a capacity to produce 1-mtpa Ribbon Blender
the world’s largest single-location cop- third most used industrial metal, after of refined copper, is scheduled Tray Dryer
per manufacturing plant at Mundra in steel and aluminium. Technologies criti- to be completed in two phases. Manufacturers & Exporters:
Gujarat, will start operations of the cal to the energy transition like electric For phase 1 involving capacity of PRAGATI ENGINEERING WORKS
fi rst phase by March-end and full-scale vehicles (EVs), charging infrastructure, 0.5-mtpa, KCL achieved financial
1-mtpa capacity by March 2029, news solar photovoltaics (PV), wind and bat- closure through a syndicated club Shed No. W-88, N-8, Industrial Estate, Chikhloli MIDC, Ambernath (W) - 421 505, Mumbai - INDIA.
agency PTI reported. teries, all require copper. loan in June 2022. Mobile: +91-7887884428 / 7738855130 w Email: pragati12852@gmail.com
Website: http://pragatiengineeringworks.com w http://pragatipharmamachinery.in

138 Chemical Weekly February 13, 2024

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