European Battery Industry Five Key Levers for Increased Efficiency in Gigafactories for Lithium-Ion Batteries

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While North America is pressing ahead with the expansion of battery production, Europe is struggling with delays and increased competition for production sites. In Germany, the discussion about capping research funding for lithium-ion batteries has led to uncertain future prospects. Eirich meets these challenges as a manufacturer of machines and systems and fulfils established standards in terms of quality, efficiency and delivery times.

In 2024, market developments in the field of lithium-ion batteries have been strongly shaped by regional investment support and tax incentives. While North America has pushed ahead significantly with efforts to expand battery production through measures such as the Inflation Reduction Act, despite the European Green Deal Industrial Plan Europe has struggled with delays and increased competition for production sites. Discussions about permitting the sale of internal combustion engines beyond 2035 and capping German research funding for Li-ion batteries are leading to uncertain prospects for the future, and this is another factor that is slowing down the expansion of production capacity in Europe. Eirich is facing these challenges head-on as a manufacturer of machinery and production lines/systems that meets established standards in terms of quality, efficiency, delivery time, and line availability and opens up technological advantages with ever new innovations. Manufacturers in the automotive industry and in the field of battery cell production appreciate in particular the complete dependability with which projects are handled and the comprehensive know-how of the company.

The experts are also on hand as competent contact persons who can help in adjacent areas outside of the company’s core portfolio of services and products, which focuses on the chemical process engineering side of battery cell production. The longstanding expertise of Eirich in the world of battery production extends to projects in North America, Europe, and Asia and covers applications from research laboratories to gigafactories. Both developers and manufacturers of battery cells can benefit from this vast wealth of experience – not only in existing projects, but also in new projects, where they will be able to transfer new product ideas quickly and flexibly to pilot or production scale.