VFBATTERY REPORT

Cell & Pack Manufacturing

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Battery Report 2025, page 98: Cell & Pack Manufacturing
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List of Private Pilot Lines and R&D Services in US 1 of 2 Location / Size

Battery Focus

Fabrication & Build

Testing & Safety

Newberry, IN HQ

Battery testing, evaluation, certification, and pilot-scale cell fabrication support

Electrodes: in-house pilot coating line incl. slurry mixing & coating

Testing: cell → module → large-format battery Teardown: not advertised as a standard systems service

Cells: pilot-scale cell fabrication workflow incl. calendaring, slitting, assembly

Safety: abuse testing explicitly described (thermal / abusive testing)

Analytics: not published as a detailed instrument list; positioned as testing/evaluation/certification

Materials: pilot material synthesis, half-cell & full-cell work

Cycling: customer cell validation & performance testing

Teardown: cell characterization & failure analysis implied via materials/cell services

Electrodes: toll coating on 4 coating lines, slot-die / roll-to-roll

Safety: nail, hot-box, crush reported in partner testing contexts

Analytics: materials analysis, separator evaluation

Cycling: internal product-level testing implied

Teardown: not listed

Safety: safety-focused / non-flammable chemistry development

Analytics: internal materials characterization

Founded 2013 1150 emp Non-profit)

Teardown & Analytics

Dry room: expanded cell build capacity Chattanooga, TN Founded 2008

End-to-end cell development and contract manufacturing services through production scale

50150 emp (est.)

Cells: cylindrical 14500, 18650, 21700, 26650 and pouch assembly California (multiple) Founded 2015

Battery materials & product company focused on safer electrolytes and advanced materials

Materials: graphene-based battery materials, conductive inks & pastes

Battery test equipment maker with R&D services and materials development

Electrodes/Materials: advanced synthetic graphite & precursor processing;

Cycling: extensive automated cell cycling via NOVONIX test systems

Teardown: case-dependent materials diagnostics

(**pilot line in Canada)

Safety: supported via test systems & customer programs

Analytics: in-house materials tools + UHPC systems

50150 emp (est.) Chattanooga, TN US + global Founded 2013

Cell Build: internal product development incl. cylindrical formats (e.g., 21700

200+ emp

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