Partners

The European Commission launched the European Battery Alliance (EBA) in October 2017 to bring together industry players to ensure that all Europeans benefit from safer traffic, cleaner vehicles and more sustainable technological solutions. All this will be achieved by creating a competitive and sustainable battery cell manufacturing value chain in Europe.

Primobius entered into a cooperation with LICULAR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG, aimed at maximising the recycling rate, reducing resource consumption and creating a more circular and sustainable raw materials supply chain. Primobius will license its technology for the Mercedes-Benz battery recycling plant to be located at Mercedes-Benz Kuppenheim Operations in Southern Germany. In addition to a technology license to run the recycling plant, the cooperation will then also cover technological support from Primobius. LICULAR recycling activities will commence in 2023 and will provide industrial-scale validation for the integrated Primobius recycling solution.

Stelco is looking to partner with a party with lithium-ion battery capabilities for the purposes of establishing a battery recycling business in North America as part of its broader automobile recycling pursuits. The Primobius recycling process offers large-scale sustainable recycling that can drastically reduce the CO₂ footprint of vehicle and cell makers.