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CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd.) is the world leader in batteries for electric vehicles. Swedish company Northvolt is reportedly in talks with several Chinese battery manufacturers ...

Electric vehicle battery maker Northvolt recently filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States. Obviously, this made a lot of waves in Quebec, where the company is to build a plant backed ...

A Class 1,000 cleanroom means that you would find fewer than 1,000 particles greater than 0.5 micrometer in size per square foot. A class 10,000 clean room would have fewer than 10,000 particles ...

FEW European startups have attracted as much attention—and none as much capital—as Northvolt. On November 21st the Swedish maker of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), and a would-be ...

Its managers were so eager to expand that they neglected the basics. Now Northvolt may be broken up for parts and pounced on by rivals, including Chinese ones. Its failure holds lessons.

While the company has succeeded in producing early stage components, the bankruptcy of much-larger peer Northvolt last week has muddied the outlook for European battery makers in the face of ...

It last month said it was now the sole financier of the joint venture established with Sweden's Northvolt in 2020. Northvolt, once hailed as Europe's best shot at a home-grown EV battery champion ...

Cleanrooms are critical in the development of pharmaceuticals, offering a controlled environment free from contamination to test new drugs and therapeutic devices. But with a single dedicated ...

Northvolt’s story isn’t just about the big bucks of its big backers. It has doled out some important lessons about what’s wrong with current strategies Western nations are using to compete with China ...